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To: MinuteGal

Any stick-built house actually built to code and not in a storm surge area and that doesn't have a tree fall on it will nicely survive all but the strongest 1% or so of hurricanes....

Probably will take another 2-3 hurricanes before they seriously look at doing anything about trailer parks in Florida.


90 posted on 02/02/2007 6:00:23 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
The problem is, many of these mobile home parks that take such a horrific beating in these storms are old places, with homes built in the 50's, 60's and 70's that were essentially RVs with the wheels taken off - flimsy things with puny wood frames covered by sheet aluminum, aluminum wiring and no anchors.

And if you think they do poorly in storms, you ought to see what happens to them when that aluminum wiring overheats and a fire breaks out. They go up so fast that unless you're away from home when the fire starts, chances are you won't survive.

More modern mobile homes are much more solidly built, and all new mobile home construction has required hurricane anchors for some time. But you still have these crappy old things everywhere, mostly lived in by poor people, who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford their own home. So, getting them out of these deathtraps won't be easy.

115 posted on 02/02/2007 6:15:33 AM PST by CFC__VRWC (Go Gators! NCAA Football and Basketball Champions!)
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To: Strategerist
Probably will take another 2-3 hurricanes before they seriously look at doing anything about trailer parks in Florida.

They did something about trailers and codes, first after Andrew and then again after our tornados in 1998. We get them, but not often and not in strength.

These can be compared easily to the tornados of 1998. Same time of year, same weather pattern, same strength. Right now they are eyeballing F2, possibly F3.

In 1998 we had 42 people killed in the Orlando area. Destruction wise, this bunch is much worse than then.

145 posted on 02/02/2007 6:31:51 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Celebrate Monocacy!)
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