[dave from deland]

Originally Posted by jnieman

This is the worst storm I remember living here. I don't know how the palm trees kept upright. I was trying to remember when we had our wind mitigation study done how many miles per hour our house could take. Ours is a vinyl home built in 2008. Does anyone know?

Houses in Florida are built to withstand high winds as a result of the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew in Miami, August 1992. They used to use staples to put on tar paper prior to that Hurricane, as an example. They now use nails which penetrate the wood roof and into the attic. The building codes that came into being after that Hurricane have greatly reduced damage from wind storms and minimal Hurricanes in all of Florida.