Neighbours Called Him Crazy, But He Had the Last Laugh

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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @BeAmazed
    @BeAmazed  2 года назад +395

    The hurricane season is almost upon us! Stay safe with Aquadam: www.aquadam.net/

    • @mattdoerr2243
      @mattdoerr2243 2 года назад +23

      You are saving lives thank you

    • @salmahussein9040
      @salmahussein9040 2 года назад +7

      Aqua dam smaqua dam i live in the northern states!

    • @kristinatidwell6563
      @kristinatidwell6563 2 года назад +6

      St. Louis is still trying to recover from the last flood of the MS River.

    • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
      @andredeketeleastutecomplex 2 года назад +5

      Because you all ain't getting it. Running around like fools, using Earth up like mindless tools. Be dammed!

    • @BorayDxb
      @BorayDxb 2 года назад +3

      I tried accessing your site .. took forever to load ... no photos....

  • @key379
    @key379 3 года назад +7907

    Hi! I am one of the neighbors for the "eye of the storm" house in the 3rd story. To my knowledge, none of the neighbors nor I have ever laughed at the house before, We actaully thought that it looked really cool, and we thought it was insane it could withstand hurricanes. I just wanted to let that out there!

    • @ngrader
      @ngrader 3 года назад +556

      Only ones laughing are the pigs with houses of straw and wood before the big bad wolf huffs and puffs. And the dislikes are from the insurace companies ;)

    • @raybois
      @raybois 3 года назад +633

      Doesn't matter. Not interesting. Put it on RUclips and just say people were laughing at the man. Much more interesting now and gets clicks...

    • @thecreatorofnothing3565
      @thecreatorofnothing3565 3 года назад +139

      Yup it’s karma sometimes when it’s clickbait

    • @kaiseremotion854
      @kaiseremotion854 3 года назад +234

      the media is known to blow things out of proportion for views

    • @meladdison9315
      @meladdison9315 3 года назад +103

      This home was built to South Florida standards of Hurricane cat 5 requirements. After hurricane Andrew building codes changed dramatically in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties. Why the rest of the state, especially the pan handle does not adopt the same standards is mind boggling. For this narrator to say this man did not build to Florida's strict standards is misleading at best.

  • @senocki232
    @senocki232 3 года назад +2416

    "If you have an idea that you think is genuinely good, don't let some idiot talk you out of it".~ Stan Lee

    • @dododog2440
      @dododog2440 3 года назад +3

      Okay

    • @drlove259
      @drlove259 2 года назад +38

      Words of wisdom by “the man” himself. Dododog must be a dummy if he doesn’t know who Stan Lee is. 😏

    • @orangesufi
      @orangesufi 2 года назад +6

      f

    • @Plvggaz
      @Plvggaz 2 года назад +5

      yup

    • @modus8256
      @modus8256 2 года назад +14

      So if i think suicide is genuinely good, and an idiot friend tries to talk me out of it, i should still engage in suicide which i think is genuinely good? Asking for a friend

  • @justincase5272
    @justincase5272 Год назад +110

    My father's advice: "Never buy or build on a flood plain." Mission accomplished, Dad. Thanks for the sound advice! :)

    • @flo__60
      @flo__60 Год назад

      you coule raise a 10ft terrain bump for your house 10 feet in the middle of a flat land is unreachable...

    • @flingwings4070
      @flingwings4070 Год назад

      Also never build/buy a subterranean lot. You'llhave issues with water and in cold climates snow will make for a dangerous driveway.

    • @nathr7375
      @nathr7375 Год назад

      It's like people that live in tornado alley and get upset every time they have to build a new house...........the clue is in the name.

    • @thedoctor7158
      @thedoctor7158 Год назад +1

      @@flingwings4070 Actually my home in Wyoming is half in the ground. Keeps it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter and we get bone chilling cold but not much snow in the northwestern quadrant of the state. In fact we had the most snow I have seen in years at the end of 2022, 5 inches.

    • @gaydyson4287
      @gaydyson4287 Год назад +1

      We always bought homes on hills.

  • @FatRescueSwimmer04
    @FatRescueSwimmer04 2 года назад +15

    Hurricanes are insane, I was in the Navy down in Pensacola FL when Hurricane Katrina Hit. Our Command evacuated us to New Orleans where the insane floods happened. It was the most horrible thing I have ever seen. We spent two months there helping the victims which included removing bodies from the water. To this day a part of my heart goes out to the people of that City!!!

    • @jakurdadov6375
      @jakurdadov6375 Год назад

      Did they move you to pre-position you into the path of the storm, or to move you away from it? I ask because I remember landfall was predicted for the Florida panhandle for a few days.

  • @matth7621
    @matth7621 3 года назад +3859

    His homeowner's insurance should drastically discount his premiums for a few years since he went above and beyond to save them some money.

    • @gambi9303
      @gambi9303 3 года назад +105

      Probably paid him the cost of the protection.

    • @catecurl3790
      @catecurl3790 3 года назад +70

      They should employ him

    • @robertcadogan7483
      @robertcadogan7483 3 года назад +171

      They should but probably WON'T!

    • @Whispering.Graves
      @Whispering.Graves 3 года назад +67

      Yeah they probably should but come on now we all know that's never going to happen

    • @TubnQT
      @TubnQT 3 года назад +38

      Homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover floods!! Flood is specifically excluded. You can see why.

  • @beautifullykayla
    @beautifullykayla 2 года назад +1560

    i love how his neighbors are in the comments saying that they never laughed at him😂

    • @mantraveling4877
      @mantraveling4877 2 года назад +67

      Knowing they was calling him the neighborhood weirdo with the big floatation device around his house...😂

    • @jimFcooper
      @jimFcooper 2 года назад +20

      He must be the HOA president

    • @SuperHeatWizard
      @SuperHeatWizard 2 года назад +17

      Probably trolls

    • @treepeenbawlz1934
      @treepeenbawlz1934 2 года назад +5

      😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @ST4RPAWZ12
      @ST4RPAWZ12 2 года назад +5

      sbdhshjssjjdjdjs🤣🤣🤣🎉🤣🎉🤣🤣😄🙂😃🙂🙂🙂🙂🤨🙂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🥳🤨

  • @ElixirEdits
    @ElixirEdits 2 года назад +29

    That's got to be the best feeling ever when it works in the moment, knowing you made the right call.

