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On 10/6/11 7:57 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:19:32 -0400, wrote:

CODE is a MINIUMUM. You want minimum standard work? Build to code. You
want quality? Use a brain.

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Building to code is usually quite adequate. The codes have safety
margins built in to them.

Building to code was shown to be inadequate in South Florida after
Hurricane Andrew...that and malfeasance on the part of building inspectors.

Stop pontificating, w'hine.

Uh, Harry, I know that you think you know everything, but you don't.
Codes are ever evolving for one thing. When an event of greater
magnitude that was ever previously seen happens, that new knowledges
gets scrutinized, then codes are re-written. Plus, a code can not
possibly cover events in a magnitude that has never been seen yet.
Thirdly, South Florida's wind and airborne debris possibilities has
little to do with a piece of wire buried in the ground.