Watch wind and waves change directions as eye of Hurricane Delta makes landfall (Page 1/1)
maryjane OCT 10, 03:01 AM
Patrick OCT 10, 03:26 AM

Damn, the guy in the Porta-Potty sure went for a rough ride!
82-T/A [At Work] OCT 10, 11:39 AM

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I think one is hitting Louisiana today... I really pray for them. It's so sad. I love the gulf coast, and every single city and town up and down from Houston all the way to Tampa. So sad to see the damage and effect, but it's life.


As a South Florida native, I've been through a couple of hurricanes. I have a love/hate relationship with them. It's a time when the neighborhoods get together and everyone helps each other out (both before, and after) and you get to see what everyone is really about. And then of course, the negative aspect of it... loss of power, the most vulnerable losing everything, etc...
maryjane OCT 10, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
I think one is hitting Louisiana today... I really pray for them. It's so sad.


It was yesterday. Today, that storm is in northern La and northern Mississippi and headed for Tenn.

olejoedad OCT 10, 11:46 AM
Live in an area prone to violent weather?

Be prepared to deal with the consequences.

There are always trade-offs - it's up to the individual to weigh the cost/benefit equation.
82-T/A [At Work] OCT 10, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

Live in an area prone to violent weather?

Be prepared to deal with the consequences.

There are always trade-offs - it's up to the individual to weigh the cost/benefit equation.




I'm really going off on a tangent here, but with respect to the pros / cons in construction... one of the reasons why you see so few vintage homes in the South East is due to the fact that they don't hold up to hurricanes. When they get damaged beyond a certain point, most people just tear them down. Like for example, in Homestead... there's been a lot of developmental changes over the years, but back in 1992 I think it was, just before Hurricane Andrew there were tons of old plantation-style homes throughout Homestead. A majority of these were totally wiped out, and all that was left were usually the stone steps in the front. Years ago, you used to drive through the gridded backroads of Homestead and see empty lots with steps leading to nowhere. These are either all overgrown, or since removed and turned to farming or people have built something.

Anyway... for most of South Florida, most new homes... really, almost everything from 1960 and newer are made of concrete. The building codes get more and more strict every year. Now, a new home built in South Florida is made of solid concrete, not even cinderblock... but solid concrete... as in, they make wood forms, stuff them with rebar, and fill it with solid concrete on top of a 2 foot thick concrete slab. With the exception of the roof trusses (which are still wood), the homes are all concrete, with galvenized steel studs (which are weaker than wood studs actually, but they don't attract termites and don't mold). The roof trusses are bolted to concrete bolts with straps, and in some cases they're even made of slash-pine which are more or less impervious to termites (or termites just aren't attracted to it). The windows are all impact resistant, and essentially bullet proof from small arms fire. They can take an impact from a projectile at 125mph.

Most new homes can withstand a level-3 or level 4 hurricane without any damage except losing a few roofing shingles.
williegoat OCT 10, 12:16 PM
maryjane OCT 10, 05:36 PM


I had to....

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