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Hurricane Andrew

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Hurricane Andrew
LOCATION:
Patterson, Louisiana
EVENT:
Hurricane Andrew
YEAR:
1992
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Leighton Cochran

Flying debris has broken a window to the left (off image) and positively pressurized the internal volume of this building. The unreinforced blockwork wall at the lee end of the building then failed with the additional load of a positive internal pressure added to the negative external pressure.