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To: elmatador who wrote (49189)	4/25/2009 2:51:41 PM
From: Metacomet	4 Recommendations Respond to of 218540

You may be mixing apples and oranges.... The US has both hurricane and tornado events. The offered photo is not clear as to the nature of the event, but I suspect that is tornado damage. It is true that hurricane prone areas are able to anticipate, to a certain extent, probable destructive forces and adjust building codes to require some level of protection against forecast disasters. Tornados occur in much more random and expansive regions of the US and with highly varying frequencies and intensities. There is no economic or realistic way to devise codes that would provide generalized protection from all of these events. At their maximum, they present wind forces that can and do destroy re-inforced concrete buildings. It is one thing to jump into a criticism of poor workmanship and or shoddy materials as a criticism of profit seeking developers, which is probably unique to American builders. It is quite another to offer a photo of damage wrought by a natural disaster and offer a sarcastic comment about construction quality.

To: elmatador who wrote (49189)	4/25/2009 5:07:10 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 218540

El Mat, you need to find better sources of information than articles like these. The author kills his credibility early by using the phrase "Hurricane proof buildings". It also appears he has little knownledge of the geography of the Gulf of Mexico area, or the types of construction. Having grown up in Florida, I have some familiarty with hurricanes. High winds are the number 2 problem with Hurricanes. Water is the main threat. Many houses in Florida built in the last 40 years have a concrete slab, cinder block exterior walls, and roof made of pre assembeled wooden A frames. Probably similar to your house in Curitiba. en.wikipedia.org