re: Hurricane Iota - No Más! No Más! - Gulf Finally Closed?

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Depends on the country. They would probably be fricked but someone like Japan has strict architecture requirements something we don't do here to withstand storms like this.

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That's the good and bad of every major hurricane that hits the Gulf. Structures that aren't up to snuff will be destroyed or damaged to the point they aren't worth repairing. If they are rebuilt, the new structures will be to modern building codes.

Southwest Louisiana and the LC area is going to be the site of, what I believe, will be some pretty extensive and beneficial studies. To have two major hurricanes make landfall in roughly the same area 15 years apart is a golden opportunity to study the impact of modern building code advancement. The chance to compare and contrast the aftermath of both Rita and Laura is invaluable for building on the Gulf going forward.