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On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:51:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

You do see the difference after a storm though. Old, pre-code houses
still get blown up but the newer ones come out unscathed. One of my
best demonstrations is the Gilchrist house in Texas. That was built to
the same 150 MPH code Florida requires south of Miami.
It speaks for itself.http://gfretwell.com/electrical/art....ouse.irpt.jpg- Hide quoted text -

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It's not just south of Miami. There's lots of coastal areas that are
in the 150 range. BUT, an engineer can still interpolate.


This is the current Fla wind code map.
http://gfretwell.com/electrical/windcodemap.jpg

Hurricane Andrew was upgraded to a Cat 5 in the past few years.