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Less damage to homes and buildings because we have stricter building codes. Older buildings would be in trouble but anything built in the last 25 years would still be intact.
National Hurricane Center
looks like tropical depression EIGHT is forming and tropical storm ferdinand is off the coast of mexico as well as hurricane juiliette in the pacific but it is supposed to peter out before it reaches hawaii
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September is the most active month
National Hurricane Center
looks like tropical depression EIGHT is forming and tropical storm ferdinand is off the coast of mexico as well as hurricane juiliette in the pacific but it is supposed to peter out before it reaches hawaii
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I know less about Hurricanes than sexual intercourse, but a quick google search leaves me to doubt that you could have that level of supreme confidence that the buildings would withstand the 2nd biggest storm ever deciding to casually take a shit on basically the same spot for 9 hours. The speed of the hurricane surely changes the dynamic a lot.
Anyway, change Miami to some other city in the US without the strong building codes and the point stands.
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We have stringent building codes because of past hurricanes that have destroyed us.
You ever hear about the Burmese python problem in the Florida Everglades?
Yeah a hurricane (Andrew, 1992) destroying a snake breeding facility in southern Miami Dade county actually caused that. It wasn't caused by irresponsible owners who let their overgrown pet snakes go.
I can't speak for other U.S. cities, but I would imagine most in hurricane zones have better building standards than the Bahamas, a country where the average GDP per capita is about half that of the U.S.
Interesting. Always thought it was irresponsible pet owners.
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Irresponsible pet owners started the problem, but Andrew was the primary cause of the explosion in numbers.
Burmese python invasion in Florida a hidden legacy of Hurricane Andrew
I learned something today.
I just assumed it was exactly like that old 80's movie where they flushed a baby gator down the toilet.
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Funny, I just heard a report saying that there is a record amount of people rushing to Florida east coast beaches to assist with clean up causes. Apparently there are so many people there, volunteers are offering to "suck some dick" to clean the beaches.