  • @kevinamsteam7816
    @kevinamsteam7816 Год назад +14

    That cement dome, home, I have seen in person. I went to a place in Idaho that was building them and got firsthand information and toured through a few. They are nothing short of amazing. And cooling as well as heating costs are nil. They maintain a constant temperature of about 62 degrees without adding heat or cooling. So, if you want it hotter you add a little heat. They just put an extra balloon in where they wanted a window or a door, so it was easy to make them as well. And yes, his neighbors all laughed at him. They even accused him of having an aluminum foil hat. lol But he did indeed get the last laugh when his heating bills were less than $25 a month and theirs were upwards of $250 a month.

  • @spitzndtruth1484
    @spitzndtruth1484 3 года назад +745

    "Randy's neighbours couldn't afford to laugh anymore" LMAO

    • @lolicon453
      @lolicon453 3 года назад +32

      They couldn’t afford insurance either

    • @JosiahFickinger
      @JosiahFickinger 3 года назад +11

      So I just thought about just creating a giant steel dome that comes up from out of the ground from a concrete and fits right over your house and property.

    • @hollymckanna2347
      @hollymckanna2347 3 года назад +4

      I just read this and heard it at the same time

    • @literallya442ndclonetroope5
      @literallya442ndclonetroope5 3 года назад +2

      They couldn’t even afford there ego anymore either.

    • @ro4eva
      @ro4eva 3 года назад +2

      @@JosiahFickinger -- I also thought about building something like that, but it wasn't due to floods, but rather, because of the destructive potential of wind. Because of its spherical shape, it should offer significantly more resistance against tornadoes, floods, ice storms, etc. Granted, it would need to be constructed properly (the foundation would be critical), and what type of ground it would be constructed on, would also be of note, but digress.

  • @mncalapati415
    @mncalapati415 3 года назад +639

    His message was very clear : “You’ll laugh now but I won’t cry later 🙏🏼✌🏼🤙🏼😷

  • @coreygossman6243
    @coreygossman6243 Год назад +10

    I was Randy's neighbor... I laughed... I remember walking by and saying, I quote "There is no way such a ridiculous plan could work in the face of such record breaking rainfall. "
    I am embarrassed and ashamed. Sorry randy...

    • @joem13yearsago73
      @joem13yearsago73 Год назад

      Yea u better be! Look who's laughing now! Ahahahahaha!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahha

    • @marcleblanc3602
      @marcleblanc3602 Год назад

      Thought least one would of ridiculed the idea :) That goes for new ideas....

  • @sherirobinson6867
    @sherirobinson6867 Год назад +6

    I work in the area of brazoria. The flooding was unbelievable. I've seen it now three different years. And I still find it completely amazing. Having gone through hurricane Harvey myself and the flooding that came with that, I could go the rest of my life without ever seeing it flood again

  • @keinlieb3818
    @keinlieb3818 3 года назад +3750

    Sounds like his home insurance should cut him a check for $8k for saving them $100k+

    • @nataub1205
      @nataub1205 3 года назад +101

      Yea I agree

    • @kotarotanaka892
      @kotarotanaka892 3 года назад +65

      lmao honestly yeah

    • @me-it9jn
      @me-it9jn 3 года назад +39

      The water has to go somewhere. In the end the insurance company probably didn’t save anything due to the extra flood damage other nearby homes got

    • @MoneyGIitch
      @MoneyGIitch 3 года назад +124

      @@me-it9jn Ur incorrect bro. I won’t tell u why tho

    • @dr.history4854
      @dr.history4854 3 года назад +30

      Agreed but thats not how it Works

  • @Jpilgrim30
    @Jpilgrim30 3 года назад +1447

    Randy’s flood insurance should’ve reimbursed him for that tube lol it saved them a lot of money

    • @TomBTerrific
      @TomBTerrific 3 года назад +20

      Your right but they are not in the give money away business.

    • @natronfatumallafalla1922
      @natronfatumallafalla1922 3 года назад +17

      Do you do donations? I need 1k

    • @Jpilgrim30
      @Jpilgrim30 3 года назад +33

      @@natronfatumallafalla1922 don’t bother. People that make unnecessary comments insinuating they have more money than others or are better than others are usually the ones struggling the most. I’m sure we all know plenty of people living in nice homes that don’t have $8400 to spend at the drop of a hat. Guess they should all be living in shelters 😂. GTFOH!

    • @natronfatumallafalla1922
      @natronfatumallafalla1922 3 года назад

      Yeah, I hear ya 💯

    • @jayb1163
      @jayb1163 3 года назад +24

      @Peter Evans $8300 is 7 months rent in a really nice apartment in my city. Or a down payment on a cheap condo. Or a used car. My family is wealthy, 8300 is not nothing.

  • @xeathenia8539
    @xeathenia8539 2 года назад +7

    *The neighborhood was in the midst of a terrible storm, but the only thing louder than the booming thunder, was the roar of laughter erupting from all the neighbors in unison.*

  • @tericarter2019
    @tericarter2019 9 месяцев назад

    His intelligence is amaizing....Creative genius!😀

  • @alexdani327
    @alexdani327 3 года назад +1827

    First guy: "I used the water to stop the water."

    • @filkoske6139
      @filkoske6139 3 года назад +122

      Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions

    • @BEAMISHdocd
      @BEAMISHdocd 3 года назад +18

      LOOLOL

    • @MrFredd38
      @MrFredd38 3 года назад +51

      well, you fight fire with fire

    • @Rockyouop
      @Rockyouop 3 года назад +6

      Loool

    • @hazzesanimations8212
      @hazzesanimations8212 3 года назад +25

      @@MrFredd38 or,you fight water with some tire looking thing

  • @broncobubba3169
    @broncobubba3169 3 года назад +2262

    Aquadam should give him his money back for advertising.

