In the 60s Florida required all homes to be built out of concrete. I don't know when this changed. We would just sit in Granddad's house and watch the hurricanes and tropical storms pass by - it was like watching the first few minutes of the Wizard of Oz, as lawn furniture, awnings, and the occasional household pet went flying by. Now those old concrete neighborhoods are run down old relics, but they still stand, and now the residents watch the late model wood construction go flying by.