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Yes there are Building codes. No, most buildings will not do so well when faced with 144 m.ph. winds. Many of the buildings that have been shown on the news are testimonial to that. My cousins house was demolished during Andrew and it was a solid poured concrete structure that had its roof sheered off then all the windows blew and the rest well it blew away too. Cost would be too prohibitive to build structures to withstand such winds and people just wont pay it. Believe me, as someone who has lived through 7 hurricanes now, the devastating force of a direct hit by hurricane is superior to many buildings in the US. All I can say with this last one is thank God it did not hit Tampa direct or you would be reading about A LOT more lives lost and A LOT more destruction.
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Bill Smoak
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul!
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