Town taps ancient construction wisdom, most of which is completely illegal in US hurricane zones, and fares better in the eye of Hurricane Irene at its strongest point than any other town
Schooner Bay has no houses built on stilts. They don't use hurricane windows... as a matter of fact, their windows are all homemade, fabricated onsite. Yet not one pane of glass was broken. Many of their carpenters were fishermen a year ago. Conventional construction around Schooner Bay was smashed... some houses were completely washed out to sea. This post details a stunning story of the triumph of low-tech measures that have been tested for centuries, and calls into question the direction of FEMA and hurricane codes in the US.
Full Story: The Schooner Bay Miracle
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