We're having fun in Florida now!

[oldandslow2]

Maybe I am just cold hearted but if you live somewhere the chances are high that Mother Nature is likely to wipe you out that's on you and when it happens don't be crying to people about it. Stay there and die? Seems rather dumb to me.

This is NOT directed at Land-Owner but at the ones crying about losing everything or mostly everything when they knew there was a good likelyhood that it would happen at some point in time and expecting the government to make things all nice for them again.

Live where you want, carry insurance to cover your losses, and run like hell when something is coming you might not live through. High winds, hail, and wildfire are what I have to contend with. I have had to grab the cat (not literally) and run a couple of times over wildfires but was lucky and had only minor damage with one.

[Dixie-Dude]

That is some strong windows.  There was one home built on Galveston beach a few years ago, before the hurricane that recently hit Houston about 15-20 years ago.  It was the only home standing.  Built hurricane proof.  Metal roof and on stilts.  Surge washed under it.  Windows had shutters.  If everyone built them this way there wouldn't be as much damage.  When your city is only 5' above sea level, everything should be built up 12-15' at least off sea level.  Easier to build for wind than water. 

[Dee]

Maybe I am just cold hearted but if you live somewhere the chances are high that Mother Nature is likely to wipe you out that's on you and when it happens don't be crying to people about it. Stay there and die? Seems rather dumb to me.

This is NOT directed at Land-Owner but at the ones crying about losing everything or mostly everything when they knew there was a good likelyhood that it would happen at some point in time and expecting the government to make things all nice for them again.

Live where you want, carry insurance to cover your losses, and run like hell when something is coming you might not live through. High winds, hail, and wildfire are what I have to contend with. I have had to grab the cat (not literally) and run a couple of times over wildfires but was lucky and had only minor damage with one.

Agreed.  Living on a peninsula surrounded by water isn't without its perils. Linda always wanted to live on a river. Just sit on the porch and watch the water go lazily by.

I said SURE! Until a 6" rain 200 miles up stream takes you and your porch in the middle of the night.

[Lloyd Smale]

lol, that window company should use that as a tv comercial. cant believe it doesnt even look like it leaks.

That is some strong windows.  There was one home built on Galveston beach a few years ago, before the hurricane that recently hit Houston about 15-20 years ago.  It was the only home standing.  Built hurricane proof.  Metal roof and on stilts.  Surge washed under it.  Windows had shutters.  If everyone built them this way there wouldn't be as much damage.  When your city is only 5' above sea level, everything should be built up 12-15' at least off sea level.  Easier to build for wind than water.

[Graybeard]

That photo appears to have been posted about a blue million times and by folks in several different countries to include I think Russia, at least the text looks Russian to me.

I truly wonder if it is related to this most recent hurricane.

[Ranger99]

Maybe I am just cold hearted but if you live somewhere the chances are high that Mother Nature is likely to wipe you out that's on you and when it happens don't be crying to people about it. Stay there and die? Seems rather dumb to me.

This is NOT directed at Land-Owner but at the ones crying about losing everything or mostly everything when they knew there was a good likelyhood that it would happen at some point in time and expecting the government to make things all nice for them again.

Live where you want, carry insurance to cover your losses, and run like hell when something is coming you might not live through. High winds, hail, and wildfire are what I have to contend with. I have had to grab the cat (not literally) and run a couple of times over wildfires but was lucky and had only minor damage with one.

Agreed.  Living on a peninsula surrounded by water isn't without its perils. Linda always wanted to live on a river. Just sit on the porch and watch the water go lazily by.

I said SURE! Until a 6" rain 200 miles up stream takes you and your porch in the middle of the night.

Yeah
Used to fish south Louisiana a good bit.
I went with a friend's dad a while back
( since he had to work my friend had to
bow out at the last minute )
and there was a tropical storm about 300
miles east. We didn't count on any effects
from that far away but some rain was
forecast.  We didn't expect the storm to
do anything major from that far away,
but it caused about a 6-7 foot tidal surge
that almost swamped the truck ( the
only way back home from 8 hours away )
and nearly swamped the boat moored
out back to the dock. The ropes held
ok, but pulled the tied off side way down
and the free side was way up in the air.
It also swept everything from the porch
leading to the dock including my good
70 quart cooler full of ice and trout.
We found the cooler stuck against a
utility pole by the current and a good
many lost gas cans.  An oil storage
tank had broken free and floated pretty
close in to the house.  About 25 foot
tall and maybe 15 or 20 foot in diameter.

Just goes to show that nature will do
whatever it wants to no matter how
bad it inconveniences everyone