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Old August 30th 05, 08:18 PM
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Andrew drove a major upgrading of Florida building codes to make
structures more hurricane resistant. After the 2004 season, you could
easily spot in aerial photographs pre and post Andrew neighborhoods and
developments. Considering that New Orleans and surrounding area is for
the most part not recent construction, all is certainly possible.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Dylan Smith" wrote:
ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED.

Bull****.


Not at all. If the hurricane had remained a category 5 storm,
overpressures of 4-5 psi could be expected. This is sufficient to
destroy
a timber frame building. It's about equivalent to the blast that
would
be felt about 2.5 miles from a 100kt nuclear explosion.


Well, it says, "ALL." Hurricane damage simply doesn't work that way.
It is freakishly spotty even in a very bad storm.

Fortunately, it seems to have lost strength when it made landfall.


Yes. If it had come ashore with a central pressure of 902 mb, things
could have been far worse than even the catastrophic damage we are
seeing.

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Dan
C172RG at BFM