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To: Justice
Re: Poor construction.

Thought about asking about that, though figured (a) it might sound insulting; and (b) there might be enough earthquake-proofing to handle this. The question I have will be whether there's enough wind lifting to take a roof off... that's one part of the building code that was specifically beefed up in Florida (hurricane straps), and would be my biggest concern for you... especially if there's nearby up-sloping terrain.

Re: Trees

Right. My hope there is that there is enough tree density to buffer you - and the trees - against the wind.

That's the big reason we native Floridians board up windows - they're vulnerable to breakage, of course, but once wind can get inside the structure, the roof is even more at risk.

46 posted on 08/07/2014 12:24:51 PM PDT by alancarp
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To: alancarp
I think my roof is in pretty good shape. It's a corrugated metal roof nailed down very well. There are hurricane straps on the underside as well.

I'm not really worries about junk flying around from neighbors since we're surrounded by thick forest and all our junk is stowed and secure.

My biggest worry is falling trees and limbs. I've already had a few incidents in the past.

47 posted on 08/07/2014 12:30:45 PM PDT by Justice
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