10-15-2018, 10:36 PM
I saw a Hurricane Mike picture of a roof over a large structure where the trusses had simply laid down like dominoes. Relatively minor and cheap diagonal bracing would have prevented that. Also amidst all the flattened houses there are many still standing. I do not suggest that building to resist a 14' storm surge is easy but such examples do stand out. Showing a poor family crying beside the wreckage of their 1960s vintage termite eaten mobile home after a storm is more a statement about society than it is about the storm.