NewWest Homes ARE EL NIÑO PROOF!
The weather experts say, if you don’t know El Niño now, you will soon.
The waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean are heating up, scientists say, building towards a strong El Niño event that could rival the intensity of the record 1997 event that wreaked weather-related havoc across the globe, from mudslides in California to fires in Australia.
According to the latest forecast released Thursday by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, this year’s El Niño is “significant and strengthening.”
“There is a greater than 90% chance that El Niño will continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, and around an 85% chance it will last into early spring 2016,” the NOAA said in a statement.
The weather phenomenon largely became a part of the public vernacular during the 1997 El Niño. It caused devastating flooding in the western U.S. and drought in Indonesia. It was blamed for deadly virus outbreaks in Africa and rising coffee prices around the world.
What does all this information and data mean to traditional, new home construction?
It has significant impact for obvious reasons. El Nino will disrupt and halt construction in any and all stages of the building process. Heavy rains and high winds disrupt, delay and stop construction for basic safety issues.
“Abnormal and severe weather can impact real estate in several ways, but mostly the impact would be on the timing of sales and closing in building and new construction,” said Jonathan Smoke, chief economist of realtor.com®. “But severe weather can also produce damage to new construction, which has a more substantial impact, disrupting sales and closings in the short term, but leading to construction delays in the longer term.”
THE GOOD NEWS!
NewWest Homes are truly weather proof! We custom build our homes indoors, in a safe and secure mega structure. When you order and purchase a home from us, you are guaranteed a delivery date, without delays due to weather with no overruns in time or money, two things we all need more of. We provide you with a beautiful, custom-built home without the worry and headache of weather delays. This allows you to focus on more important things, like how to furnish and decorate your new home.
our customers.