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Oct 9, 2024
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Bobber
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Visited Eleuthera (Bahamas) once, saw a lot of solid concrete, buildings on huge stilts, and inexpensive huts
They're serious about surviving hurricanes there. Seemed like most buildings were either indestructible or disposable.
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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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