We can't win for losing
Thank God we had a mild hurricane season this year. Nature owed us that much. Yet, forecasters are warning that this is a temporary reprieve in a heightened decades-long super active period. Most people I know are taking this seriously, strengthening their homes with improvements.
I'm wondering, though, if builders of new construction are going the extra mile. A couple of years back I interviewed Herb Saffir (he of the Saffir-Simpson scale), and he said that, while the Miami-Dade County Building Code was the best in the land when it came to hurricane protection, he considered it very basic. His recommendation: build above the code if you REALLY want protection. The initial cost offsets future expenses.
Is anyone doing that?
I'm wondering, though, if builders of new construction are going the extra mile. A couple of years back I interviewed Herb Saffir (he of the Saffir-Simpson scale), and he said that, while the Miami-Dade County Building Code was the best in the land when it came to hurricane protection, he considered it very basic. His recommendation: build above the code if you REALLY want protection. The initial cost offsets future expenses.
Is anyone doing that?
posted by Ana Veciana-Suarez at 8:21 AM
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The only thing I am doing is preparing a full-proof plan. On the top of the list is of course, getting rid of home owners insurance for the time being (who needs an insurance policy in the cost of 4K plus per year and in the time for a claim they'll just give peanuts on top of the rediculous deductible). I'll just insure my own property, thank you.
At the bottom of the list is simply just forget about it and relocate to the tundra where apperantly it will be the next warm spot of our hemisphere in the next 20-50 years. :)
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