monroe county: EVEN WITH POST-ANDREW BUILDING CODES, MOST MIAMI HOMES STILL AT RISK
- 10/18/18 12:49 PM
In a case of too little, too late, the Florida Panhandle is now realizing its construction codes were not sufficient to handle a storm as intense as Hurricane Michael. It was once argued that the trees would help save Florida’s Panhandle from the fury of a hurricane, relying on the acres of forests to provide a natural barrier to a deadly storm’s fierce winds. Looking back, that seems unrealistic, but hindsight is 20/20. Florida has some of the nation’s toughest building codes. But in the Panhandle, you wouldn’t know it. The rules are looser there — construction codes only call for protection against 130 mph winds, … (0 comments)
In a case of too little, too late, the Florida Panhandle is now realizing its construction codes were not sufficient to handle a storm as intense as Hurricane Michael. It was once argued that the trees would help save Florida’s Panhandle from the fury of a hurricane, relying on the acres of forests to provide a natural barrier to a deadly storm’s fierce winds. Looking back, that seems unrealistic, but hindsight is 20/20.
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