ReportsEvery damaging natural disaster is a full-scale test of constructed facilities, preparedness and response. It is important therefore to dispatch teams of professionals as quickly as possible to capture technical and scientific information that might lead to a better understanding of the loadings and response that might have existed during the disaster and the details of how and why various types of construction may have failed. Below are listed some of the post-disaster reports that are available from field team visits and projections of possible losses.
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Houston event in late September 2010. A selection of PDf files are available at this NOAA site that describe the recent modifications to the venerable Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. An NREL publication of the 2008 Workshop on wind-energy resorce and research needs will be of interest to many AAWE members. Click... The International Code Council/National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA) Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters, has been... |



