Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "Damage assessment u0026 Getting back to normal. Sort of... Pt 8" video.

  1. Very likely that house was built to the local hurricane code portion of the building code for that area. The same thing applies to other areas of the country for things like snow load, tornadoes, and earthquakes, depending on where it is built.
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  2.  @jeffsullivan3101  Likely so, but he HAS to follow at LEAST the minimum, if he built that house, but the code for that are there to compensate for the hurricane forces, so at minimum, his roof HAS to withstand the hurricane force winds.
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  3.  @jeffsullivan3101  I only know what I know due to some researching a few years back. Used to be that the building codes for the US was largely the same everywhere and it was discovered that if they broke it up to regions, and adjust the building codes to that region, it made much more sense. BTW, did not note that his house had metal roof so there is that. Thank you. BTW, there ARE parts of the country where local jurisdiction has no building codes, Not sure how many are like that, but parts of Idaho are but not certain if FL is one of them or not, but if not, he has had to build to code for that area, and I believe all of FL has to be built to withstand hurricanes, assuming the structure was built in recent years to begin with. Older structures may, or may not have been built to hurricane forces, but can be retrofitted to however.
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