Hi, Charlie here your house is probably the most important place in your life but there
are many things that can damage or even destroy your home some people go to extreme lengths to
protect what's theirs and this normally comes with a lot of ridicule and mocking from their neighbors
and friends but when their crazy ideas actually work it's them who end up having the last laugh
hurricane home in 2018 florida was hit with hurricane michael it was one of the worst
hurricanes in u.s history it wiped out thousands of houses and caused 25 billion dollars of damage
but among the wreckage there was one house that stood out from the rest every other beachfront
home was destroyed except this one the house is called the hurricane home or the king house it
was made by russell king and dr lebron lackey its entire design is not to look cool or trendy on the
beach but instead to withstand any hurricane that comes in it hurricane michael's winds were 155
miles an hour but amazingly it caused no damage to this house it seems these guys really did make the
first invincible house when they first built the house they were ridiculed by the government and
also locals the house was very different to other homes in the area it did not look as trendy and
many neighbours did not like this also they did not follow florida's very strict building codes
but all of their neighbors who laughed at them had their homes destroyed in the hurricane it may not
look as trendy as many other beach houses but at least it's still standing the house is suspended
on gigantic 40 feet concrete pilings the walls are also made of one foot thick concrete the roof is
also attached with over three 000 hurricane clips amazingly this house not only protected itself
but it also saved all the houses behind it most of the other houses were destroyed in a
domino-like effect but because of the hurricane home all of the homes behind it were safe too
i hope the neighbors who mocked this house realized that they were wrong the entire time
who knows maybe after the success of this one hurricane homes will become more popular
too high house kids and adults alike love tree houses but some adults would never live in a
tree house they'd be too scared about what other people think and they'd be worried that their
friends and neighbors could make fun of them but one man who does not care what anyone else
thinks is tiranobu fujimori at the age of 65 he decided to create the treehouse of his dreams
not just as a place to hang out but a home to live in he built his house on top of two chestnut trees
many people around him including friends and family thought he'd gone insane the house has been
nicknamed the two high house it is made of 100 natural materials the great thing about this house
is it can't be damaged by any natural disasters it may not look that stable but it is the local
area is sometimes prone to earthquakes but because the house is suspended on two century old trees it
actually makes it very secure unlike most houses that are built on the ground this house is almost
rooted into the ground so no matter what nature throws at this house it will always be secure
it may be kind of small but japanese houses are known for being very modest inside it looks
very cosy and tiranobu says he loves living in the house sprinkler success in 2017 a massive wildfire
hit kansas usa this was one of the biggest fires in kansas history many people decided to cut their
losses and simply evacuate the area they thought their homes were likely doomed and there was no
way they would survive if they stayed that was except for one homeowner named danielle tajman
danielle had the idea to turn on her sprinklers during the wildfire many people laughed at
her and said this will simply never work after all the wildfires were very serious
and you may not think that a backyard sprinkler system would be enough to ward off the flames of
this wildfire eventually danielle did evacuate to make sure her and her family was safe
but she did not turn off her sprinklers she left them on just in case they would do something to
prevent some fire damage danielle and her family went to a safe place far away from the fires later
that day they were watching the news of the fires when danielle saw something that made her jaw drop
broadcast on the news was massive wildfire damage but amongst all of the burnt grass was
one patch of green and that was danielle's house everyone who laughed at danielle and told her
the sprinklers would not help at all were wrong when danielle saw her intact house on the news
she was stunned the photo was taken from a kansas army national guard blackhawk helicopter
these helicopters had dumped more than 33 gallons of water on the fire but they did not need to dump
any water on danielle's house as the sprinklers did all the work for them if you're enjoying this
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sometimes families have big fallings out and this can lead to the kids running away from home
that is kind of what happened in this situation but instead of simply running away from home
this kid decided to build his own house underground when andre canto was 14 him
and his parents had a big argument he was kicked out of his parents house in spain so that's when
he took his grandfather's pickaxe and began to dig he soon had the idea to create a space for himself
to live in it took him 14 hours a week for several years he eventually used a pulley system to pull
large rocks out of the cave eventually he built two rooms in the underground home he installed a
heating system a music system and wifi too it only took him 50 rocks to build there are sometimes
issues with insects and flooding but it meant he had his own space away from his parents when he
first started this project his parents laughed and said he would never be able to finish it
but he proved them wrong and built his very own home with very little resources how many
14 year olds do you know who have their own house that they built by themselves lyft house
in 2010 a controversial new house began to be built in dhaka city bangladesh
it was controversial because it was right on the riverbanks of this flooding city everyone
was wondering why the owner was building a house in a place guaranteed to flirt many laughed and
said the guy must be crazy or stupid and they had a point many houses in the area had already
flooded so why would you build a new one in the same spot but when locals realized how the house
was being built their laughter stopped the house was named the lift house on both sides were two
bamboo structures these were put into a hollow cement base and the interior was filled with over
8 000 empty plastic bottles of course plastic bottles float and although it seems crazy 8 000
plastic bottles is enough to float a house the builders made no flood defenses at all they simply
sat back and wait for the river banks to burst when this happens the plastic bottles float up
and this pushes the bamboo parts of the house upwards hence the name the
lift house the house stays totally dry up to a height of 12 feet when the waters then recede
these structures go back down the best part about this house is it's very cheap to make
and it's also good for the environment too the bamboo and bricks are also very cheap this means
the lift house is a great design for low-income people who don't want to live in flooded houses
cow house in 2010 a spanish building company named ensemble was coming up with a new house idea
that's when one of their designers had an idea to build a house with the help of cows many
other building companies laughed at the idea but ensemble did it anyway they excavated a piece of
land and filled it with straw they then covered it with concrete and soil they then left this to cure
for several years which turned it into a boulder when they cracked open their boulder inside was a
massive amount of compacted hay instead of simply removing it like normal they brought in paulina
for more than one year paulina the cow ate all of the hay with the boulder now cleared out ensemble
transformed it into a very trendy luxury house it had an amazing view of the spanish coast and
it's now the perfect cozy home ensemble wanted to do something very different and show that nature
can be used in design at first design companies laughed but ensemble were given big credits for
doing something so creative and now the house is in very high demand foil versus fire in recent
years california has been hit by many wildfires these have been devastating and wipe out many
homes costing billions in damages in 2018 alone california wildfires caused 400 billion dollars
of damage probably one of the worst places to live during a wildfire is in an old wooden cabin in the
forest but that was the case for five historic cabins in 2014. thankfully though the sierra
national fire service had a creative idea they thought outside the box and wrapped the cabins
in foil there were many naysayers who said this would simply never work the fire had
already burned through 13 700 acres of forest and it was rapidly approaching the cabins but
amazingly the foil radiated the heat away from the cabins unbelievably this caused the historic
cabins to survive but now it's time for you to make your voice heard comment below which was
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