I don’t know anything about hurricane safe and resistant construction and while it seems things can always be made better, there can always be - God forbid - another stronger storm, too. I’m thinking out loud but.......

There is this something to be said for the casual construction of the nothing fancy places like Rosie’s on Mullet - they don’t require huge amounts of cash outlay for concrete and such and if they get destroyed, they can be cleared away and new structures rebuilt rather quickly and at a far lesser cost. That’s not to say there shouldn’t be rules with regard to how close to the water line and to each other they could be built and certainly they should be built with basic construction safety in mind, permits required and building inspections for safety done, but they could be rebuilt relatively fast with a far lesser cash outlay. And while they wouldn’t be as fancy as the last set of construction, they could at least be quickly replaced, getting the proprietors quickly back in business.

Just another way of looking at things but something like this might be a happy compromise between the old Orient and the new and there is plenty of room across the island for the more upscale properties that were lost to Irma off the beach. Just a thought...... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />