many buildings will survive winds - but, how many people would...

many buildings will survive winds -

but, how many people would be dislocated if a storm with winds of up about 250 to 300 km went through a populated area?

do you think - no houses would be damaged? 1000 houses? 10,000 houses

the point is that every house that is rendered uninhabitable from any cause -

the residents in that house are instantly ------------- homeless

that's the difference, there are no rentals, there are no builders to rebuild or repair, there is limited emergency accommodation

so, unless there's a magic period where there are no properties in Australia damaged by fire, flood, storm, etc etc --

unless that fantasy happens - then, the dislocated population are going to be homeless.

one wants to really keep one's fingers crossed for no big fires or big storms --