"Karls Vladimir Peña" > wrote:
>229 years actually. Nevertheless, they should know by now. That is the
>general behaviour for americans. In new york, on very high density areas,
>they use wood, gipsumboard and other fire prone materials even on floors.
>Add to that old gas pipes and a spark, and you got july 4th any time of
>year. A fire in the kitchen is a fire in te whole building in a matter of
>minutes. Only big corporative buildings use REAL fire retardants and that
>is
>because regulations and insurance companies force them to.
>
>Why not build better and pay less insurance? I remember once someone told
>me
>how much he paid for insurance in florida and it was more than the total
>cost of a 120 M2 apartment here, and that's EVERY year!!!
>
>"Jan Andersson" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> You know, this amazes me too. They have lived there for what, 300 years
>> or more?
>> You'd think they would know by now that it's a hurricane prone area and
>> design buildings accordingly
>>
>> I'm so proud to increase the average IQ of both my country and FL when I
>> go there.
>>
>> Jan
>
>
I also think the same when I see the type of house they build on a hurricane zone.
They also speed a lot of money trying to avoid their houses from being eat by the
*ants*
It looks like that only Americans can’t see that.



Joao
72 Super 1302