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I'm conflicted on this. Lax building codes in hurricane prone areas shouldn't exist after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 [0]. And then there was the Trump sharpie i
by bb88 1y ago
I'm conflicted on this.
Lax building codes in hurricane prone areas shouldn't exist after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 [0].
And then there was the Trump sharpie incident. [1]
Wind speed is the best metric (that's not corruptible by humans yet) that describes how dangerous a storm is.
[0]: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/15/nx-s1-5151844/tougher-building-codes-contribute-to-florida-mitigating-damage-from-latest-hurricanes https://www.npr.org/2024/10/15/nx-s1-5151844/tougher-buildin...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alabama_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alaba...