What building structures are safe in a Cat 5?
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Structures that are solid will usually withstand the hurricane winds - tornados within those winds present a whole other story. However, please be aware that it's not the wind that is so destructive - it's the surge. A CAT 5 will do different things to different coastlines. In Mississippi, it created a 22 foot surge, with wind-driven waves on top of that. Anyone below 20 feet above MSL really got the true brunt of a CAT 5. But, on another coastline, it would have been completely different.
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