There was one house left standing beach front in a spot where all the dude's neighbors' homes had nothing but slabs left. His entire home was poured concrete construction, top of the line impact glass, and a roof engineered to greatly surpass standards. Survived the wind AND the storm surge completely intact.

I have a ranch block house that was built in the 50's with a strapped tongue and groove roof; it's basically a bunker....but, the river is at the end of my road and the ocean four blocks away. I evacuate for anything above a tropical storm. Yes, I might be overly cautious, but Michael went from a low 2 to a killer 4.9 in 24 hours. Increased/extended heating is going to make this the new norm, so to me, it's not worth the risk.

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I was right.

Sounds like my house (but I have a plywood roof).... but being the oldest house on the street, it also sits the lowest I reroofed it myself 10 years ago and have yet to lose a shingle (we had 90mph+ gusts from Irma)..... but I did get 15"+ water in the house from Mattthew

Well, and afterwards...I have a friend who lives in Panama City, and her house was fine (Panama City Beach had some weird pockets with nearly no damage where even the electricity didn't go out), but now she's stuck. They have to walk to get food, because there is no gas (I told her to fill up before the storm, but she's not from Florida, and didn't understand why), and she has two kids and can you imagine the safety concerns being the only standing neighborhood in that devastation? I've offered to let her stay with us (her neighbor said he'd give her enough gas to get out of the worst of it and I could meet her with my multiple gas cans full) but she's stubborn. The kids' school doesn't know when it will reopen, and really, if you CAN get out, after, you really shouldn't be a drain on the already strained resources. The hospital is strained, there is no easily available medical care, and if you can not be stuck in that sort of circumstance, why would you?



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[Feminism is] a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ~Pat Robertson

Edited: 10/17/2018 at 01:26 PM by moody

Great video on Fox on the house in Mex Beach that survived with almost no damage.

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Romans 8;18-32 John 3;16-18

2012 FL Wind Borne Map

From DAB's post. It shows Mexico Beach's code to be 120-130mph, compared with South Fla at 170-180mph

Edited: 10/19/2018 at 07:07 AM by rc

Thanks. I'm guessing it's based on the fact that that area has never been hit by a storm of this magnitude..... but when you consider storms like Katrina (and the fact that the Gulf is usually a hottub) they prob should