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House Failures in Hurricanes
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" We're going to chat now with Wayne salad -- Charlotte county emergency manager talked a little bit about some of the effects of this storm. On not just Florida in general but on the community here -- standing. Right in front of something that nine months later still largely destroyed and now I learn it's condemned. Tell us a little bit about the impact of the storm."
" And one of our big problems Bob as we go into another hurricane season is we've got hundreds and hundreds of properties look just like this one yeah we've got homes that look the day they did after hurricane Charley and that's a real real concern. Because recovery is not something that happens instantaneously. And it takes a lot of effort. To get these buildings down and and to begin the process of rebuilding our community and should another storm threatened. We've got some very serious issues to deal with in terms of flying debris."
" Now is the problem mostly just that the numbers are so -- there have been so many damaged buildings there aren't enough contractors to."
" They just aren't enough demolition companies to do it -- mean demolition. Is a tedious process has to be done right you can't just telling clear a site it's got to be done as evidence safely there's OSHA rules and regulations and getting contractors that are skilled. And do that for a living. Again there just aren't that many go around and they're spread pretty threat then across state of Florida you're going to Pensacola -- out of here right and so it's it's a big problem."
" Now were there some homes there were more susceptible to destruction in this hurricane and others yeah I mean anything -- pretty much. You could write off those that went through the -- wall of Charley that were built the 60s70s. Early eighties we're going to have damage particularly roof failure this example is probably from that appears to be there -- seventies very good example of pre. Forty unified building code. And a place that was built with materials and and wood frame construction. With lap siding and and just. We're really didn't stand a chance you can see. Where the damage is on this particular building that the winds did come around from the east and southeast as Charley passed over right and did its damage on this side of the building right and so it's it's unfortunate. That you see properties like this and people have to understand the 5050 rule that's out there. That if a property is damaged beyond the 50% level right it has to be replacing your -- in Internet SM cases. Zoning changes affect what can be re absolutely -- absolutely and and and and that gets into the whole insurance issue and having law and ordinance coverage on your property that protects you when the rules and regulations change it so that you can build a similar type of structure. For the amount of money that you might have available -- Yeah you get people are cut in you know -- have a real catch 22 right when you have a situation like like this one in particular. Now other homes like this lovely lavender house over here seem to have gone through storm pretty much unscathed well imagine now these people couple reasons one obviously point number one this house has a hip roof. Yeah gable roofs just don't make especially when they're facing the win and that gable is going to fail without brakes and gable end is like the sale. But the hip roof. Provides deflection of the wind -- and then that's key point number one number two they had window protection on this house Paramount to protecting a Florida home and keep the wind out. -- doors and windows. You're not going to get those uplift pressures and your house stands significant chance to survive and super."
" You know go back to the twenties and thirties are still intact."
" Isn't that amazing to take a look at old Florida construction. And and realize that we have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of homes. Just like leaves. Throughout the -- gorda community that did just as well it's it's when I first got out into the community in fact is that day after the storm when we flew over the city. And I was able to look down and I mean these streets have been my home for forty years and I looked at some of these houses and I said. You gotta be kidding I can't believe that that's still there when I saw buildings all around that had failed miserably under the the wind forces."
" I think of them as baskets they they they're flexible they give in the wind but they they stayed there when he thanks for coming on the show thanks Bob all right pleasure."
