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+1 for the tough building codes. A family member in the Florida Keys recently had a new home built and the roof is rated for 185mph. I read that: "Part of this
by traeregan 4y ago
+1 for the tough building codes. A family member in the Florida Keys recently had a new home built and the roof is rated for 185mph.
I read that: "Part of this initiative was based on the Miami-Dade County Code, which has some of the strictest wind uplift requirements in the country, currently 185 mph for High Velocity Hurricane Zones."
That's a category 5 hurricane (and would probably be a 6 if the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale had a 6): https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
This same family member's last house, built in the early '50s, was literally torn to pieces in Hurricane Irma, 2017. The roof ended up in the neighbor's yard about 100ft away. Wild stuff.
- imtringued 4y agoThe building codes are weak as paper. When you build hurricane proof housing your biggest problem will be that all your neighbors laugh at your house or call it ugly and report it as not fitting in with the neighborhood because it isn't one of those classic American houses that get immediately destroyed by hurricanes. Also there is a great risk of hurricane unproofed homes smashing into your hurricane proof house.