12 points
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In Florida houses are also built from cinder blocks because wood is too weak against hurricanes.
Edit: interiors can be built from wood, but all exterior walls are made with cinder blocks.
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10 points
Exteriors are wood too, hurricane straps. Basically metal connectors connect everything from ground across the roof to the ground again.
What part of Florida? I know there’s different wind speed ratings depending on how far north you’re building. In South Florida I only ever saw cinder block or full concrete exteriors.
2 points
It should be compliant everywhere, maybe a particular municipality has specific restrictions though.
9 points
Interesting. Here in California, building brick structures is prohibited because of the risk during earthquakes.
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