otowntiger wrote:I fear that portions of the gulf coast around Panama City will look like Homestead back in '92.
yes, most of the area hasnt been built to the Miami-Dade code from post andrew...they dont get hit with majors so the old construction has remained and i can tell you there is plenty of it in the panhandle that will be no match for a major hurricane..new construction would struggle with a 4/5 but as you see in the Caribbean islands with the exception of Puerto Rico they generally dont build unless it can handle a major and they are consistently getting hit so only the strong survives and the stuff that doesn't gets rebuilt well...this will happen after michael but the sad truth is takes something like this get building upgraded as required by code..another issue is window protection, if you dont have it the wind gets inside and blows off the roof more easily and we will see that in this case, when you dont get hit by majors you get peeps not ready..expect structural damage like you havent seen in a long time
if there is something positive for the peeps and it isnt much but we have an election coming up in florida..the current governor of florida is running for senator and the mayor of tally is running for governor, these guys will be busting it with recovery efforts so their opponents can't make an issue out of it....the mayor of Chicago in the 70s lost an election because the snow removal effort was so weak...rick scott has been excellent with hurricane relief and gillun caught some flack in tally last time, the fact is there is a political situation at work here that might help the citizens a bit