    • @lenudan
      @lenudan 3 года назад +69

      Aquadam probably paid for this video!

    • @MrIrish1
      @MrIrish1 3 года назад +63

      @@lenudan no it was all over the news, this happened years ago!

    • @brendajoycewhite5747
      @brendajoycewhite5747 3 года назад +35

      Hope they stocked up with food to. Us lower income people though couldn't afford this but was a great think if you could do it.

    • @ro4eva
      @ro4eva 3 года назад +12

      @@brendajoycewhite5747 -- I'd shake his hand out of respect if I could.

    • @Spunky786
      @Spunky786 3 года назад +40

      I think his insurance company should give him a discount

  • @dianac818
    @dianac818 2 года назад +7

    This worked for our home also. We were so tired of sandbags. We had 6 ml plastic tubbing, filled it with water and put a cap on each end that my husband made. No more flooded garage or worry.

  • @doucme66
    @doucme66 2 года назад +6

    I absolutely love the lift homes not only for its brilliant design but for the reasons it was built, to provide low income flood safe homes to low in low come people.

  • @randywatson8347
    @randywatson8347 3 года назад +482

    Spectator: What is this tube filled with?
    Randy: Tears of laughing skeptics.

    • @skylerstevens8887
      @skylerstevens8887 3 года назад +12

      skeptics not sceptics. as far as I know it isn't filled with poop water.

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift 3 года назад +6

      At least spell check "skeptics" before you go trying to make yourself look cool Randy ;)

    • @tayaiello1084
      @tayaiello1084 3 года назад +3

      Creek water. Not poop water.

    • @lizaalberca3650
      @lizaalberca3650 3 года назад

      @@skylerstevens8887 ⁿp

    • @Gamer_Grandpa
      @Gamer_Grandpa 3 года назад

      Hate to be that guy, but ‘sceptics” and “skeptics” are equally correct though ‘skeptics” is a more common spelling in the USA

  • @CloseLook29
    @CloseLook29 3 года назад +106

    Randy, you followed your gut instincts and it paid off!
    Lesson: Think for yourself. Be undeterred by what others think.
    What you did has earned the admiration of millions of people around the world.

    • @cl1cka
      @cl1cka 2 года назад +1

      He didn't think for himself - he was offered a solution by a company....
      Not everyone can throw 10k+ on a solution that might not work as all....
      The insurance will pay for damages for those people, but if you spent 10k on that dam and it didn't work - insurance aint paying that.....

    • @scratchpenny
      @scratchpenny 2 года назад +4

      @@cl1cka He did think for himself, though. He thought there might be a better solution out there, and he was right.

    • @cl1cka
      @cl1cka 2 года назад

      @@scratchpenny Not really - he consulted a company and they offered solution....
      That's not really thinking - that's doing the bare minimum on google....
      Let's not pretend like this solution is something amazing....The only reason people are not choosing it - not everyone has 10k to throw......
      Also I feel people don't understand that rebuilding a house after flooding dmg is actually better in most cases - he insurance is covered by the government, so people in most cases get more money than what their houses were worth....

    • @scratchpenny
      @scratchpenny 2 года назад +3

      @@cl1cka You sure are discounting the time and energy it takes to learn about, understand, and deploy this solution. If you don't want to call it "thinking," then OK. But he did follow his own mind and found a solution that others might not have thought was viable/possible.
      The other arguments are a different discussion altogether. But if that's your point, then just say that. There is no need to knock someone for implementing a successful solution to an immediate problem.

    • @cl1cka
      @cl1cka 2 года назад

      @@scratchpenny Mate, this wasn't some super hidden solution - this method was in use 10 years before this guy "found" it....
      The ONLY constraint is money....You are putting 10k+, that insurance companies won't give you back if something goes wrong....
      So you are basically all circle praising a guy having lots of money, that throwing 10k+ on this was nothing.......
      You want a thinking man - let him build it himself....
      Also the only reason his neighbors didn't do it - they are getting more out of the flood insurance, than their houses are worth....There is a reason people keep re-building houses of flood plains - the insurance is covered by the government and they are taking advantage of it to get free money....

  • @haninditabudhi6574
    @haninditabudhi6574 2 года назад +1

    Im Randy's neighbour. Hes a nice man and he always provided food to the society. Greetings from Mumbai India 🙏

  • @emadleiman47
    @emadleiman47 2 года назад +5

    I love the way the "eye of the storm" house looks. It's a beautiful design. I looks like it's from the future.

  • @Tal_Spotting
    @Tal_Spotting 3 года назад +1579

    Plot twist: he floods the town deflating that thing

    • @mr4648
      @mr4648 3 года назад +25

      No he will drain it into his yard and get karma

    • @that.ll_do_pig
      @that.ll_do_pig 3 года назад +80

      @Student Chia Nwachan don't be stupid? Why so rude? They were making a joke. Chill.

    • @levihuerta9393
      @levihuerta9393 3 года назад +46

      @@mr4648 Karma? What did he do?

    • @goatmeal5779
      @goatmeal5779 3 года назад +18

      @@that.ll_do_pig yeah they need to chill lol

    • @i.m.askance7996
      @i.m.askance7996 3 года назад +7

      @ The brick wall I'm not trying to be snarky, but you need to check your spelling before you post a message. That being said, it did make me laugh!

  • @parpar8090
    @parpar8090 3 года назад +1242

    Yep, it's like Noah's ark where his neighbors and friends laughed at him, but he still built the ark.

    • @J.deVera
      @J.deVera 3 года назад +46

      Just what I thought, our modern day Noah👏👏👏

    • @chitownpolack
      @chitownpolack 3 года назад +30

      Yeah and he got all the animals in the world I could see it now the kangaroos and koalas swimming to more or less modern day Afghanistan 😇🦘🌊

    • @withereddriedandtwisted6272
      @withereddriedandtwisted6272 3 года назад +11

      Lil' modern Noah

    • @Npc248
      @Npc248 3 года назад +15

      But no god😔

    • @RajiPCasas
      @RajiPCasas 3 года назад +12

      Haha! They got karma 😂😂😂

  • @sonjarygg2331
    @sonjarygg2331 8 месяцев назад

    The stone house with the cow, I'd totally live in it. I think it's absolutely beautiful 😍😍.

