“ Sione ! thanks for your comment . What i meant was , with the aid monies flooding the kingdom , to help rebuild peoples lives , wouldn't it be possible to hand out building material which has been donated for hurricane relief purposes to those who have torn roofs , and them still living in tents , and bring in army engineers to begin constructing new houses so as to get people out from the weather Yes ! as you say , patch up the existing houses roof , so its habitable . The house is already weaken the next hurricane comes around the house collapses but the roof stays intact . Wouldn't it make more sense to rebuilt the house and make it stronger than before ? Having worked in hurricane relief reconstruction programmes in the past its usually the old houses and the the "FALE TONGA" that are mostly blown down , anyway without getting technical , the houses the " fale a'fa " could be build with materials that would make it strong enough to withstand strong winds ,"build once but build it right" . it can be done it has been done and it does not cost the earth . The government must release the timber and all building material kept in its warehouses so building can start. plus all aids comes through the government . ”