Winter 2005
The Four Furie's of 2004, Native Species Take Root, ACQ Wrap-Up
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Breakline Four Furies The 2004 hurricane season challenges coastal building codes As a hurricane wind engineer, Tim Reinhold picked through 200 homes damaged by Charley, Frances, or Ivan. Among the newer ones, he discovered missing soffits and blown-off roof tiles but few total losses. "You can definitely see a difference between the performance of newer and older buildings," noted Reinhold, vice president for engineering at the insurance-industry-backed Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in Tampa. In early October, Floridians were still mopping up from the four hurricanes of the season the last of which, Jeanne, barreled ashore north of
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