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Originally Posted by ldj1938
We lived in South Florida in 2002 Hurricane Andrew. Wood frame homes GONE! Concrete slab remains. Most of the concrete block homes remained. In the most severe area every thing gone. Even the Miami weather station.
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This was BEFORE hurricane standards. The homes were old and were not built to a standard code. It is because of Hurricane Andrew that strict hurricane standards are now enforced in new home construction. Comparing apples to oranges in this scenario.