Oct 5, 2017 – Paul Tinsley and his wife were in their Monolithic Dome home in Cudjoe Key during Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 storm which battered through
I live in a home in Florida that was built in 1954. It has never received any damage from any hurricane. I sat in my living room watching the green lightning through the window during Irma. I didn’t even loose power during Matthew. I lost a tree in the front yard during Charlie…
The last article we read about housing in the Florida Keys was the need for more affordable housing. Can’t have it both ways. The story will not change: Low to moderate income residents will live in poorly constructed homes and mobile homes that may not be adequately maintained (example – scheduled roof replacements) while the affluent can afford to build better. And we’ll have FEMA to help those when the next event occurs. And it will.
“homes that are all but hurricane proof”
Maybe it’s just me, but this is poorly phrased. “All but” means “not.” It’s a very misleading start to the article…
“only 8% have concrete frames”? In Florida, my informal observation indicates most of the single family homes built are concrete block with steel reinforcement. WTH are they talking about? If you have blocks with steel reinforcement that’s even better than a “concrete frame”?
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Oct 5, 2017 – Paul Tinsley and his wife were in their Monolithic Dome home in Cudjoe Key during Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 storm which battered through
Wonder if Al Gore is going to build close by. What happened to the cars?
I live in a home in Florida that was built in 1954. It has never received any damage from any hurricane. I sat in my living room watching the green lightning through the window during Irma. I didn’t even loose power during Matthew. I lost a tree in the front yard during Charlie…
The last article we read about housing in the Florida Keys was the need for more affordable housing. Can’t have it both ways. The story will not change: Low to moderate income residents will live in poorly constructed homes and mobile homes that may not be adequately maintained (example – scheduled roof replacements) while the affluent can afford to build better. And we’ll have FEMA to help those when the next event occurs. And it will.
“homes that are all but hurricane proof”
Maybe it’s just me, but this is poorly phrased. “All but” means “not.” It’s a very misleading start to the article…
“only 8% have concrete frames”? In Florida, my informal observation indicates most of the single family homes built are concrete block with steel reinforcement. WTH are they talking about? If you have blocks with steel reinforcement that’s even better than a “concrete frame”?