9/21/2004: Hurricane Ivan damage

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Look closer at most damage. Demonstrated is that building can be built reasonably to withstand direct storm assaults. I believe it was ABC News that interviewed a man in front of his house. The house was built per code and suffered minimal damage. Adjacent homes, not built to code, no longer even exist.

Any home not plummeted by a surge of water should be intact. Look closely at pictures. Especially at the borders where a photographer was not concentrating. Often around completely destroyed buildings are buildings virtually intact. Unlike Homestead, it appears this region had numerous building codes enforced. IOW was the damage due to Ivan or was it due to human failure?

One thing that does not survive well in such winds are small boats. Their cleats for ropes typically are not strong enough to hold the boat in such winds. Or the surge was too high for mooring ropes that were too short. Notice the marina. Little damage to buildings. Probably every boat severely damaged or destroyed.