  • @fredachildress3728
    @fredachildress3728 2 года назад +21

    The gentleman here in Texas was smart for buying the rubber tubing and filling it like he did, I bet those neighbors are sorry that they laughed at him. There is a man and his family living in Florida who happens to live in a monolithic dome home. Some people are intelligent enough to think ahead and take precautions against losing their homes.

    • @cl1cka
      @cl1cka 2 года назад +2

      No one laughed at him. It's a clickbait video - stop believing everything you hear on youtube....Most people's reaction was curiosity and support for the guy.
      Also it's not about being smart - it's about having 10k to throw around on a project that might not have worked.
      Cause insurance will pay for the house dmg, but not those 10k.

    • @kyraflick75
      @kyraflick75 2 года назад

      @@cl1cka yeah we heard you the first ten times on multiple comments. sure, the insurance may not have covered the tube money, but it won't recover memories either. and memories are some of the main things that define us.

    • @kyraflick75
      @kyraflick75 2 года назад

      @@cl1cka also not everyone has insurance

    • @cl1cka
      @cl1cka 2 года назад

      @@kyraflick75 Memories are you own - they are not tied to objects.
      Again the guys who live in flood areas have insurance. The insurance covers MORE than their house is worth, since it's a SPECIAL kind of insurance - it's guaranteed by the government, not companies.
      The neighbors actually made money....

    • @kyraflick75
      @kyraflick75 2 года назад

      @@cl1cka while that first part may be true, sometimes they can be somewhat tied to objects. for instance say someone has had a traumatic experience with an object, and then sometimes, when they look at that item in a certain way, they may remember that experience. or if someone sees a certain item and remembers that one night they hung out with their friend or something.
      now the flood wipes away those items and to most people, it takes the memory(ies) with it/them.

  • @PistolDeck
    @PistolDeck 2 года назад +1206

    I was Randy’s neighbor, no one laughed at him or called him crazy.

    • @Jared_09
      @Jared_09 2 года назад +35

      😂🤣

    • @thunder6123
      @thunder6123 2 года назад +45

      Did u pay the price of the floods?.

    • @user-sh2mk8ew4c
      @user-sh2mk8ew4c 2 года назад +19

      No shit!!!
      People are crazy.

    • @edwin2600
      @edwin2600 2 года назад +127

      His barrier also looked nothing like the click bait Photo Shopped picture that led into this story, which per usual for this channel's videos, is 99% nothing to do with the subject in the title.

    • @glennwisse6271
      @glennwisse6271 2 года назад +77

      I hate annoying videos clickbait junk story filled with made up neighbors laughing at this guy. They did not laugh at him at all. Just another channel to block.

  • @AmericanRustWorker3369
    @AmericanRustWorker3369 2 года назад +96

    I have a ton of respect for that LIFT company, they deserve a ton of credit, I’m going to look into seeing if they build homes like that in the United States which I doubt

    • @michaelwilliams4604
      @michaelwilliams4604 Год назад +1

      Nothing but respect for that design. Love that he was inspired to aid.low income individuals.

  • @DianneElizabeth64
    @DianneElizabeth64 2 года назад +6

    Glad he had the ability to protect his home. I imagine many don’t have that kind of cash laying around even if it is a great idea

  • @thatlovelydancerIlao
    @thatlovelydancerIlao 2 года назад +17

    Smart man. They laughed at Noah too and we know none of them even made it out alive. It's good to listen to the voice of reason no matter how crazy.

  • @collinator68
    @collinator68 3 года назад +435

    That last guy when a big storm comes: "welcome everyone! The StormBar is now open, can I get you some wine?” lol

    • @DarkNexarius
      @DarkNexarius 3 года назад +12

      It's fun until the flood overwhelms his little pump.

    • @363.2McMasters
      @363.2McMasters 3 года назад +7

      @@DarkNexarius you do realize the pumps are just to fill the Aqua Dam right? Could just use a water hose... but using cheap water pump will last, especially when just pumping water, not sewage or something that actually causes damage or clogs.

    • @DarkNexarius
      @DarkNexarius 3 года назад +3

      @@363.2McMasters I meant 21:50

    • @mtmcommunity
      @mtmcommunity 3 года назад +1

      Got a water tramp in the back with a boat tied up next too it too go water skiing 😂😂

    • @pvtrowden
      @pvtrowden 3 года назад

      @@DarkNexarius honestly though it looked like for the most part the area was water proof so it probably would take much to add a waterproof door that opens to the staircase. Then he wouldn't even have to worry about that

  • @Laudon1228
    @Laudon1228 3 года назад +263

    I think the “eye of the storm” dome house is beautiful.

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад +8

      Me too. Really loved it.

    • @morganfalkdesigns
      @morganfalkdesigns 3 года назад +9

      My grandfather’s house on the same island, withstood Hugo. In 1938, he dug down to the water table and put the pilings on creosote covered crosses before building the house. When the wind blows, the house rocks with the wind. He lost some shingles and screens. Our house across the street, and three others around him just blew/washed away.

    • @Laudon1228
      @Laudon1228 3 года назад +2

      @@morganfalkdesigns 😳

    • @theunknown6846
      @theunknown6846 3 года назад +2

      I think the same too! when I have enough budget, I want to change my house' model like that..

    • @bennydaly8864
      @bennydaly8864 3 года назад +3

      Not only is it beautiful and, as the video says, hurricane proof, but domed buildings also have higher energy-efficiency ratings. On top of that, curves are natural shapes in the wild and (something I learned only last year) but human psychology adjusts to natural shapes far quicker and easier than to straight edges and sharp angles, so this house would also be far better for your mental health. It literally is a win-win-win house.

