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Originally Posted by mrnyc
oh geez louise that beachside pic above makes me a nervous wreck ----- so what the heck does the sunny isles homeowner insurance go for? can they even get insurance??
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Yeah they can get insurance. Hurricane insurance is offered. But these towers on a side note are designed, along with Florida homes, to withstand certain elements of hurricanes. Even the windows for example. On a tower like this, they will be in good shape.
Miami-Dade has there own modified requirements for the Florida building code which I believe influence design with respect to wind speed and load/force.
In other words, it would take a major hurricane to cause some serious damage,and even than, it would be mitigated somewhat through design implementation and testing. Materials used have to meet certain testing requirements to account for these forces.
With Florida homes, there is a difference in strength if you look at homes lets say build in the 1980's to ones built after 2000.