08-23-2014, 02:53 PM
Not saying that I believe it is fake but perhaps it is due to perspective. I just watched a video that said the damage was primarily caused by the storm surge of 5' above high tide. The picture depicts a raging wave higher than the house. The damage shown in videos, while bad, could not have been caused by waves like the one pictured or there would be nothing left.
I know I will catch flak for this but one house was moved pretty much intact off of its foundation. Clearly the foundation and attachment thereto was a weak spot. I saw many crumbling CMU walls with no evidence of steel reinforcement. One homeowner who "rode out the storm" was quoted as saying that he never dreamed he'd wake up to the damage he found in the morning. So, he chose to stay home and he slept through the storm.... One house was heavily damaged except for a sliding glass door....
I guess I am saying that a lot of the damage was due to houses not being built in anticipation of the types of damage they could reasonably have been expected to face.
I know I will catch flak for this but one house was moved pretty much intact off of its foundation. Clearly the foundation and attachment thereto was a weak spot. I saw many crumbling CMU walls with no evidence of steel reinforcement. One homeowner who "rode out the storm" was quoted as saying that he never dreamed he'd wake up to the damage he found in the morning. So, he chose to stay home and he slept through the storm.... One house was heavily damaged except for a sliding glass door....
I guess I am saying that a lot of the damage was due to houses not being built in anticipation of the types of damage they could reasonably have been expected to face.