Biden administration releases $8 billion in disaster funding for Puerto Rico.

[T. A. Gardner]

Really?

The same thing was found out after hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Contractors weren't securing roofs, with truss straps, no steel or not enough rebar, in columns or tie beams in a lot of homes.

Florida enacted tougher building codes after that, PR is did the same, adopting the International Building Code in 2018 .

Hopefully both revisions, help.

Hindsight is 20/20...

[T. A. Gardner]

It is builders and the wealthy who fight for lower building codes. Not the people. The problem exists in Florida and coastal regions in the US too. The residents do not make those decisions.

Actually larger builders, developers, and contractors fight for stricter code. The reason is they have the means and people in their organization to deal with it while smaller outfits will struggle to. It also means they can charge more for anything they do. Regulation and government favor larger companies.

[no worries]

Hindsight is 20/20...

Not in these cases, they tweak the codes to do a LIITLE better, not a lot better.

The next hurricane comes along and they find out, they needed to do more.

[]2epo]v[an]

It is builders and the wealthy who fight for lower building codes. Not the people. The problem exists in Florida and coastal regions in the US too. The residents do not make those decisions.

But dude, cement, why not?

[PostmodernProphet]

weren't the funds put on hold when it was uncovered that the lib'ruls in control of the government were stealing money from the relief fund?........did Biden bother to put a stop to that before releasing the money?......