Post #182785 by cheekytiki on Mon, Aug 29, 2005 1:49 PM

Hope everyone is safe and well.
With the Hurricanes of the last few years, are developers starting to build houses that can stand up to these conditions more?
I lived on the West Coast of Ireland for about 7 years and experienced some very strong winds (the highest was a 138mph gust!), so all the houses were built to take the weather, mostly single storey with small windows. They may not be that attractive but they don't seem to blow down and you can quite easily sit the big storms out.