The problem is we have so much code churn the inspectors don't even understand what they are inspecting.
In fact the engineer I hired said the engineers don't really understand it either and just work from interpretations they get in the mail. There is no real "engineering" going on in residential, in spite of the fact that it is required to get a permit.
Our wind code is so far and above any other state that we don't really have any real world experience in the 2001 code, much less the 2007 revisions to the 2004 or 2006.
I know when I looked at damage from Charley and Wilma, it was virtually all in homes built before any of these changes.
The classic example you see and hear was Andrew but when they actually looked at the damage, it was stuff that wasn't even compliant in 1992. (things like roof sheathing with a dozen nails per 4x8 and missing "clips", shingles with a couple staples, not nailed etc). Miami/Dade already had the strongest code in the country, it was just not being complied with or enforced. That is not a code problem, it is an builder and inspection problem.
I really think it is time to say "no mas" to all code changes, including the NEC, FOR 10 YEARS except things that correct confusing language and basic errata. NO NEW RULES.
Let's let the dust settle and see where we are.