  • @mcplayz6400
    @mcplayz6400 Год назад +2

    It's cool that there are comments claiming to be his neighbors and admitting that they never laughed at him or called him crazy

    • @andrewbarrett1537
      @andrewbarrett1537 Год назад

      Yes, I like that some people are setting the record straight. In fairness, it could be that SOME people laughed at him, if not all, and if not these neighbors. But laughing at someone trying to save something is not very supportive. The better thing is to wish them the best, even if one can’t help a healthy amount of skepticism, and see how it actually turns out.

  • @FedorMachida
    @FedorMachida Год назад

    I remember reading about this in the news. The neighbors learned a valuable lesson, lol Randy is smarter and worked harder to save his property.

  • @adamndirtyape
    @adamndirtyape 3 года назад +674

    The lessons: build your house out of concrete, make it circular, put it on stilts, or surround it with a mini-dam. With a combination of these things your home can withstand floods, fire, and wind. Now the real trick is paying for all of this.

    • @Alby_Torino
      @Alby_Torino 3 года назад +97

      Just building houses out of concrete and bricks would be a huge improvement for America

    • @JasonJason210
      @JasonJason210 3 года назад +35

      Or just stay away from low lying areas

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 3 года назад +71

      We have a construction company and we mostly build with concrete, it is not only extremely strong, it is half the price of bricks and it keeps the temperature in the house pleasant throughout the year because of it's slow release properties. Concrete has many benefits. Besides building with wood in our country is not cheap either. I am puzzled by the fact that the Americans mostly build with wood, did they never hear the three little pigs story?😉

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 3 года назад +8

      @@JasonJason210 I agree flood plains should be avoided but what about huge storms?

    • @joer8854
      @joer8854 3 года назад +10

      @@honeybunch5765 You can also with obviously more cost make concrete look like brick if you really want. It's just a matter of having the pattern in the mould you build for the concrete. Used to work for a cement company myself.

  • @MetallicGC
    @MetallicGC 3 года назад +56

    I think that "Eye of the Storm" home looks amazing.

  • @andrewbarrett1537
    @andrewbarrett1537 Год назад +5

    That LIFT house looks like a great idea! I love it!

  • @crashburn3292
    @crashburn3292 Год назад

    AMAZING how BE AMAZED can turn 3 minutes of information into a 23 minute video.

  • @shivenpatel7288
    @shivenpatel7288 3 года назад +498

    I wish there was a channel like this but does not make their neighbors sound like villains when most people where probably preparing for the storm in their own ways rather then laughing.

    • @rowmccoy9545
      @rowmccoy9545 3 года назад +26

      Hope you're not their neighbor who's speaking your side

    • @money_ishhub9899
      @money_ishhub9899 3 года назад +6

      Exactly..

    • @xxxxx7512
      @xxxxx7512 3 года назад +65

      Yep! And I wish they would stop making videos like these where there's a narrator stretching the story out to such great lengths, using photos that don't go with the presented story, like the laughing man in the red bow tie and the flood pics from other published floods. Ugh. Laughing bow tie man and other photos are added nonsense for more drama, and all told like Aesops Fable. The people behind this video are laughing at viewers as they count their proceeds.

    • @janetlocsos5384
      @janetlocsos5384 3 года назад +13

      I agree with everyone here about stretching the story out & adding hurtful comments about his neighbors who are scared outta their minds their gunna lose everything they worked there whole lives to build what they have! I love the concrete round house on concrete beams! Wooden piers don't have a chance against raging water! We live in San Antonio, Texas & when I was 19 my family & I saw canoes wrapped around the treetops 1000 ft in the air, along with a fridge in the treetop with it's door open. The way climate change is changing our world - we will take many trips to whatever state we think we might like to move to... We will probably live "Off The Grid"! Thank Y'all for the wonderful information!

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 3 года назад +9

      It's all tongue in the cheek, don't take it so seriously, common sense will tell you nobody laughed, I did not think for one moment anyone laughed at their neighbours. It's more a Noah and the ark reference.

  • @bgcvetan
    @bgcvetan 3 года назад +46

    8:30 that's beautiful.

    • @tenniskid7956
      @tenniskid7956 3 года назад +3

      He made it seem like it was ugly I love it

    • @syncdefamiliar5039
      @syncdefamiliar5039 3 года назад +2

      Ye, i jst hope stealers couldn't come in 👀

  • @chrisklest1238
    @chrisklest1238 Год назад

    There's so much laughter in flood zones. It's worth the tradeoff.

  • @philipcallicoat3801
    @philipcallicoat3801 2 года назад

    Randy,in the first storyline,
    obviously a fighter....👌🕊️

  • @jacksonmko
    @jacksonmko 3 года назад +345

    I wouldn’t judge that hurricane house. That looks like some futuristic home that I would want to live in

    • @TheMulToyVerse
      @TheMulToyVerse 3 года назад +3

      Reminds me of the Hall of Doom from the Super Friends (but also of Darth Stewie’s helmet in Family Guy: Blue Harvest/Star Wars movies)

    • @noctisocculta4820
      @noctisocculta4820 3 года назад +2

      Looks straight out of Dragonball lol.

    • @shac9131
      @shac9131 3 года назад +2

      A neighbor of his posted and said nobody laughed at him etc and thought it was great

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад

      Me too. 👍

  • @Procrastinator1948
    @Procrastinator1948 3 года назад +1073

    Fortunately, my home sits high enough that if there ever was enough water that I needed to be concerned with, we'd be needing an ark.

    • @loza3241
      @loza3241 3 года назад +36

      Sure bro I build for you one send me your adress

    • @teo2216
      @teo2216 3 года назад +12

      Same

    • @treeonahill3557
      @treeonahill3557 3 года назад +103

      I Noah guy who could do that.

    • @cringebob3337
      @cringebob3337 3 года назад +15

      @@treeonahill3557 nice pun

    • @timmorris3056
      @timmorris3056 3 года назад +14

      My boat is parked by the back porch, fully fueled and ready to go. 👍👍

  • @bethrichardson5364
    @bethrichardson5364 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant and beautiful. Acquaintance in Trinidad, an architect by trade, built his family a round house designed to withstand hurricane wind and rain. When a hurricane is forecast, his family plans a party.

