[nwctwx]

Andrew was terrible, but it hit a region of homes that were much better constructed than lower MS/LA. The swath of damage was smaller as well, and the problem was wind... not surge. It's easier to protect yourself from wind than 30-40 feet of water mixed with wood.

[Paradox]

Andrew was terrible, but it hit a region of homes that were much better constructed than lower MS/LA. The swath of damage was smaller as well, and the problem was wind... not surge. It's easier to protect yourself from wind than 30-40 feet of water mixed with wood.

Of this there is no doubt, relatively speaking, those homes in MS/LA are built out of toothpicks, but I am speaking more to the stories that get passed around during and immediately after a disaster.