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Originally Posted by Chatbrat
BIG difference between hurricane force winds and a tornado--a real tornado will shred almost any structure in TV, and when a tornado is spotted you will not have any time to get to a supposedly safe structure outside of your house
Guess no one here has seen pictures of structures cleanly sweep off their foundations
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According to the data, most tornadoes in Florida are EF0 through EF2 with a very few exceptions such as the EF3 in 2007 that hit parts of The Villages. Note that an EF2 tornado has winds of 113 – 157 mph and a Category 4 hurricane winds are 130-156 mph.
Tornadoes in Florida since 1950 | tallahassee.com
Along the coast, hurricane rated windows are required but not in TV so far as I am aware. Out house was built in late 2013 and did not have hurricane rated windows.
The Florida Building Code (FBC) requires windows to be impact-resistant or protected if located within one mile of the coast where the wind speed is 110 mph or greater. ->
http://www.floridabuilding.org/fbc/p...506revised.pdf