  • @TheresaMueller
    @TheresaMueller 2 года назад +4

    Wow! Thanks for this compilation. Didn`t know that there exist so many solutions to protect housings from such horrible weather events.

  • @jasonpark5906
    @jasonpark5906 3 года назад +803

    His home owners insurance should give him a discount
    Wow 486 likes. That is the most I’ve ever gotten. thank you!!

    • @jonnymac8925
      @jonnymac8925 3 года назад +36

      They should reimburse him the cost of the dam!

    • @keybowden5646
      @keybowden5646 3 года назад +11

      This is the equivalent of Allstate safe driving. My mans need his rebate check 😂😂

    • @sunsetsaturday9596
      @sunsetsaturday9596 3 года назад

      I agree

    • @johnsonjay60
      @johnsonjay60 3 года назад +3

      Lmao this is insurance we're talking about here rip off! ;) but yeah I agree

    • @amberbaswell1909
      @amberbaswell1909 3 года назад +1

      Yeah lol

  • @havokm3
    @havokm3 2 года назад

    Randys a true genius he also has fresh water stored in his contraption for use after the water retreats🤯🤯

  • @shirleyschork1504
    @shirleyschork1504 2 года назад

    This is why I live in the middle of the Nevada desert! I'd take a sandstorm any day over this!

  • @sharonbertolli339
    @sharonbertolli339 3 года назад +3

    See Randy smart and a leader not a follower took a gamble... Do you boo Randy you do you boo! Bet he still prayed for his neighbors to be ok. This is a true soul with a golden heart! You go Randy! Hats off to you! We need more Randy’s in the world 🌎

  • @misscath28
    @misscath28 3 года назад +160

    "neighbours called him crazy.. They didn't know he was planning how to hide the bodies in the hole"

  • @AFT3RDAY5
    @AFT3RDAY5 2 года назад +2

    Amazing stories, most of all the family with their safe room. But what I liked the most was „the eye of the storm“ for it’s ingenious beauty and the „lift house“ for its brilliant and cheap concept 😍👍🏻
    Great compilation 👏🏻

  • @domenicsykes2987
    @domenicsykes2987 Год назад +2

    I was in Brenham at the time of the storms with Grandparents. They lost their house cars and even some of their livestock equipment. I love you vids keep up the cool and awesome work.

  • @16nowhereman
    @16nowhereman 3 года назад +571

    The house that goes up like an elevator when there's a flood is a genius idea.

    • @mommahope5844
      @mommahope5844 3 года назад +26

      I wonder how the plumbing and electrical work?

    • @retro889
      @retro889 3 года назад +2

      It’s dumb

    • @SoulKingBK
      @SoulKingBK 3 года назад +64

      @@retro889 I’m sure you’re an engineer

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад +12

      @@SoulKingBK 😂👌

    • @rhegiecabanes
      @rhegiecabanes 3 года назад

      %

  • @Naru_VT
    @Naru_VT 3 года назад +214

    This definitely brightened up my day. Thx bois🙂

    • @spaghetti4245
      @spaghetti4245 3 года назад +1

      ??

    • @Naru_VT
      @Naru_VT 3 года назад

      Wot

    • @Tanu212
      @Tanu212 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/5afER3D_9Yk/видео.html

  • @roadmonitoroz
    @roadmonitoroz 2 года назад +4

    8:24 I actually like the unique look of that dome house. Sort of looks a little like the Jupitor 2 in Lost in space (classic version)

  • @SheezaPI
    @SheezaPI 10 месяцев назад +1

    I know someone in Arkansas that built a geodesic dome house. It was awesome. Great for living in Tornado country.

  • @ryrify
    @ryrify 3 года назад +70

    The Lift House has transformative potential. It’s an amazing concept.

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад +1

      Ikr! 👏👍

    • @charleslee1960
      @charleslee1960 3 года назад +1

      Nobody laughed

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад +1

      @@charleslee1960 What?

    • @spectralquill1810
      @spectralquill1810 3 года назад +1

      @@dyawr This vid informed us that people laughed with no proof and only for the views. It's not a big deal for me personally but yeah it's still an obvious lie.

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад

      @@spectralquill1810 Ah, I see.

  • @DazePhase
    @DazePhase 2 года назад +32

    The "Lift House" concept is amazing. Well done.

  • @vincent_hall
    @vincent_hall 2 года назад +3

    11:44
    How to survive a hurricane:
    Option 1: build a bloody strong, well designed house.
    Option 2: build your house behind a well designed and built house.
    I bet those neighbours are grateful!

  • @PSA3377
    @PSA3377 Год назад

    Love that the first guy went headfirst into solving the problem and used a product that is really pretty cool

  • @RicGagger
    @RicGagger 3 года назад +296

    The “Dome Home” was actually pretty cool IMO, and a genius idea

    • @zurajanaikatsurada5114
      @zurajanaikatsurada5114 3 года назад +1

      timestamp

    • @RicGagger
      @RicGagger 3 года назад +2

      @@zurajanaikatsurada5114 8:16

    • @jarndelacierra2968
      @jarndelacierra2968 3 года назад +6

      The house is from Dragonball series capsule corporation.

    • @3mmiii975
      @3mmiii975 3 года назад +1

      What happens when u dump the water out

    • @RicGagger
      @RicGagger 3 года назад +2

      @Aziz Abdul yea it’s crazy looking. But a genius idea

  • @halloweenheathen4394
    @halloweenheathen4394 3 года назад +291

    The Lift House was hands down the coolest one. That man is a genius!

    • @floridagirl9064
      @floridagirl9064 3 года назад +5

      That is my uncle! Haha

    • @toomaskotkas4467
      @toomaskotkas4467 3 года назад +8

      This idea is not new and have been used in Netherlands to build new floating concrete houses. I can't put a web link, but look up the businessinsider article about it.

