Isaac could test Gulf Coast building standards

Surveillance video from 2005 shows 24 anxiety of floodwater cutting the casino. But afterwards a $550 actor renovation, the Beau Rivage re-opened - one year to the day afterwards Katrina hit.But Newton is confident: "I feel absolute good, I anticipate we're in acceptable shape," he told Mark Strassmann.Along Mississippi's coast, binding evacuations are in aftereffect for association in below areas. And abounding of them are demography Isaac seriously.Resident Sandra Compton, who was stocking up on gasoline and water, said she was "Making abiding we were bigger able than we were for Katrina. That's the one affair we did learn.Isaac could analysis Gulf Bank architecture standards. One abstraction by the Insurance Institute for Business Home & Safety rated these standards in 18 hurricane-prone states, from Maine to Texas. Florida denticulate high, a 95 out of 100; Louisiana, 73.But Alabama denticulate 18, and Mississippi denticulate the everyman - four out of 100.Rating the States: An Assessment of Residential Building Code and Enforcement Systems for Life Safety and Acreage Protection in Hurricane-Prone Regions.Newton said the Beau Rivage could be rebuilt afterwards Katrina alone because its aboriginal architecture exceeded standards.It was able-bodied with blow architecture in mind, that we were traveling to yield on some hurricanes actuality area we're located, that's just natural," said Newton. "And it was advised with that in mind.