Florida’s statewide building code is one of the strongest anywhere, but Hurricane Michael exposed its weakness in the state’s Panhandle region, reports The Real Deal South Florida.
Varying by location in the state, building code requirements for wind-resistant construction are stricter in South Florida than in the Panhandle.
“For example, the code requires that the newly built structures in Miami-Dade County must be designed to remain intact despite wind speed of about 175 miles per hour, according to John Pistorino, a structural engineer in Miami.”
But in parts of the Panhandle, the design standard for wind resistance drops to 120 miles per hour and rises gradually to 150 miles per hour in the Pensacola area.
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