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☆ Americans are investing in ‘hurricane-resistant’ homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Although primarily interested in the homes' hurricane-resistant properties, Tener said he was also drawn to their panoramic views. A Deltec house on the hurricane-prone Tampa Bay in St Petersburg, Florida. But Linton believes only one of the approximately 3,000 Deltec homes built after the mid-1990s has ever suffered structural damage — during Hurricane Irma in 2017. Deltec says it also sells homes in areas not known for hurricanes, like this one on Lake Superior in Michigan. Courtesy Deltec“That 99.9% survival rate… looks at what we think of as the modern era, when we began focusing on designing these homes for hurricanes.

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At least four people were dead, including a gunman, and six others were injured after a man believed to have been a retired law enforcement officer opened fire at a popular biker bar in Southern California on Wednesday evening as a crowd gathered for a rock music show and spaghetti night, the authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m. at Cook’s Corner, a bar in Trabuco Canyon, a rural community in eastern Orange County, Jeff Hallock, undersheriff at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, said. The injured were taken to Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif. Two of the patients were in critical condition, and four were in stable condition, the hospital said. Undersheriff Hallock said the shooting erupted in front of as many as 40 people. He called the incident “an absolute tragic event.”

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☆ Man walked into a Southern California bar and shot his soon-to-be ex-wife and several others, killing 3 and injuring 6, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jamiel Lynch Taylor Romine Josh Campbell Cheri Mossburg | Jamiel Lynch | Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

After opening fire inside the bar, Snowling retreated to a back parking lot area and began to retrieve two more guns, Barnes said. Established in 1884, Cook’s Corner bills itself as one of the oldest and most famous biker bars in Southern California, hosting regular specials and open mic nights. Cook's Corner bar is seen in an image taken prior to the night of the shooting. “We are Saddened by the news from Cooks Corner,” the band posted on its Facebook page overnight. “Our thoughts, prayers & condolences go out to everyone in the Cooks Corner community.”“We’ve experienced major earthquakes, forest fires, floods, recessions and other disasters,” the Cook’s Corner website reads.

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