Hurricane damage to residential structures : risk and mitigation.
Material type: TextDescription: 40 pDDC classification:- 693.8 21
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Property damage and loss from hurricanes have increased with population growth in coastal areas, and climatic factors point to more frequent and intense hurricanes in the future. This paper describes potential hurricane hazards from wind and water. Damage to residential structures from three recent intense hurricanes - Hugo, Andrew, and Iniki - shows that wind is responsible for greater property loss than water. The current state-of-the-art building technology is sufficient to reduce damage from hurricanes when properly applied, and this paper discusses those building techniques that can mitigate hurricane damage and recommends measures for mitigating future hurricane damage to homes. Because this treatise deals with residential hurricane damage, a guide to the construction terms used is supplied at the end of the paper
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