Prices have been dropping since Q4 of last year. I pay very close attention. You are certainly right though that there will be increased inventory due to storms chasing some off. I think 2025 is gonna be a good year to buy properties.
Hurricane season has arrived....
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Developers designing Florida homes to withstand hurricanes
This is just FEMA trying to "amp up" losses, yo....
(Not any attempt to get things back to some semblance of normalcy w/in a quarter 🙄 )
On the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana
How one man built a home that can withstand the strongest hurricanes
How one man built a home that can withstand the strongest hurricanes
Wouldn't it suck if you spent all that money for a "hurricane proof" storm and a tornado hits it? I don't think anything can be tornado proof unless the building is constructed as a dome with nothing for the wind to grab ahold of. It also must be able to survive impacts from debris.
Houses in Florida survived a tornado last week. One ended up with a dumpster on its roof. I believe the pictures are in this thread.
Simpson Strong-Tie video featuring the Mexico Beach house
Surviving A Hurricane: A Hurricane-Resistant Construction Solution
Surviving A Hurricane: A Hurricane-Resistant Construction Solution
Cat 3 hurricane simulator
How to build stronger homes to withstand a hurricane
How to build stronger homes to withstand a hurricane
Already mentioned. Covid should have taught us better about single suppliers. Baxter should have an alternate facility where they can ramp up production, or I would hope Congress/Biden would allow for quick importation of foreign stocks. I'm thinking of the muddled response during the great baby formula scare because of Abbott's dirty plant and lack of adequate stocks.
It appears as if there is going to be more turmoil in the insurance markets in Florida.
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-residents-scared-insurer-upends-policies-1971200
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-residents-scared-insurer-upends-policies-1971200
The lesson learned from that is, if your pockets are deep enough, you can weather proof anything. What people don't think about is building codes are minimum standards to provide a prescribed level of protection.
Michael was like being hit by a F3 tornado for 45 minutes.
Pinellas barrier Islands businesses reopening after Hurricane Milton
I wonder if we will get an update on how this guy’s house held up in the hurricane. He’s in Orlando so I’m guessing he is ok.
He applied lessons learned from hurricanes in Puerto Rico
Man Straps Down His Home as Milton Arrives in Florida
He applied lessons learned from hurricanes in Puerto Rico
Man Straps Down His Home as Milton Arrives in Florida
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Step On Up, Oscar & Nadine!!!
Nadine spaghetti models and NHC cone are taking it across Central America and into the Pacific
Oscar spaghetti models and NHC cone are taking it out into the Atlantic Ocean and away from the continental US
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Nadine spaghetti models and NHC cone are taking it across Central America and into the Pacific
Oscar spaghetti models and NHC cone are taking it out into the Atlantic Ocean and away from the continental US
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The latest information on active storms in the Atlantic Ocean
Looks like an ugly couple of days for Guantanamo...
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Flagler Beach renourishment project significantly reduced storm damage
Florida International University in Miami Wall of Wind
VIDEO: FIU's Wall of Wind Demonstration
Pre-Andrew and Post-Andrew roofs tested side by side in FIU’s Wall of Wind
Category 5 hurricane-force winds tear at metal roof | 10News WTSP
Look how close they park their cars next to the wall of wind building with gravel flying everywhere
AeroEdge - Mitigating Hurricane Wind Damage - Testing @ FIU's Wall of Wind
Wall of Wind (WOW!)
Hurricane Simulation Lab: the Wall of Wind at FIU Miami
VIDEO: FIU's Wall of Wind Demonstration
Pre-Andrew and Post-Andrew roofs tested side by side in FIU’s Wall of Wind
Category 5 hurricane-force winds tear at metal roof | 10News WTSP
Look how close they park their cars next to the wall of wind building with gravel flying everywhere
AeroEdge - Mitigating Hurricane Wind Damage - Testing @ FIU's Wall of Wind
Wall of Wind (WOW!)
Hurricane Simulation Lab: the Wall of Wind at FIU Miami
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‘We are back’: Bradenton Beach open for business after Hurricane Milton
The Bridge Tender Inn is a great waterside bar & grill.
Oscar makes landfall in Cuba, could lead to 'humanitarian crisis'
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed Sunday for the fourth time in 48 hours, a major setback in the efforts to restore power to exhausted residents.
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To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba
A hurricane so small that it could not be observed by satellite formed this weekend, surprising forecasters at the National Hurricane Center.
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To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba
As of Saturday evening, hurricane-force winds extended just 5 miles from the center.
A hurricane so small that it could not be observed by satellite formed this weekend, surprising meteorologists and even forecasters at the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Oscar developed on Saturday near Turks and Caicos, and to the northeast of Cuba, in the extreme southwestern Atlantic Ocean. As of Saturday evening, hurricane-force winds extended just 5 miles (8 km) from the center of the storm.
This is not the smallest tropical cyclone—as defined by sustained winds greater than 39 mph, or 63 kph—as that record remains held by Tropical Storm Marco back in 2008. However, this may possibly be the smallest hurricane in terms of the extent of its hurricane-force winds.
Oscar was so small that its winds could not be detected by Earth-observation satellites that estimate wind speeds in tropical cyclones.
Writing in his summary of Oscar's development on Saturday afternoon, National Hurricane Center forecaster Philippe Papin noted that the hurricane was only discovered due to a last-minute flight by Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft.
"It is fair to say it's been an unexpected day with regards to Oscar," he wrote in his 5 pm ET advisory. "After being upgraded to a tropical storm this morning, a resources-permitting Air Force Reconnaissance mission found that Oscar was much stronger than anticipated and in fact was a tiny hurricane. It is worth noting that remote sensing satellite intensity estimates are currently much lower."
SE Hillsborough County
Community still flooded after Hurricane Milton, nearly two weeks later
Community still flooded after Hurricane Milton, nearly two weeks later
Volusia County
Flooding getting worse in Orange City weeks after Hurricane Milton
Flooding getting worse in Orange City weeks after Hurricane Milton
Rapid development means drainage infrastructure can’t keep up?
Local government is answerable to local voters.
Some tough choices ahead.
By the time "local government" becomes accountable, the previous "local government" officials that got all the freebies from developers are long-gone. And the developers have also taken their $$ and left town.
Anyone who stands up to point out the risks being taken w/ overdevelopment gets called out as a "lib" or "commie" who is slowing/denying progress.
Tough choices ahead, indeed.
Stormwater management systems are not designed to handle the amount of water being seen now. Could they be? Sure. But voters wouldn't want to foot that bill for something that happens so rarely.
What happened? The same thing that always happens in Tampa. Our tax dollars are spent downtown, on Harbor Island, Davis Island, Hyde Park and Palma Ceia. The other areas are neglected for years.
'What happened to the pumps?:' Mayor explains, Tampa City Council approves independent investigation
'What happened to the pumps?:' Mayor explains, Tampa City Council approves independent investigation
