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What happened after Katrina, Duany said, was that FEMA and others came to town with detailed requirements for record-keeping and property titles, then insisted on stringent building codes that would make all the houses hurricane-proof.
Houses of the Future 2009
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What happened after Katrina, Duany said, was that FEMA and others came to town with detailed requirements for record-keeping and property titles, then insisted on stringent building codes that would make all the houses hurricane-proof.
Houses of the Future 2009
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Luce Foundation are working hard to create the optimum university setting, earthquake and hurricane-proof, for the least cost possible.
Jim Luce: Haiti: Almost Two Years Later Jim Luce 2011
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Magpie and all, a quarter of a mile into the cocoanuts at the head of Taiohae Bay — and it a supposedly hurricane-proof harbour.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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Luce Foundation are working hard to create the optimum university setting, earthquake and hurricane-proof, for the least cost possible.
Jim Luce: Haiti: Almost Two Years Later Jim Luce 2011
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The report also maintains that "compressed insurance rates may deter mitigation," that is, low rates for coverage can leave homeowners unmotivated to invest heavily to hurricane-proof their homes.
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If people know how to build more hurricane-proof houses in 1950 or 1900 or 1850, they'd have done so, so the fact that they have begun doing so only reflects a change in technology and wealth, not a change in the risk.
Zugzwang EliRabett 2010
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"If people know how to build more hurricane-proof houses in 1950 or 1900 or 1850, they'd have done so, so the fact that they have begun doing so only reflects a change in technology and wealth, not a change in the risk."
Zugzwang EliRabett 2010
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"They had tried to established a 'hurricane-proof' recovery system by July, but the storm may come before that."
BP Drops Even Lower 2010
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"They had tried to established a 'hurricane-proof' recovery system by July, but the storm may come before that."
BP Drops Even Lower 2010
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