A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to offer post-storm critiques of bygone eras of Florida construction, again condemning builds from the 1970s and ’80s.
DeSantis was in Marathon Friday, where he redoubled attacks on how builds from that era held up compared to sturdier stock from other periods.
The Governor extolled how newer construction held up during Hurricane Ian, drawing comparisons to how buildings held up during Hurricane Michael in 2018.
“You’d see a building, you wouldn’t even know a storm hit. Then right next to it there’d be something built in like 1981. It’s totally obliterated.”
“Actually, some of the stuff from the ’20s was built better,” DeSantis added. “Whatever happened in the ’70s and ’80s, I don’t know. Not the best building material. I don’t know what it was, but you definitely see that,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis had weeks ago compared earlier construction from other decades favorably to the ’70s and ’80s stock.
“I was talking to folks and they did make a good point,” DeSantis said in Cape Coral Oct. 12. “You know, sometimes the stuff built in like the ’40s and ’50s did better than the stuff built in the ’70s and ’80s.”
The issues, DeSantis contended then, were both with construction in the state and beyond, an interesting point to make about much of the build out during the Sunbelt’s expansion.
“There was definitely a period where some of the structures that were going up, and not just in Florida but across the country, were maybe not built for the long haul,” DeSantis explained.
Whether the construction is from the ’20s, the ’40s or ’50s, the apparently questionable ’70s and ’80s, or this era, the impact for homeowners and the state’s insurance market is considerable. The Office of Insurance Regulation reports over $7.5 billion of catastrophe claims at this writing Friday afternoon.
12 comments
Joe Corsin
October 28, 2022 at 4:06 pm
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tom palmer
October 28, 2022 at 4:13 pm
Another aspect I learned from someone who oversaw rebuilding following Andrew is that a lot of builders cut corners and building inspectors went along with it if the price was right.
Elliott Offen
October 28, 2022 at 4:47 pm
The thing is that he will say all this and then allow people to build whatever type structure they want, because of “freedom”, right on top of the rubble and bodies just for it to happen again. Complete madness. If structures aren’t concrete and no floors below 15 ft storm surge then it will just happen again. But no..”freedom for the rich and freedom t-shirts for everyone else.” This is the neanderthal grifter way.
TD
October 29, 2022 at 12:13 am
Dude, you live in Florida. Your entire state is “just wait for it to happen again.” I’m sure you feel safe in your condo tower, but it is just a temporary, better-insulated bubble of delusion.
Charlotte Greenbarg
October 29, 2022 at 8:07 am
Gancarski has so much hate for our Gov that he writes snide commentary disguised as reporting. Far left parrot
JD
October 29, 2022 at 1:43 pm
I rare agree with DeSantis’s ideology, but he’s right about this point.
There’s a lot of people currently barking about the “50% rule” and unfortunately, it’s going to exclude a lot of people from our state.
Does Ole Ronnie have a plan for that? Or the obvious insurance skyrocketing premiums for the average folk?
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October 29, 2022 at 10:58 pm
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Yrral
October 31, 2022 at 4:52 pm
House in the fifty and sixty were constructed with hardwood,maybe he can get the track of Tropical Storm Lisa right this time as it developed in the Carribean,maybe the storm on election day ,will sweep Republicans out of office,as the Blue Wave roar to victory
just sayin
November 1, 2022 at 7:41 am
Were you hard up for an article or something? This is about the least controversial thing he’s ever said.
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