kevin wrote:Evidently you didn't go through Frances and Jeane. I can tell you personally that 30 mph winds with 50 mph gusts and steady for days is a big deal. A huge deal. You will be without power. Trees will fall. Homes will be wrecked consequentially.
I have lived in Florida for around 10 years and have never had a thunderstorm like those hurricanes. And I was lucky. In Marion county far from the major impact.

Thanks.
Sorry however i have lived in south florida for over two decades. I am a FOURTH generation miamian, and my great grandfather wrote the first "Hurricane Building Code" in the world. So i think that you are barking up the wrong tree. If you would so like i am sure i can send you my weather data of my sustained 30-50mph winds for three days durring those hurricanes you mention.
Central folorida is NOTHING like south florida. You all do not get the same thunderstorms off the carribean/atlantic, and everglades. You all don't have building codes like we have. And thus your area is not weathered to deal with these scenarios as much as south florida is. Our trees routinely loose branches, and become stronger from years of battering. The weak things fall.
I was up in your area durring Jeanne, and it was not as bad as it was brought out to be. The high hurricane force winds were not present for great periods of time, the majority of the storm time was TS force. Houses if built properly should not be wrecked by those. But poor design, poor codes, poor inspections lead to poor performance. Example: "Gable Style roofing... lol what a joke" It was NO Andrew which i also went through. Consequently an airport near my house registred gusts over 200mph.
Anyway i don't have time to argue like this... I'm done with this thread.
-Eric