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home in Connecticut if we overbuild on a
regular basis compared to our neighbors?"
he asked. "Is it worth the extra expense?
That should be an individual decision, not a
mandate," unless a home is in a target zone
for severe weather.
Some of the governor's ideas wouldn't
necessarily make sense on a statewide
basis, he said.
"But if we target it to the real high-wind
zones … I'm willing to listen to that — that's
smart," Hanbury said.
Reinhold said there are ways to make
buildings more resilient at different
price points.
"We've had Habitat (for Humanity) homes
built to higher standards," he said. "But again,
we tend to base it on the risk, so that in Con-
necticut, we would be looking at the coastal
areas. When you get inland, the risk does
drop. You're probably more at risk of trees
falling on you, which is a different risk."
Added Reinhold, "You don't want to
make things so expensive that people can't
afford to live."
Severe weather threats
Jessie Stratton, director of policy for
DEEP, said talks among state agencies would
lead to a code that is more appropriate for the
changing climate.
It's not just coastal areas that are prone to
trouble, it's also inland riverine areas subject
to flooding, she said.
DEEP is concerned about rising sea levels
and more intense storms, particularly stron-
ger nor'easters, she said.
Hurricane Sandy destroyed homes along
the coast in 2012 and left behind $500 mil-
lion in private insurance claims in the state,
according to the Insurance Information
Institute.
"We may or may not get hurricanes,
but we clearly are getting more and more
nor'easters," Stratton said. "When you have
prolonged rain events that often accompa-
ny a nor'easter, you're going through mul-
tiple tide cycles and so you have whatever
impact there is from rising sea level com-
bined with the water and then any kind of
wind-driven storm surge."
Connecticut has more insured property
value along its coast than any other state but
Florida, she said.
"It's a significant issue in terms of main-
taining the values of those properties and try-
ing to ensure both the safety of people behind
those properties, but also the property has a
better chance of being resilient to increased
storms," Stratton said. n
