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To: cosmicforce who wrote (426237)	12/29/2019 4:54:55 PM
From: M. Murray	Respond to of 540755

You make very valid points about the materials that are being used. When I saw that photo of a "stick built" home being rebuilt in an area where wild fires just burned thousands of homes to the ground I thought these people aren't learning from the disaster that just happened. I live in south Florida and after hurricane Andrew hit in 1992 construction laws were immediately changed. Since that disaster any new construction has to be CBS (concrete, block, and steel). Most builders use tile roofs now. Tin roofs, or steel roofs have become very popular in the last decade. Communities that are prone to potential natural disasters need to adapt. When a hurricane looks like it is going to affect Florida now there are very few homes that do not shutter up their windows. Homes down here now are very sturdy and like bunkers. Construction has to built to "Andrew" standards. They have to be able to withstand winds of 150 mph. Andrew was a really strong, small, and compact hurricane. We didn't even lose our power where I live in Palm Beach County but in Dade county there are still to this day a couple of areas where the homes were totally destroyed and all that remains is the concrete footprint. Information about Hurricane Andrew