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад +1

      Yes!! I really hope the idea took off, since it was also an affordable project, which spared a lot of damage expenses, in time. 👍👍👏

    • @dyawr
      @dyawr 3 года назад +1

      @@floridagirl9064 Was this a joke, or for real? 🤔

    • @everythingisawesome2903
      @everythingisawesome2903 3 года назад

      @@dyawr No, it's real. I am the uncle.

  • @cammyseam1825
    @cammyseam1825 Год назад +1

    The guy dabbing on the roof almost killed me!

  • @JoDo777
    @JoDo777 Год назад

    I LOVE this man!!

  • @HeatSGamingXD
    @HeatSGamingXD 3 года назад +26

    It's really good to have home owners tearing their pockets to save their properties and loved ones. If your thought out ideas come to fruition, those calling you crazy, they're done for. And if your house isn't saved, well, you still have insurance... 😔😔

  • @emberdt7998
    @emberdt7998 2 года назад +88

    Nobody: laughing
    Everyone: evacuating not giving a shit about dams or egg houses
    Narrator:they all laughed!

  • @scottieoakesjr1204
    @scottieoakesjr1204 Год назад

    Love the eye of the storm ❤️ good job George

  • @halColombo
    @halColombo Год назад +1

    I was Randy's other neighbor. We actually used to smoke a lot of weed and call him crazy all the time. Then our house and weed got washed away and I had to quit smoking when my wife left me. But yeah we laughed at him and called him crazy all the time. It was like a ritual.

    • @andrewbarrett1537
      @andrewbarrett1537 Год назад

      This pile-on of Randy’s “neighbors” is getting hilarious. He must have had thousands of neighbors, suggesting that he was surrounded by either high-rises or else halfway houses with a high turnover. But anyway, look at the bright side: the weed may have been washed away but now you have plenty of water to grow more 😊

  • @ponyrescue663
    @ponyrescue663 3 года назад +133

    The lift house had to be the best one, seeing how its ce cost efficient for most low income families. The storm wine cellar? It's funny and brilliant!

    • @pattimcintosh7274
      @pattimcintosh7274 3 года назад +1

      I agree!! It's brilliant

    • @CCG175
      @CCG175 3 года назад +2

      I was so confused at the lift house until I saw what it did

  • @TimCurry04
    @TimCurry04 2 года назад +44

    They called Noah crazy too... until it started to rain. 🚣🏿‍♀️🚣🏾‍♂️🚣🏿‍♀️🚣🏾‍♂️

  • @drob2793
    @drob2793 2 года назад

    Bro said, as you can see it's stable enough to support his wife. Thank God something is 😂😂😂 savage

  • @JuiceBoxx_627
    @JuiceBoxx_627 Год назад

    That comment you made about the dudes wife at the end was completely uncalled for!

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    @joshyurbf 3 года назад +53

    Who needs a virtual hug??🥺

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  • @scronx
    @scronx Год назад

    A genuinely interesting and relevant video. Thanx!

  • @Shogoeu
    @Shogoeu Год назад

    Such an interesting engineering! People can do marvelous things!

  • @maayu8108
    @maayu8108 2 года назад +58

    The Eye of the Storm actually is looking cool and unique.

    • @phungyi4947
      @phungyi4947 2 года назад +1

      A brilliant resilient home indeed. I'd be in like Flynn.

  • @badsave-tv3569
    @badsave-tv3569 3 года назад +144

    Ancient problems: fight fire with fire 🔥
    Modern solutions: fight water with water 💦

  • @brat46
    @brat46 Год назад

    Early 80's in Michigan we had major flooding. Helped my brother lay over 1000 sand bags around his house. Later on we laid sod over the sand bags and built steps that went over the berm.

  • @DanKoning777
    @DanKoning777 2 года назад +103

    The only thing that amounts to more overkill than Randy's protective barrier, *are the amount of words you use to*
    *describe what happened.* Good grief man; just tell us/show us what happened w/o his giving their whole lifes history.

    • @Riley_187
      @Riley_187 2 года назад +15

      Dudes just trynna milk out as much as he can to make the vid longer lol

    • @gladenacole1524
      @gladenacole1524 2 года назад

      THIS!!!

    • @katehobbs2008
      @katehobbs2008 2 года назад

      Agree!

    • @alison__16
      @alison__16 2 года назад +6

      That's how clickbait scam channels work

    • @robstack3712
      @robstack3712 Год назад +1

      Just said the same fkg thing, it’s maddening, we got more things to waste our time on & can’t dedicate a half freakin hour to this 5 minute story😤

  • @The_Butler_Did_It
    @The_Butler_Did_It 3 года назад +33

    I'm guessing that none of these houses were actually laughed at.

  • @b0r3d0n1ine
    @b0r3d0n1ine 3 года назад +13

    The Bamboo house the rises in the flood is AMAZING... they should make more of them

  • @tommybutler2454
    @tommybutler2454 Год назад +1

    That guy swears by the hurricane joists. He said there were a few more places he needed to put them. Awesome

  • @user-yw4fz6xk2j
    @user-yw4fz6xk2j 2 года назад +80

    The eye of the storm is very beautiful as a design, the only reason that caused a reaction I can imagine us that it probably stands out and disturbs the image of the neighborhood. But as a building I find it very cute

    • @deereman70
      @deereman70 2 года назад +7

      I lived on this beach during “eye of the storms” construction. There wasn’t any laughing.

    • @user-yw4fz6xk2j
      @user-yw4fz6xk2j 2 года назад +3

      @@deereman70 haters gonna hate 😉

    • @Ketutar
      @Ketutar 2 года назад

      Or maybe it didn't cause any reactions at all, but that wouldn't get people to watch these videos, now, would it? So they invent stupid neighbors just to get the viewers to react.

    • @user-yw4fz6xk2j
      @user-yw4fz6xk2j 2 года назад +2

      @@Ketutar there are ALWAYS people to react, believe me

    • @devaggo
      @devaggo 2 года назад +1

      Agreed, Θανάση μου.

  • @duocamerakids6266
    @duocamerakids6266 3 года назад +51

    This is basically “Laugh now, cry later.”

