Excerpts taken from the news report last Friday morning:

 

Straight-line winds reported at 50 mph in Owasso Oklahoma crumbled a $4.7 million hotel that was under construction, which was a wood-frame topped with a roof said the president of the Tulsa-based general contractor for the hotel.

 

"It's huge," he said. "Cleanup will take weeks and weeks."

 

Workers were about four months into construction of the 89-room hotel, which was scheduled to be completed by late September. No injuries were reported.

 

He also said the fact that no windows had been installed in the hotel may have played a role in its collapse. {huh??? say that again please??}

 

"The wind gets in, and a lot of times it will lift the roof, causing a domino effect," he said.

 

He said 50 mph winds were sufficient to topple the structure. {4 story motel and only 50 mph winds ......Scary!! }

 

"With a big structure like that, anytime you have things propped up and nailed together in that fashion, with a wind like that, bad things are going to happen," he said.

 

He said it all folks!! :wacko:

 

 

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Looks to us like the roof stayed attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gosh...blown away like it was made of matchsticks

 

But 50mph winds??? Surely this is not top-notch workmanship, 50mph winds would struggle to trouble my garden shed, with or without windows :D

 

Remember and close those windows in a breeze folks, or your house may blow away

Ah but John, we live in Scotland, where 50mph is a wee bittie cool breeze in the summer!