[extropy-chat] FWD [PvT] Re: Anti-hurricane engineering

Terry W. Colvin fortean1 at mindspring.com
Mon Sep 20 23:46:03 UTC 2004


Texas Tech has engineered safe rooms for houses that can withstand a F5
tornado (it was proved to be so in Moore OK in 1999) and thus should also
be able to withstand a Cat 5. Upscaling the engineering would probably be
cheaper.

Steve


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