On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:48:15 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:16:33 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Texas, like Fl has law that says any of the beach between high and low
tide is public land and nothing me be built there. Of course, Ike has
moved the beach so many homes there are now below high tide line so
they cannot rebuild. Too effin bad I say. These idjits knew that was
the case before they built but did anyway.

The problem is they had a weak building code.
This one did OK, built to a 150 MPH wind code and exceeding minimum
FEMA elevation
http://esteroriverheights.com/electr...house.irpt.jpg

What storm was that ?