Re: Space Shuttles Survive Jeanne; Assembly Building Loses More Panels

From: Jan Vorbrüggen (jvorbrueggen-not_at_mediasec.de)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:12:33 +0200

> There does seem to be an issue with "standard" Floridian construction.
> There was a Weather Channel item on this during the run up to Jeanne
> pointing out that older buildings survived better than newer and that new
> construction codes had helped with post-Andrew builds.

I'm also continually surprised that in a "high-tech" and affluent country
as the US, electricity to the home is delivered by wires on poles instead
of in trenches. The problems with that apply not only to hurricanes and
tornados, but to blizzards and snow storms as well.

        Jan