Slight exaggeration, but this is what it feels like...

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
03/06/2020 at 04:25 • Filed to: None

They say that the winds are gusting to only 25 MPH, but this 130 year old house seems to be rocking and swaying more than I would expect. On the first floor it’s not so bad, but up on the second it’s more pronounced; I don’t want to know what it feels like on the third...

DISCUSSION (8)

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/06/2020 at 07:02

If the Yellow Brick Road is visible when it stops blowing then...you are in trouble.

FrankAtlanta > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/06/2020 at 07:17

I hope that’s photoshopped...

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/06/2020 at 08:22

You’d love our place... Modern timber-frame structure (moderately flexible by design), semi-regular 70mph winds.

It feels... Exciting.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
03/06/2020 at 08:41

Sounds like ours. Two stories, and the closet doors (sliding ones) will rattle when it gets bad. You can feel the whole house shudder on a good gust.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/06/2020 at 09:24

Because the timber frame has flex, up on the second floor, when a big gust hits you can feel the whole house take a flex. It doesn’t so much shudder as take a lean and hold it until the gust lets up, then it sort of sighs back into place.

Jason Spears > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/06/2020 at 09:28

25 mph wind against enough surface area is enough to push a laden ship across water at a good clip. How big of a sail is your house? :)

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > FrankAtlanta
03/06/2020 at 09:30

Actually, no - this was apparently a real event that happened in Brampton, ON

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/16/storm-pushes-half-built-homes-over-in-brampton.html

FrankAtlanta > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
03/06/2020 at 10:47

Ouch.....