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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1568925, member: 3011&quot;]You are correct that people here build right up to the water, a normally safe practice.&nbsp; But it is misleading to say the storm was unremarkable.&nbsp; The damage was pretty bad not because the infrastructure is bad but because the oak and maple trees still have leaves for the most part and fell in large numbers taking down power lines and crushing houses and cars.&nbsp; It would have the same effect as there would be if an unremarkable blizzard with 40mph winds, zero degree temperatures, and 20 inches of snow fell on Florida orange groves.&nbsp; Any storm out of character for a region will do damage out of proportion to it&#039;s size.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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