• In February 2007, two tornadoes struck Lake
County, Florida, killing 21 people, all in mobile
homes.
• In no case did we find that anybody died in a
mobile home built after 1994.
• Homes built to the wind code were
79% less likely
to be destroyed than homes built prior to 1976.
Mitigation: From the Ivory
Tower to the Real World
• Does regulation work?
– Clearly enhanced building codes provided
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