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Originally Posted by Velvet
No, I don’t think this thread is pathetic at all. I feel that when you face your first hurricane you’d like to know how safe you are in your home in TV. For example, do frame houses fare ok, as compared to block ones? How about manufactured homes? What about the different ages of houses as the building codes have changed several times.
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Good points. We have friends who live in the Historic side that always stay with us during hurricanes, because of worry about the ability of their home to withstand the high winds. We also lived through the tornado that struck the Villages in 2007 when 8 people were killed in the Lady Lake area, and about 1000 homes in the Villages were damaged. I remember the roof of Coconut Cove recreation center was completely blown off. Anyone who takes these storms lightly is a fool. The Villages did a superb job of cleanup - crews were on the streets the next day starting to pick up the storm debris.