>>>
>>> WHEN
>>> WHEN CODE VARIABLE ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE STATE.
BUT RECENT STORMS LIKE 4@
HURRICANE MICHAEL ARE PROOF
THAT A 4@MAJOR STORM ANYWHERE I
HURRICANE MICHAEL ARE PROOF THAT A 4@MAJOR STORM ANYWHERE I@
THE STATE.
THE STATE. >>> IN THE SECOND EDITION OF
OUR THREE-PART SERIES WE SHOW
YOU HOW CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
IS HELPING CHANGE THE WAY WE
BUILD HURRICANES. 4@
>> Reporter: DENISE BRADFORD'S
HOME TOOK A BEATING IN 4@4@HURR
IRMA BUILT IN TAMPA IN THE
1960S LONG BEFORE ANY WHEN 4@TH
ZONES WERE IMPLEMENTED IN 1995.
ARMOR HAD NO TROUBLE PULLING
HER HOUSE APART.
>> PEOPLE WOULD SAY I DON'T 4@
THINK THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
ME BUT YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT
HAPPENS. 4@4@
HAPPENS. 4@4@ >> Reporter: IS GOING 4@TO HAPP
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. MOST OF THE HOUSING STOCK
AROUND TAMPA BAY 4@IS JUST LIKE
BRADFORD'S, BUILT BELOW THE
CURRENT CODE AND EXTREMELY
VULNERABLE TO HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS.
WINDS.
WINDS. WE
WINDS. WE TOLD YOU THAT DIFFERENT
AREAS OF FLORIDA HAVE DIFFERENT
BUILDING STANDARDS IN TERMS OF
WHAT STRUCTURE CAN 4@4@HOLD UP
WHAT HURRICANE FORCE WINDS BUT
HOW DO YOU TEST IT 4@TO KNOW 4@
THAT BUILDING IS ACTUALLY GOING
TO HOLD UP IN THOSE WINS?
YOU BRING IT HERE TO TEST IT AT
THE WALL OF WIND AT FLORIDA 4@4@
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.4@
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.4@ USING THE WALL OF WIND, ERIC
SELMA HAS AT HIS FINGERTIPS THE
WORLD ONLY MACHINE TH4@AT 4@CAN
CREATE CATEGORY FIVE 4@HURRICAN
FORCE WINDS IN A 4@4@RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT. THE FIU 4@ENGINEERING SCHOOL
CONSTANTLY GETS REQUEST FOR
BOTH THE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING
ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING TESTING FOR VARIOUS BUILDING
MATERIALS.
MATERIALS. THOSE 4@4@MATERIAL WAS ARE PUT
THE TEST.
THE TEST.
THE TEST. >> WE CREATED A FACILITY THE
CANAL CREATES REAL HURRICANE
CONDITIONS WHICH IS 4@SO VITAL
WHEN IT COMES TO RESEARCH,
ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF WIND
ENGINEERING WHICH WE DO HERE AT
FIU 4@BUT ALSO HELPING BUILD
BETTER, BUILD STRONGER, MAKE
OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES
STRONGER FOR THE NEXT
HURRICANE.
HURRICANE. THE END RESULT, THE END-USER
RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLORIDA AND
BEYOND REAP THE BENEFITS OF
LIVING IN STRONGER HOMES OR
SCHOOLS OR HOSPITALS BECAUSE WE
LIVING IN STRONGER HOMES OR SCHOOLS OR HOSPITALS BECAUSE WE@
WANT 4@TO ENHANCE4@ THOSE 4@BUI
CODES.
CODES.
CODES. >>
CODES. >> Reporter: THE WIND COATS
REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS BUT
THAT DOESN'T MEAN CHANGES ARE
MADE EVERY TIME.
THE LAST TIME THE ZONES WERE
CHANGED WAS IN 2010.
>> THE STANDARDS WE ARE USING
NOW THIS PAST SET OF DATA IS
THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE
MAY SE4@E THE FUTURE?
>> WHEN IT COMES TO HER KIDS
RESEARCH IS SUGGESTING THERE
WILL BE MORE STORMS, STRONGER
STORMS SO WE CANNOT BUILD TO
THE PAST, WE HAVE TO BUILD FOR
THIS POSSIBLE FUTURE MOVING
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> WE HAD A LONG WAIT OF 4@DATA
FORWARD. >> WE HAD A LONG WAIT OF 4@DATA@
THAT SHOWS WE ARE THE BULL'S-
EYE, WE ARE THE PENINSULA THAT
STICKS OUT INTO HURRICANE ALLEY
SO OF ALL STATES WE NEED TO BE @
THE ONES TO LEAD WHEN IT COMES
TO WIND 4@ENGINEERING RESEARCH
AND TRANSLATE THAT TO BUILDING @
CODE.
CODE.
