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Old 11-17-21, 10:34 AM   #3
iambecomelife
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"I don't care that "it's good enough to meet code." I want it to not blow away in a stiff breeze."

When I was a kid in 1989, Hurricane Hugo collapsed the condos under construction a quarter mile from our own condo's. This should never have happened, because we lived far inland and the hurricane had weakened to about 40-50 mph gusts, at the most.

They were in the same development and the exact same type of building as our home ... flimsy siding, wood like toothpicks, and tissue-paper insulation panels that you could easily stick your hand through. Gives you a nice feeling, eh?

Fortunately no one was hurt, because they were still under construction and all the workers had left bc of the storm. But after that, it was kind of white knuckle moment whenever our county got a tornado or storm warning. Glad my folks no longer live there, and I live in a sturdy tower on the "Left Coast" these days.

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