Structural damage on every beachfront home for 30 miles

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Structural damage on every beachfront home for 30 miles

#1 Postby logybogy » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:18 am

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9768934.htm

A Herald survey conducted by helicopter found structural damage to nearly every beachfront home along a 30-mile stretch of coast from Vero Beach to Melbourne. On Hutchinson Island, piles of sand stood inside some crumbled homes. In Vero Beach, the storm surge washed away a half-mile stretch of beachside road and completely defaced a 13-story condominium.
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#2 Postby Mattie » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:20 am

wrong topic link
Mental health and the suburbs? :-)
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#3 Postby logybogy » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:23 am

I fixed that. Was reading another article and copied and pasted the wrong link. :P
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#4 Postby Sanibel » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:24 am

These structures were probably weakened by Frances. Damage in these cases is accumulative...
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#5 Postby mascpa » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:29 am

Does anyone know if the Driftwood Resort in Vero suffered any major damage?
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:59 am

I'd like to see the 13-story condo (not that I would necessarily recognize it). I went there way back in the 80's when my mom's best friend owned a place out there. I tried to call her (in KY) shortly after Frances, but only got a recording. I'm wondering how the place fared in both storms. Unfortunately, I only remember that it was on the beach, but I don't recall the name of it or exactly how it looked.
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#7 Postby shaner » Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:17 pm

mascpa wrote:Does anyone know if the Driftwood Resort in Vero suffered any major damage?
I'll betcha it's living up to its name now.
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#8 Postby bwslaw » Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:14 pm

There are pictures on the Palm Beach Post site that show condo damage in Vero as well as damage to the Driftwood Inn
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