My wife's cousin's hospital had part of it's roof torn off. Apparently they had to airlift patients out. HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital.
Damn.. From what I know about FL building codes is they are the strictest in the nation for wind and hospitals as critical infrastructure the codes are even stricter for them.
From her cousin, who has been there since Tuesday night: I was on the 3rd floor ICU. We have 2 ICUs. They rapidly evacuated both units because we had water coming down through the ceiling. I think we had a total of 19 ICU patients. Every floor has a decent amount of flooding
From the architecture stand point it would be interesting to find out if this was all due to there being a freakeshly strong gust, if there was a failure in the design or a failure in construction. Chances are there's goign to be a lot of lawsuits out of this and the ICC (International Code Council) and other professional boards are going to be investigating.
My two cents/guess: Too much water at once on the roof causing failure. Lack of inspections/proper maintenance. HCA is a big company, there will be lawsuits if they can swing them, but chances are they won't go anywhere unless the hospital is fairly new, which I don't think it is. I was at UTMB during Ike and there were no lawsuits that I know of and there were 1B+ in damages.
Could be 4-6' of storm surge in the Carolina's when Ian makes a second landfall. Also very heavy rainfall from GA to VA.
I did some reading about it right now. The Seminoles had so much experience with hurricanes that they called it the Big Wind. Research says they read natures signs like animal behavior, wind and water currants and proceeded to seek higher ground. I mean these are the same Indians who quagmire'd the US Army lol.
My wife's aunt lost everything in her house. **** sucks. I lost pretty much everything in Ike in 2008. It does teach you that possessions don't mean much in the end.
Just got home. We were truly blessed. Our damage was so minimal. When we left Monday night, we were right in the crosshairs. Fortunately for us, the storm moved south and I realize how fortunate we truly were after seeing all the visuals and reading things like @Xerobull post about his Aunt. very sad. We also have a friend who was hit hard in Engelwood and other friends that had a tough time in Venice.
Heard from relatives who live in Sarasota. They got back their house and it is relatively unscathed. Their block still has power but a lot of devastation around.
yeah. Harvey really taught me that I didn’t need much stuff because if I lost so much again I wouldn’t be good mental health wise. I’m a minimalist now
