Victim of Hurricane Michael

Eastern Shipyard and Panama City got hammered. They also have the USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter Program as well and it will be delayed some.
Lots of the shipyard workers lost everything and are totally displaced for the time being.

St. Joe marina is destroyed, Cape San Blas was breached with major damage, St. George Island major damage, Carrabelle had a bit of damage around the waterfront. All appeared to have large surge tide damage.

The owner was interviewed on TV. It was built to withstand around 250 mph winds and had little damage. The only negative was when the owner said it cost twice as much to build than the local building codes.

Sadly, the Florida legislature has refused to go along with a statewide code even in coastal areas so the only county that has 150 mph code is Miami-Dade and Broward has 140 mph. However, most Broward construction is done to Miami Dade code today. Initially, the higher codes increased the cost of construction significantly, I was told as much as 25%. However, once you got all building being done at those levels great efficiencies were developed and these codes were the norm so the cost of higher codes is now more in the 10% area. Even that has payback too in other ways. You build a home to these codes and your utility bills well be far less, insurance bills far less, and the home will be more comfortable as far easier to control the climate.

It's amazing how much more energy efficient our home is than any we had in NC. Even with the best codes, I would have expected some flooding in Mexico Beach as levels never before reached were hit. However, the concept is really simple. You start with concrete and no wood framed homes and you build them above maximum flood levels. Then just quality roofs, doors and windows. Yet, I've seen homes built along the coasts of NC and TX to replace those destroyed in hurricanes and the new homes would never stand up either.

South Florida learned from Andrew but no where else appears to have learned.

I saw the interview and he corrected the rumor about twice the cost. He said it was about 20%

I have never understood why homes are built out of matchsticks and roofs are nailed together. I lived on St Barth’s in the 80s and 90s. My house survived cat 2 Hugo in 89 and slow moving Cat 5 Luis in 95. Blocks with reinforced concrete columns at every corner, around every window and door. Roof was thru bolted. Even the wide galleries survived. We only lost the gutters.

I d rather have a house that s 25% smaller but hurricane proof.

We spent about $20k for hurricane protection rated at 140 mph but still had wood construction. It initially saved about $1k annually on insurance. Over time our insurance has double. No way would we stay in our house for a hurricane like Michael. Luckily we have a neighbor with a concrete bunker that will let us use it if needed. Our lot cannot be replaced, we would have to knock down a perfectly good house to build concrete construction and wouldn't happen unless we lose it to a hurricane. I'm with Pascal on a smaller hurricane proof house!

I believe it's actually 20 Euro cents per kwh or 0.2 Euro per kwh you meant to say. Even that would be an increase over the 16 Euro Cents last year if those are current numbers.

My point was that it is not 2 euros/kwh as you said. You had a misplaced decimal.