Quote Originally Posted by ghettopalmetto View Post
Is Detroit suddenly in a hurricane-prone region? There's no reason plywood has to be affixed to building framing, so long as the connections are capable of resisting components-and-cladding wind loads as calculated per ASCE 7.

Screws have the same strength regardless of how they are installed. I think you're referring to the tensile load capacity of the connection.
How old is the post you're responding to? Why are you so obsessed with this issue when you don't even live in Michigan, let along the city?

Let it go, man.