Roof tiles made of paper?

Those are regular roofing shingles. Why are they used? Because they're cheap to buy and a lot of those homes are in pretty poor areas.

Excellent idea. You stay where you are. I'll stay here in the south.

To quote the great H.I. McDonnough "and never the t'wain shall meet".

Cato,

It's just dangerous down there. Every year with the hurricanes. You know?

Sorry, I just value "living" over a period of time, instead of just "living it up" for a short duration.

Trying to be sensible.

SG

That's the thinking which is why all of these people in New Orleans are still there, ...they did NOT evacuate as requested to because they feel they were going to be OK because just this

"for 40 years, went through 4

This one was different for them, now unfortunately ..some of them, cannot "live through it".

SG

"Cato" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

I'm from NJ; lived in the North (Milwaukee, Toronto, Vancouver), liven in the SOuth (S.Carolina, MD, southern CA).

Can't take the North. Can't stand the Winters anymore.

Cold can also kill ya if ya aren't prepared for it or don't have the $$ to pay for heating.

Have to be prepared for your chosen environment. Problem is that it takes time, thought, proper desigin/engineering, and you get less square- footage for the same proce, for the added safety measures.

So it's a lottery, a gamble. One toss of the dice, and cheaper solutions work out just fine. but a different toss of the dice, and you're house is under water, burned down to the nubs, shaken apart, or whatever.

Kris,

So true, how was Vancouver? What years were you there?

-R

LOL

I trust that your Mansions that took a licking, are still standing!

-- R'zenboom

Saab Guy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com:

I was there about 5 years, moved to CA just after 9/11.

I did not like it there. Not just because of the climate but that was a major issue to me.

I like Houston better.

Take it FWLIW.