by Pat Curry
Hurricane Andrew roared across South Florida and Louisiana in August 1992, causing 65 deaths and more than $26 billion in damage. The most positive thing to come out of the devastating storm: stricter building codes requiring Florida homes to better resist hurricane-force winds and water. The impact was clearly seen during the horrendous 2004 season, when five storms hit the Sunshine State. Houses built after 1994, the year the strengthened building codes went into effect, fared far better than ones built earlier.
“There hadn’t been much testing on what it takes to suck a piece of wood off a house until after Andrew,” says Tim Reinhold, director of engineering and vice president for the Tampa, Fla.-based Institute for Business & Home Safety.
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