Regulations

And not much has changed in those codes in the past 7 years other than wording for clarification purposes .

The 2022 Connecticut State Building Code is based on the International Code Council’s widely-adopted 2021 International Codes and references the ICC A117.1-2017 standard for accessibility, and applies to projects with permit applications filed from October 1, 2022.

The 2022 SBC adopts the following model codes:

2021 International Building Code
2021 International Existing Building Code
2021 International Plumbing Code
2021 International Mechanical Code
2021 International Residential Code
2021 International Energy Conservation Code
2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
2020 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)
2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings & Facilities

Flip , not so , do some homework !

But iirc, Connecticut still only uses the building code from 2015.

In Connecticut we have been using Hurricane Strapping for many years , we have also have been required to also build to seismic requirements.

If am a libtard, i'm the only one who is right..

@SN

You bring up an interesting point.

Should we, US citizens, pay to rebuild. My answer is nuanced. My answer is nuanced. I have no problem saying yes, but I want a lot of REGULATIONS!

If we are using FEDERAL money, there should be restrictions at the FEDERAL level, not the state level.

Let's look at South Florida. My place of birth :) Let's look at the Surfside condo that collapsed. Should that be rebuilt?

If you think of a timeframe of 10 years, the answer is yes.

If you think of a timeframe of 50 years, the answer is no. noaa. gov/news-release/us-coastline-to-see-up-to-foot-of-sea-level-rise-by-2050

A lot of these places will have some issues in the future. So as far as Naples and Sanibel go, should we rebuild? Sanibel, the answer is yes. However, they have to follow what was done in the Keys in the early 1900s. You build on stilts. Ground level is a bad thing when the ground level changes :) The worst that happens with a house on stilts is that the occupants are stuck in a house with water under them. If the sea level rises and there is no more 'ground' then you lost the house, but not the lives.

So I do not think that these places should be rebuilt.

Yesterday something interesting happened in South Florida that has not happened in decades. The mayor said NO to developers. In my lifetime, the inhabitable land in Dade and Broward county went from anywhere from 10 to 14 miles in from the ocean. What happened was politicians became politicians and wanted growth at all costs. They allowed developers to develop land that should have never been developed. The developers would create phrases like, "Reclaimed land," to coerce the people to believe that the land was theirs in the first place! This land was the everglades. What they would do is buy sand and fill it in. That is all they did. If you look at the map of Florida, you will see Lake Okeechobee, there is a HUGE sand processing plant there. This allowed for the western part of these counties to add about 5 more miles. This stopped in Broward county when they hit the national park line. The feds said, "Fuck you. This is a national park." In Dade, there is still a bunch of marsh land. The mayor yesterday said, "NO." Her argument was that there is no need to expand the boundary, to help the environment.

More of that political courage is needed.

Florida coast counties..have some of the strictest building codes since Hurricane Andrew.. thats a fact hurricane straps, type of roofing and materials, roof now has to be strapped down to main part of home along with garage door etc also more inspections.

You want to see a joke in Building Codes come to Ga..

“The houses that were destroyed in Florida were destroyed because they do not follow the regulations that CA puts in for high risk building.”

Lol , I have to laugh at this statement. On top of National Building Codes there are also local building codes .

Student loan debt, upside down mortgages.... "Choices and action have consequences"

New Orleans hurricane Katrina..... "Those people built below sea-level..... Not much said.

Hurricanes hit Florida... "We gotta stick together, help one another.".

and "We gotta rebuild"

@sn, but we are all in this together. We have to take care of each other lol

Does anyone want to pay for the damage done to NY ?

Hurricane Sandy swept through New York City in October 2012, leading to 43 deaths and an estimated $19 billion in damages. The fallout devastated city residents as their homes, along with the city’s public transit system, were submerged in water.

A decade later, the city is still rebuilding after the superstorm as it confronts the threat of extreme weather. New York needs to step up its efforts and spend the $15 billion in federal grants that it received for recovery efforts, a new report by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released on Thursday said. As of June 2022, it has only used 73% of those funds, the report said.

On Sept. 5, 2021, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the state of New York for remnants of Hurricane Ida. Torrential downpour from the storm resulted in severe flooding that impacted homes, businesses and infrastructure across the state.Sep 6, 2022

The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake, including 13 city fatalities and $936 million in federal dollars given for personal property damages across New York state and New Jersey.

I definitely don't want to pay to recover these people in Florida who live in such risky places, and don't take appropriate precautions. You take the risk, you win or lose. The rest of the nation should not pay for that.

Does anyone truly give a fuck what EA thinks and would anyone in their right mind dare to engage with this narcissist?

Smhhhhh just another arrogant ass that will find cause to be a legend in his own mind!

@Mark, “Florida is full of criminals, from contractors to builders to freelance fukheads who knock on doors to fix your shit, same was with the medical/drug/doctors corruption that killed 10,000's the last 20 years, and you want a lame ass politition from florida to be president..gmafb..”

You sound like a Dumbocrat Libtard.

Florida is full of criminals, from contractors to builders to freelance fukheads who knock on doors to fix your shit, same was with the medical/drug/doctors corruption that killed 10,000's the last 20 years, and you want a lame ass politition from florida to be president..gmafb..

I have quite a few friends who like to wear red hats. I hear from them all the time about Commiefornia being business unfriendly. I hear the rants about regulations. They bitch about how things have to move slow because of the bureaucratic bullshit regarding regulations. Their words, not mine.

In the last two days there have been two events that make me chuckle regarding regulations. Hurricane Nicole hit Daytona Beach, Florida. My wife's family was ground zero. I watched videos of houses destroyed, houses that are really oceanfront now :) Well, part of them are.

Today, FTX filed for BK. FTX is a crypto trading platform. The owner, last week was worth 20 billion. Today, he is worth zero. It looks like he is taking a LOT of people down with him.

My red hat friends, I ask them a simple set of questions: Please define what business unfriendly is. Please tell me the regulations that you want to get rid of.

I get a lot of, uhh, umm, fucking democrats, etc. I never get answers.

The houses that were destroyed in Florida were destroyed because they do not follow the regulations that CA puts in for high risk building. California, and those that live here can explain this, for lots of construction jobs requires an environmental study to be done. This generally means that they are testing the soil. Before they issue a permit, you may hear them say, "The only way we will permit this is if you build on pylons." I have seen construction for places that use these funky crane looking devices to help build the pylons that go down some serious distance. IIRC some where 30'.

Is that burdensome? Is that overregulation?

The crypto industry arose from a loophole and it does not have the regulations that, say, Goldman Sachs has, or Fidelity, or UBS. It is a pure wild wild west. If you put your bitcoin in a wallet at FTX or other place, well, it's theirs now bitch. There is no FDIC. There is no regulations. It looks like FTX collapsed due to greed. It looks like they were trading their own customers assets and lost a bunch of bets and chased it. People got spooked and wanted to convert their crypto to cash. Hmm. A run on the bank.

If you are the person that is anti-regulations, are you ok with the results of both of these? What is so overbearing that protects people from stealing your money? What is so overbearing saying, "You can't build that shit here because your house could slide into some other house."