On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:49:37 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Even buildings constructed to withstand the highest
winds were severely damaged by flying objects and by wind shear and
other forces that accompany the straight on winds of a major hurricane.

With a Cat 4 or Cat 5 hurricane all bet are off. It becomes more a
matter of luck than anything else. The wind loads on even modest
sized homes can exceed 200,000 lbs in that kind of storm.