    • @Juno-bug
      @Juno-bug 3 года назад +1

      I prefer cry now laugh later

    • @Juno-bug
      @Juno-bug 3 года назад

      Like don’t change the comment it’s just a jke

  • @Mirpurmad
    @Mirpurmad Год назад +1

    best part is that no neighbor or paserby tried to puncture or burn the barrier,.
    it is really fortunate that the family escaped the hateful and mischievous intent of anyone jealous enough to stab the barrier and make it loose its integrity.
    I wont be surprised if he and his family members guarded the barrier with guns to keep the jealous away from damaging the water front barrier.

  • @gokurobux360
    @gokurobux360 Год назад +2

    I live in texas and I remember when Brazoria flooded. The flooding had reached all the way where I lived in Mew Caney tx. So much so that my store and a gas station across the street were the only stores people in the area could get to. It was stressful and worrisome because I was afraid of what could happen to my baby whilst I was stuck at work.

  • @danielledouglas99
    @danielledouglas99 2 года назад +20

    The "eye of the storm" house looks amazing!!!

  • @ro4eva
    @ro4eva 3 года назад +4

    *Wow, huge shoutout to the Texan who did an amazing job saving his property from flood damage. I bet that his neighbors never laughed at his solutions again.*

  • @xYEETx
    @xYEETx Год назад +5

    I was one of Randy's neighbors. We used to laugh at him all the time. After the storm, he was laughing at us.

  • @forevermetal2464
    @forevermetal2464 2 года назад +1

    "He who laughs First,
    Never laughs Last!"😊
    Good job Randy!
    NYC🤘

  • @willwade1101
    @willwade1101 3 года назад +221

    A friend of mine jacked his house up 4 feet and filled in the area below the house as well as the rest of his property. For a couple of years people asked why he did it and he told them about his grandpa talking about a flood some 60 years earlier. Then suddenly the area flooded and his house was the only one around there that was spared. You need to listen to those old stories when you hear them.

    • @michaelm.1947
      @michaelm.1947 3 года назад +26

      Similar to the 3/11 tsunami that hit NE Japan in 2011. That seems to happen every 30-50 years and there are engraved stones on mountainsides warning people not to live below them. Of course, humans don't listen. Those that didn't listen are the ones that died. And will continue to as it will happen again.

    • @TwinShards
      @TwinShards 3 года назад +19

      "You need to listen to those old stories when you hear them."
      Well yes, especially if those stories are natural disaster related.

    • @canonboom165
      @canonboom165 3 года назад

      @@TwinShards
      *Yep. Definitely👌!*

    • @KaosKrusher
      @KaosKrusher 3 года назад +5

      reminds me of a dam built in the 50's that broke 5 years after it was finished in France (Malpasset Dam)
      it was built to get drinkable and irriguation water to a nearby city but the river overflowed way more than they expected and the dam broke (resulting in more than 400 deaths)
      now the ancient wisdom: romans were already established in this city and had the same water problem ... but they knew this river wasn't suited for it so they got the water from another more suitable location ...

    • @DaD3coy
      @DaD3coy 3 года назад +1

      @@KaosKrusher Yeah but we (french) are better than romans ... (thing i heard sometime ... forgot what city had an old roman bridge, the city did another lower and when flooded, only the roman one resisted)
      Just for the joke, nuclear powerplants need water, did you know the protections are calculated on the average flood and not the maximum measured? xD

  • @blackmamba99971
    @blackmamba99971 2 года назад +261

    The third house... The eye of storm is actually derived from a once famous Japanese architect who designed houses to be ergonomically correct. The home owner you saw designing his house was his own design, but based on the Japanese architect's idea. Strictly speaking what is the only insect that can survive any disaster thrown at it? A cockroach. The house design is built just like an exoskeleton, both on the outside and the inside. If one was to puncture a cockroach with a thick needle the cockroach would explode because of the enormous pressure its body builds. Which is why people who have either stepped on one or pounded on one with their fist, thinks they're dead until they start to move. The house is based off a cockroach's body both internally and externally. Although the house doesn't look like an insect, its inner structure and outer structure works like one. It's protected against wind power, water power, earth movement, hurricanes, fires, tornadoes,. and typhoons, which all have the same effect. To destroy. Yet a cockroach can survive in the most extreme conditions thrown at it and can still live. Ironically, the first house of that kind that was built was also tested underwater in Japan of fifty feet above the roof. A diver using an oxygen tank dove in to capture people including the designer inside waving at him from a window. It is by far the most efficient house design on the planet using very little material, almost no wood and no toxic chemicals. And its cheaper to build per square foot rather than a default house made of both wood and brick that's square. A wise man once said, that anything square cannot stand. And he was right. Four corners puts an extreme amount of atmosphere pressure to every wall of a home, yet it still sinks over time. The eye of the storm, doesn't sink or move or shift even during a tectonic movement. A house like that costs around sixty one dollars a square foot to build. A default square home of wood is about ninety seven dollars a square foot. And it can be destroyed in seconds in a hurricane. I know where my next house is coming from.

    • @robertbaldwin177
      @robertbaldwin177 2 года назад +49

      This is possibly more interesting than the video itself so thanks for sharing this insight.

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 2 года назад +8

      Is there a paragraph somewhere?

    • @theoriginal13coloniesusa11
      @theoriginal13coloniesusa11 2 года назад +10

      That Japanese architect is a millionaire

    • @lahawk2931
      @lahawk2931 2 года назад +20

      Wow very interesting details. Thanks for sharing. It is a shame that this design hasn't become mainstream as it certainly makes sense.

    • @theoriginal13coloniesusa11
      @theoriginal13coloniesusa11 2 года назад +2

      @@lahawk2931 DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M THAT JAPANESE ARCHITECT!

  • @michrobson
    @michrobson Год назад

    1:38 This is why you're my favorite youtuber you make amazing content for us every day

  • @sherimann6144
    @sherimann6144 Год назад

    A living GENIUS!

  • @bulldozer8950
    @bulldozer8950 3 года назад +132

    I feel like most of these probably didn’t get laughed at because everyone knew something was coming and was also trying to prepare...