Building Codes Save Money and Lives

Photo caption: A home built to withstand 250-mile-per-hour winds in Mexico Beach, Fla. Photo credit: Johnny Milano / The New York Times / Redux. Article by The Editors. Scientific American – August 24, 2023.

After Category 5 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Fla., in 2018, there was a dramatic contrast in destruction: homes built at or beyond state building codes still stood, whereas many of those built before those stringent codes were enacted were simply gone. […]

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