Yes they did have some in Landy, and Lily created one about 300 yards from my house!

As to the reason we build houses out of sticks instead of bricks, my guess is that it is probably the same reason the Japanese build their paper houses for so long; When a major storm DOES inevitably come, it's much safer to be in a lighter house thet crumbles rather than a really heavy one, plus it's loads cheaper to rebuild, So that in the long run it actually turns out to be cheaper. Plus the fact that if you built a solid brick structure here in New Orleans, You'd be up to your ankles in swamp before the roof was on, it'd sink so fast.

Mason