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Most everything built in coastal south florida since andrew is wind proof. Each county has it's own codes though. MD has zones that vary from 165-195mph. Others are less stringent. (from gooooogle) In addition to wind speed requirements, Florida's building codes also require impact resistant...

RIP Phil

One job? You lazy Mon.

Speaking of hurricanes, I use my truck mostly for the radio and a place to sit during safety meetings, so I don't roll my windows up unless there is a real threat of rain. I haven't had to roll up my windows since hurricane before last. My pond is just about gone. And even with the half ass...

I heard this list the other day on NPR. It is kind of shocking, but there has only been four storms to strike the US as Cat 5's. Labor Day Storm 1935 (before we named them) Camille 1969 Andrew 1992 Michael 2018 Here are all the Cat 5 storms...

That is not really serous. It was made to freak folks out about some of the higher wind speeds being seen, mostly in the Pacific. As you can see, the differences between categories is 22, 15, 20 and 25 mph. So a real Cat 6 would be somewhere between 170-180 mph. Or if you just look at the last...

Phil and the TFB

He's gone. Cold rain and snow.

Phil wrote this one when his dad died.

Phil, Carlos and Warren