Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b...
by js2 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:22PM
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> No one is really surprised that anything is "vulnerable" on the gulf coast.
As someone who lived in Miami during Hurricane Andrew, and later watched Katrina and Harvey unfold, I beg to differ. I know that building codes have changed since Andrew. It will take another big hurricane to see if the changes were adequate and if they've been followed.
As someone who lived in Miami during Hurricane Andrew, and later watched Katrina and Harvey unfold, I beg to differ. I know that building codes have changed since Andrew. It will take another big hurricane to see if the changes were adequate and if they've been followed.
A personal picture from back then:
https://ibb.co/TY4wMd0
BTW, yesterday was the 23rd anniversary of Andrew and the 29th will be the 15th anniversary of Katrina's landfall in Louisiana.