Comments by "Debany Doombringer" (@debanydoombringer1385) on "Carl \u0026 Callum Visit America" video.

Wicker_ "is not normal in the West anymore". We're not talking about all the West. We're talking about smaller towns USA and it is extremely common. They tend to be poorer areas and more isolated. So you rely on each other for help. If a car breaks down, nobody hesitates to go ask their neighbor for help fixing it, at Christmas it's not at all uncommon for people in the neighborhood to leave home baked treats at your door, if there's a death, people bring food so you don't have to worry about cooking while caring for family coming in for the funeral and so you can process your grief, etc. That's normal here in smaller towns. I've lived in different ones my whole life. When someone new moves in it's not uncommon for people to stop by to introduce themselves and bring you something like cookies as a welcoming gift. We just moved to a new town almost 3 years ago and knew most of our neighbors within the first week.
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@gunpuncher3817 I've been outside the US and have found people I'm told are the most polite people in the world to be incredibly rude. I've been to the East Coast and the West coast to large cities and people are rude. I grew up in the south. People wave at strangers walking down the road, people stop to ask if you need help, people smile and hold doors open. My husband is Canadian and was shocked by the politeness and just general consideration. I think that's what Carl was seeing and feeling in Virginia, but since he remained outside that in large cities which are liberal meccas in otherwise very red states, he thinks it's just there.
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@ryanparker4996 So now it's a "joke" after making an idiot of yourself believing houses everywhere in tornado areas are constantly getting destroyed. So how did you prevent building near underground fault lines before the technology existed to see them? Do you do the same to Japanese who also build out of wood and even paper? It's interesting that the two main places on Earth that share similar extreme weather and natural disasters both build from similar materials. Edit: It's also hilarious that you think a force of nature that can toss an 18-wheeler that weighs tons won't damage a stone or brick house. I'm also assuming since you're bragging about your house that you regularly redo the mortar because it degrades and weakens overtime reducing the strength between the bricks/stones.
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@ul.biggit217 They ride their bike to the convenience store/gas station which supplies those sorts of things and are nearby in most places. I'm within walking distance of 3 in a town of 30,000. In my old town I was within walking distance of 2 in a town of 13,000. Edit: That's why they're called convenience stores.
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It's really funny because in my old town we had a couple dating back to the early 1700s. Which would be about 400 years old, also well kept and maintained by the volunteer beautification group, and they're talking about 500 year old ones being overgrown and unkept. Yeah, we've been here in some areas since the late 1500s and early 1600s so those are here too.
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@NoughtSure That's a ridiculous metric. Tornadoes aren't rated by size but by wind speed. That's like asking what's the largest hurricane and when answered based on the metric they're rated by going "I said largest dude dur hur" like a 12 year old. You also don't know that's the "largest" because they happened long before that record was kept. So that's the largest ever recorded. BTW, it would be called the widest, not largest which is why your question was double dumb.
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Aww Carl. What you felt in that Virginia town is called the south and southern hospitality. We ooze it. Large cities are liberal dots in the sea of red down here. Next time, spend more time down here. Look up historic downtowns and enjoy the lovely old brick buildings. The mom and pop shops in them offering baked goods, coffee, preserves, etc. You'll even often find a store that mimics an old general store and there's definitely a feed store close by.
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@CleverGirlAAH Depends on where you are. My family has lived in the same general area since the 1700s. Before it even became a state. While parts of the family obviously move away to pursue careers or because of marriage, many remain. My cousin and his family still live on the plot of land they were given when they first settled the area. I donated the covered wagon they arrived in to a Museum who wanted to restore and display it after my mother passed away a few year ago because we had kept it and it was even still in use by my grandfather when he was growing up. It's a rural farming area so that makes a difference. My grandmother owned the land her family had settled during that same period. It was a small cattle ranch, but had to sell it when her sister passed away because she married my grandfather and moved 100 miles away and she was the last in the line.
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@levibull6063 There's reasons behind that too. Houses are built with codes and wood is more flexible so it bends with the wind. You've also got to factor in saltwater damage that can erode a lot of materials. As I stated earlier paint can protect from a lot of that damage and brick and stone don't hold paint well. Most houses don't collapse from the wind in a hurricane. It's water damage that does it in. Which since the inside of a brick or stone home is also wood, they would be just as damaged. I can tell all the people in the comments that have never lived where extreme weather events occur.
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@brofist1959 I lived in south Arkansas in the delta tornado alley. I've seen 3. My brother had 2 go over his house in different houses he lived. Now I live in Oklahoma in regular tornado alley and there's been one in that 3 years. All of them were F0 or F1 so little damage.
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@FreeSpeechXtremist Do you think we use just plain wood? It's treated. The paint we use also protects it. UV protection, moisture protection, etc. My grandfather built our house out of reclaimed lumber from a 100 year old house that had been torn down. Almost 100 years later and it's still standing firm. No problems at all. I've never had to replace a wall or something. Just under the eves needs an occasional patch mainly because it's in the Delta region so very humid.
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@The_Ballo I saw a category 1 tornado twist a metal building in two. One of those prefab warehouses your bragging about. A tornado that just pulled shingles off wooden houses. What do you think mobil homes are made of? Lightweight metal and it's the most dangerous thing to be in in a tornado. A category 3 will rip the brick off a building. What you build from isn't very relevant when it comes to mother nature. The only safe place is below ground which why people say they've got a basement that Carl didn't understand the importance of.
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