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Hurricane Matthew Heading for Florida, Carolinas

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 05 2016, @07:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the be-prepared dept.

takyon writes:

Hurricane Matthew is a Category 4 major hurricane that is expected to hit the east coast of the U.S.:

With the Category 4 hurricane expected to brush up to the US East Coast later this week after its deadly assault on the Caribbean, state officials warned residents and visitors to start preparing for some miserable times. Up to 1 million people could face evacuation in South Carolina. Matthew is an "extremely dangerous" storm, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said, one that made landfall in western Haiti on Tuesday morning. It then headed over eastern Cuba with winds of 140 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, before losing some of its force. The Bahamas are next. The forecast is that Matthew will ride along the US coast from Florida through the North Carolina Outer Banks from Thursday evening through Saturday. It could make landfall at any point and all areas should be on guard.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday October 05 2016, @10:43PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday October 05 2016, @10:43PM (#410862)

    I'm still wondering why US houses are built of paper, woodchips and spit. Meanwhile in Europe, they're putting up 50cm thick masonry walls...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @04:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @04:38PM (#411146)

    California homes are wood because masonry collapses on you in an earthquake. It just crumbles.

    Florida uses concrete block mostly, with some houses being poured solid reinforced concrete. Many are concrete block with a poured rim at the top.