| Big Red Machine |
| (Storm Tracker) |
| Sun Jul 10 2005 06:49 PM |
Re: Dennis Aftermath
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Lysis, you bring up a great point.Here in Martin County we went through the eyewall of Frances and Jeanne and the power went out at about 45 mph during Frances but stayed on until around 70mph during Jeanne we think to the same things you are referring to, Frances pruning everything and then FPL upgrading all the damaged areas.
I agree wholeheartedly guys. Hurricanes like Ivan and Frances acted much like the brushfires set by firefighters during wildfire season, they cleared out the clutter that had built up in the previous lull of hurricane activity (older, unhealthy trees; outdated roofs; etc).
In Orlando we got hit by C, F, and J, last year, and by the time we got to Jeanne, we just weren't seeing much damage. Newer buildings fair quite well in these storms, the post-Andrew building code is terrific.