CODE. >>
CODE. >> FLORIDA HAS DONE THAT. 4@
OUR BILLING CODES ARE
CONSIDERED SOME OF THE
STRONGEST IN THE 4@COUNTRY BY
VARIOUS RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING THE INSURANCE
INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS AND HOME
SAFETY. 4@
SAFETY. 4@ BUT AS CHANGES IN 4@OUR
ENVIRONMENT FUEL BIGGER,
STRONGER STORMS, OUR CODES WILL
BE TESTED.
BE TESTED. >> I DON'T THINK WE ARE
DEBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
ANYMORE, I THINK THAT DEBATE
NEEDS TO MOVE TO CAN WE 4@ADAPT
>> Reporter: CRAIG 4@FUGATE EIG
IF OUR 4@BUILDING CODES AND
PRACTICES ARE BASED UPON
HISTORICAL EVENTS AND NOT WHAT
COULD BE OCCURRING, WE TEND TO
BUILD BELOW THE DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS SURVIVED 4@THE
STORMS.
STORMS.
STORMS. >> SHOULD FLORIDA HAVE 4@A
UNIFORM 4@AND CODE WHEN IT COME
TO BUILDING?
TO BUILDING? >> THAT'S NOT THE BIG QUESTION
AND THAT'S NOW THE BIG
DISCUSSION TO EVERYONE NEEDS TO
SERIOUSLY SIT DOWN, TALK ABOUT
THAT ANNUALIZE AND UNDERSTAND
THAT 4@4@CHANGE MAY4@ BE NEEDED
ON HOW WE ADJUST THE BUILDING
CODES ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.
>> Reporter: ONE THING WE DO
KNOW IS THAT NEWER HOMES BUILT
ABOVE THE CURRENT CODE HELD UP
EXTREMELY WELL4@ 4@IN RECENT 4@
EVEN IN SOME OF THE 4@HARDEST H
AREAS.
AREAS.
AREAS. >>> WE SAW EXAMPLES OF HOMES
THAT WERE BUILT ABOVE THE CODE.
WE SAW THAT IN THE KEYS FOR
MAMA AND WE SAW THAT IN THE
PANHANDLE FROM MICHAEL.
WE SAW HOW THERE WERE SOME
BUILDINGS THAT WITHSTOOD THE
WINS, THEY WERE NEWER AND BUILT
BUILDINGS THAT WITHSTOOD THE WINS, THEY WERE NEWER AND BUILT@
HIGHER THAN WHAT THE CODE
DEMANDED.
DEMANDED.
DEMANDED. >> YOU SHOULD THINK OF THE 4@
BUILDING CODE AS 4@THE MINIMUM
YOUR BILLING TO AND IF YOU'RE
IN A COASTAL AREA, YOU PROBABLY
WANT TO THINK 4@ABOUT BUILDING
EVEN TO 4@HIGHER STANDARDS.
>> ABOUT THAT STANDARD CODE,
THE GRID WHEN ZONES ARE
CONFIGURED IN PART BASED ON 4@
PAST STORMS.
PAST STORMS. FUGATE SAYS THAT IS NOT THE
BEST PRACTICE.
BEST PRACTICE. >> LOOKING AT PAST DATA TO
DETERMINE OUR VULNERABILITIES
AND RISK 4@ISN'T WORKING.
PARTICULARLY FOR HURRICANES.
THERE'S NOT ANY PART 4@OF THE
COAST OF FLORIDA THAT COULD NOT
GET HIT WITH A MAJOR HURRICANE.
>> AFTER IRMA, BRADFORD WAS
LEFT TO HANDLE MOST OF THE
REPAIRS ON HER HOME BY HERSELF
AND SHE HAS SOME ADVICE FOR
ANYONE WHO THINKS FLORIDA'S
WIND COATS ARE JUST UNNECESSARY
RED TAPE.
RED TAPE.
RED TAPE. >> BE PREPARED, DON'T TAKE
ANYTHING LIGHTLY TRY TO BUILD
ABOVE 4@THE CODES.
IF I HAD TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE
I 4@WOULD TRIED4@ TO BUILD ABOU
THE CODE.
THE CODE.
THE CODE. >> THE COMMISSION OVERSEES ALL @
OF THE BILLING CODES AND HOW
THEY ARE REVIEWED IN THEIR 4@
CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF
REVIEWING DATA THAT WAS
COLLECTED AFTER HURRICANE
MICHAEL.
MICHAEL.
MICHAEL. OF THOSE RESULTS WILL BE
RELEASED IN JUNE BUT WE KNOW
THAT THE WILLPOWER TO CHANGE
LIES IN THE HANDS OF OUR STATE
LEADERS WHO TELL US THIS ISSUE
HAS NOT EVEN COME UP FOR
DISCUSSION AT ALL IN THIS LAST
SESSION WHICH JUST ENDED LAST
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. HURRICANE SEASON STARTS JUNE 1.
FRIDAY. HURRICANE SEASON STARTS JUNE 1.@