Visited Eleuthera (Bahamas) once, saw a lot of solid concrete, buildings on huge stilts, and inexpensive huts

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Oct 9, 2024
12:44:05pm

Bobber Contributor

They're serious about surviving hurricanes there. Seemed like most buildings were either indestructible or disposable.

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Bobber

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Joined: Nov 10, 2011
Last login: Oct 9, 2024
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So doing my daily doomscrolling I saw that Milton may destroy 4% of national

OU Cougar

9:26am

Link?

supertux

9:27am

it should be a law in FL that houses need to be made of concrete and rebar. No wood!

BYU Grounds

9:29am

No straw either.

ochobeeguy

9:30am

No cardboard or cardboard derivatives.

shammy

9:33am

TNT can’t live in Florida then.

GilbertAZCougar

9:35am

One of my all time favorites

scrambled egg

9:48am

This is amazing if real. At some point the guy is just having fun.

Bruton Guster

10:19am

It’s from a comedy group out of Australia

scrambled egg

10:30am

One of mine as well. It's gold.

shammy

1:28pm

It already is. Since like 2000 all new construction are concrete block and have very strict code.

supertux

9:31am

Not only is that already the case, where I live houses must be built up on something like four feet of fill.

El Careeb

9:38am

A properly built wood frame is often more than adequate.

Weagle Coug

9:57am

There’s no way that’s true. The entire state of FL is only 6.8% of the US popula

STL

9:30am

Probably taking into account the approx. 500,000 condo units sitting vacant

rcbyufan

9:38am

Also, does "destroy" have a technical meaning here? I mean, many houses in

RoboKayne

9:55am

They have reinsurance contracts with large companies, but...

lbmango

9:30am

Visited Eleuthera (Bahamas) once, saw a lot of solid concrete, buildings on huge stilts, and inexpensive huts

Bobber

12:44pm

I would not trust whatever source gave you that had info.

SuperTank

9:39am

There is no way, and flood is largely sub-limited or excluded.

HFF

9:47am

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