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I thought I'd seen everything...

#1 Postby mf_dolphin » Fri Feb 21, 2003 11:36 am

Leave it to a Florida compnay to come up with this for the hurricane season... http://www.usbunkers.com/designsSpecsInfo.htm

Everyone should have one in the back yard :D
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#2 Postby chadtm80 » Fri Feb 21, 2003 11:38 am

LOL Wonder what it cost
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#3 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Fri Feb 21, 2003 11:40 am

lol reminds me of those dome homes I've seen. I'm not sure I'd live in a small confined thing like that...I think people would get claustrophobic! Especially when a Cat 5 rolls in, what if that thing unhitches and rolls you down Main Ave with 200mph winds? lol No thanks...I'll just head for higher ground
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#4 Postby mf_dolphin » Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:26 pm

Not my idea of fun either :o They do have quite a few options, external cameras etc :D All you need to add is a machine gun turret for the looters :lol: :10:
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#5 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:35 pm

lol no doubt. Prolly costs like $100k for one of those and 95% goes to the designers/engineers...lol
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#6 Postby Amanzi » Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:57 pm

I'll take the US flag model (so I is visable) plus 2 M2 guns and the radar extras and throw in the video camera (so I can watch the neighbour get hurled through the air)... heck I can always rent it out during bike week! :wink:
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#7 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:59 pm

lol! I'd want cams in my pod so I could see whats going on in the other pods when the storm was at maximun strength! I bet some would pray...some would make love...and some would??? lmao
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Re: I thought I'd seen everything...

#8 Postby docjoe » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:50 pm

mf_dolphin wrote:Leave it to a Florida compnay to come up with this for the hurricane season... http://www.usbunkers.com/designsSpecsInfo.htm

Everyone should have one in the back yard :D


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how many of us might like one of these things now givenwhat has transpired since this thread was started???

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Re: I thought I'd seen everything...

#9 Postby clueless newbie » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:01 pm

docjoe wrote:
mf_dolphin wrote:Leave it to a Florida compnay to come up with this for the hurricane season... http://www.usbunkers.com/designsSpecsInfo.htm

Everyone should have one in the back yard :D


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how many of us might like one of these things now givenwhat has transpired since this thread was started???

docjoe

I am not sure whether I want to be in such thing when the surge comes.

Wonder how hot is it inside when the sun comes out...

Should help you against wind-borne projectiles, but there surely are cheaper/simpler solutions....
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Re: I thought I'd seen everything...

#10 Postby milankovitch » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:12 pm

clueless newbie wrote:
docjoe wrote:
mf_dolphin wrote:Leave it to a Florida compnay to come up with this for the hurricane season... http://www.usbunkers.com/designsSpecsInfo.htm

Everyone should have one in the back yard :D


bump

how many of us might like one of these things now givenwhat has transpired since this thread was started???

docjoe

I am not sure whether I want to be in such thing when the surge comes.

Wonder how hot is it inside when the sun comes out...

Should help you against wind-borne projectiles, but there surely are cheaper/simpler solutions....


When the surge comes it a propeller comes out the back, and it becomes a submarine. :P
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#11 Postby TampaFl » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:20 am

Reminds me of the space ship from the 1950's movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" :lol:

Robert 8-)
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#12 Postby O Town » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:36 am

Never knew this exsisted. Would be great for the wind. But for surge? Not so sure. Could be water tight, I don't know. But then how long before you run out of oxegyn? I don't know they seem a little scary to me. I think I would just evacuate :)
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#13 Postby CharleySurvivor » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:01 am

My first thought was surge or flooding from a lake or else.... higher grounds for me also.
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#14 Postby caribepr » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:05 am

Apparently you didn't read far enough!! They have a marine model :)
Maybe there could be the Hurricane Combo...converts to the marine model in high surges...
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#15 Postby CharleySurvivor » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:08 am

My thought of sharks is them far away from me LOL...
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#16 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:18 am

I'm sure if I had one in my backyard, my neighbors would call Scully and Mulder on me.
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#17 Postby artist » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:42 am

seems you can get it with A/C or heat or both! :D
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#18 Postby Talon402 » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:25 pm

Have you ever seen a man eat his own head?

Then you haven't seen everything.




/Team America reference.
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#19 Postby SouthFloridawx » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:27 pm

What happens when you try to get out and the structure is surrounded by all kinds of stuff during the hurricane and you can't open the door.
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#20 Postby arkess7 » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:34 pm

southfloridawx2005 wrote:What happens when you try to get out and the structure is surrounded by all kinds of stuff during the hurricane and you can't open the door.


yea really...all the debri could be blocking you in.........ewwwww :eek: to claustrophic for me...i dont think i could stay in one of those things that long without pulling my hair out.........uggggg :eek:
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