U.S. hurricane rebuilding rules must adapt to climate change: expert

This is putting the cart before the horse. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed and with Ian is proved woefully inadequate. The U.S. Weather Service has buried the truth of the actual wind speed as recorded by its newest drone at the Boundary Layer of Ian just prior to making landfall in Florida as 210mph (338kmh). This makes their current scale irrelevant. Once the scale has been revised, then and only then, Building Codes and construction materials can be properly employed. Remember, Florida is just one big sand bar so it will be interesting to see the engineering solutions as they evolve...

Is it not the same in Tornado Alley when homes are destroyed? You would think people would build bunker homes with concrete and steel. But they do not because of the costs involved and the chances of when a tornado will skill.

We have similar problems in Japan with floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes.

After a powerful earthquake like Tohoku in 2011 building codes is reviewed and updated.

There is very good reason Japan has wooden building with Paper walls. After continuous disasters they learnt that this method building was cheaper and any improvement would not change the status quo. Masonry home would be destroy earthquakes also and improve building regulation would only place houses out reach for most of the population. After the fires in Australia home owner found that they where uninsured because new building regulation impose on building new housing that double in costs.

It is quite possible to build a community to survive a hurricane without major damage. An example is Babcock Ranch.

https://health.wusf.usf.edu/2022-10-06/one-florida-community-built-to-weather-hurricanes-endured-ian-with-barely-a-scratch

RD,why would the US weather service do this,they are one of the most reliable agencies in our government,they put out 10 of thousands Weather for cities around the US,lots of these gauges fail do the strength of the storm,and they do have an anime character, running down the screen

Florida is gonna be hit by another tropical storm as early as next week, hurricane do not care about Misery,lots these that did not leave,will leave when the next storm appears