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A Category 5 hurricane-proof log house is resistant to winds up to 245 miles per hour (394 km/h). Wall logs in such construction must be made of glued laminated timber and all other components of the house, including hurricane straps, must be hurricane-resistant.
Hurricane preparedness can help protect you and your home from the dangers of severe weather. From leak-proofing your roof to clearing your yard, here’s what to do.
The city made several changes to homebuilding codes, like requiring metal connecting straps, known typically, as hurricane straps. These straps help secure roofs, often the first part of a house ...
A hurricane shutter made out of plywood. Hurricane coverings , commonly known as shutters , are used in hurricane mitigation to protect houses and other structures from damage caused by storms . Hurricane shutters are used to prevent windows from being broken by flying objects during a storm .
Vanessa Poole said she took this picture after a tornado spawned from the outer bands of Hurricane Milton send a sheet of plywood into her van parked outside her Vero Beach Highlands home ...
The strongest tropical cyclone recorded worldwide, as measured by minimum central pressure, was Typhoon Tip, which reached a pressure of 870 hPa (25.69 inHg) on October 12, 1979. [2] Furthermore, on October 23, 2015, Hurricane Patricia attained the strongest 1-minute sustained winds on record at 185 knots (95 m/s; 215 mph; 345 km/h). [3]
A fire hydrant is seen in floodwater during Hurricane Francine in Dulac, Louisiana, on Sept. 11, 2024. Credit - Brandon Bell—Getty Images. H urricane season is in full effect as Hurricane ...
Windstorm inspections look for construction features that have been shown to reduce losses in hurricanes, such as a hip roof, concrete block construction, the presence of gable end bracing, shutters and opening protections, the presence of roof to wall attachments such as toe nails, clips or hurricane straps, and the presence of a secondary ...