Well, Peter, a brick home is still made out of lumber, except for the outside covering. Many, if not most, non brick homes are not covered in lumber either. They usually have siding made out of steel, aluminum, or some other non-lumber materiel. A brick home has about as much lumber in its construction as any other type. If you think that a tornado cannot destroy a brick home, you are delusional.
There is a big difference between a timber-framed home with a brick exterior and an actual brick house. My city is full of 100 year old brick and beam houses that are NOT timber-framed. They are brick and beam, and lumber was only used for floor joists and rafters, which sit directly on brick for all their support.
Not saying it's better for a tornado, just that modern "brick homes" aren't actually brick homes, they're just a selling trick by builders who know their customers aren't very savvy.
B...but it worked for the three little pigs!
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