Hurricane Risk??

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

You know, when people comment on Ike, I always wanna say "You call that a hurricane?" But I never do, since I wasn't here when it struck.

well to people further south it was a Hurricane, but a lot of its umph had dissipated by the time it got to Houston.

[IAm_FloridaBorn]

Originally Posted by cittic10

You're asking about "damage"
I'm GUESSING houston doestn't have the building standards that Orlando has so that makes me think they would get more damage if a hurricane did hit, OTOH, I would say Orlando is at a higher risk of getting hit by one in the first place because they're coming from two directions. Then again the storms in the gulf seem to become more powerful because of the warm water and by the time they get up to orandlo, they're 2s or 3s.

Good question! What a brain teaser.

Houston has pretty essy weather in other areas. Ice, tornados, etc.

Perfect answer. I was thinking the same. Greater. Risk Orlando. Greater damage risk Houston because building standards aren't the same

[Kevroqs]

Orlando because Florida gets struck by hurricanes more than any other state.