Here in Florida, supposedly if you build to Miami/Dade code, and take precautions like boarding windows, etc. your home can withstand a Cat 4. Now that's never been tested yet, at least that I know of, but that's what they say.
I didn't know that. Probably more homes have been built to that code in Miami/Dade than have been built in New Orleans. But I didn't even know it was possible to think a home could be built to withstand a Cat. 4 hurricane.