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Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:50 pm
by Hammer


Sure seems like they would want to rebuilding out of cement block, if they rebuild....

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:30 pm
by BerettaRacer
Son of Beetch!!! Looks like Cutler Bay after Andrew.

You can really see the differences in quality of construction, hardly damaged to pile of rubble.

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:51 pm
by gforester
Makes you want to go out and buy some beach side property, doesn't it?

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:44 pm
by zeebaron
gforester wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:51 pm Makes you want to go out and buy some beach side property, doesn't it?
Weren't there a couple people here wanting to move to Carrabelle?

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:50 pm
by zeebaron
By the looks of it, you would think most of the damage was from mobile homes. But nope, all houses...

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:50 pm
by tector
Why would anybody have anything but CBS construction, elevated, in such an area?

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:25 pm
by patw
That is sad to see. Not to derail the thread but there is a 2 story house by me done in wood and the siding is OSB. It has been exposed to the elements for at least a couple weeks. I agree with going cbs construction unless there is no other choice.

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:03 am
by Slartibartfast
Country Walk after Andrew

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:42 am
by lilwoody
Looks like what greeted me and my fellow workers at the Florida City Water Treatment plant at sunrise an August 24, 1992. Every trailer trailer park within 20 miles looked just like those stick frame houses. Only difference was 90% of the CBS houses had no roofs.

Re: Mexico Beach is devistated(F****d)

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:02 am
by zeebaron
tector wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:50 pm Why would anybody have anything but CBS construction, elevated, in such an area?
I don't think it really matters by the time you hit Cat 4, I didn't see any place there that looked like it wouldn't be considered a total loss by the insurer. I've been in a few concrete block homes that have been just the victims of saltwater storm surge and not combined with wind, you have to tear the entire insides out. By the time you do that, you might as well have just started over new. Insurance check is the same. Pay more upfront for the same result? Meh.