Dorian

blueraincap said:
how does it work? every year or two you guys get your houses ripped apart then rebuild? Or property damage is only a minority which the TV picks up on and exaggerates?
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A lot of that is over-exagerrated. The reality of the situation is that we have very strong hurricane building codes here and the vast majority of houses statewide survive with no issues because hurricanes usually only affect a small portion of the state anyway, not the whole state. I have been through 7 hurricanes myself and the only major issues I've experienced are a large number of branches, leaves, and other tree debris that needed to be cleaned up, and the discomfort of when the power goes out. But keep in mind that I live in Central Florida, not the coast. Dealing with hurricanes is not the funnest experience to go through for sure, but aside from that, the rest of the year Florida is just an awesome place to live.
 
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what happens to those glassy condos in miami and lauderdale? they survive ok but need to charge monthly HOA in the $1000s? I see coastal florida as a nice place but wonder how can holiday owners possibly invest much money with secular sea-water rising and frequent crazy hurricanes
 
Down here when Andrew I saw hundreds, whole communities leveled, 100’s of boats blocks away from the marina. It looked like a war zone. This was before the new codes which came about because of Andrew. We have never had a direct hit after that and it’s been bad with Wilma and Irma. No codes will help with 185 mph winds. It’s the surge and flooding that kills. I’ve been in 130 plus outskirts of Andrew. 185 with gusts of 220 as recorded during some of these events is mind blowing. Miami would not survive well if a direct 185 plus hits us. Not to mention the tornadoes that whip out of these storms. The airforce base recorded 220 plus winds during Andrew. So no not exaggeration ask Jenisy the reporter from channel ten who was in the eye of Dorian in he Bahamas.
 
blueraincap said:
what happens to those glassy condos in miami and lauderdale? they survive ok but need to charge monthly HOA in the $1000s? I see coastal florida as a nice place but wonder how can holiday owners possibly invest much money with secular sea-water rising and frequent crazy hurricanes
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Those windows would be blown and once air gets in the building it would destroy a lot of the inside. I saw it when Andrew hit. Buildings missing 80% of the windows. The reason it sounds like an exaggeration is because the cone is way bigger than where the actual eye hits. For those in the path of the eye blowing at CAT5 it’s the worst experience they have ever probably felt. Add a slow moving system and it’s nerve wrecking. Think about the people in the Bahamas having to endure those wind for 40 plus hours wow. I can’t even imagine the horror
 
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