{"id":24221,"date":"2022-06-22T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=24221"},"modified":"2022-06-22T22:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T02:00:46","slug":"new-lab-to-simulate-200-mph-hurricanes-in-quest-to-make-storm-resistant-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2022\/06\/new-lab-to-simulate-200-mph-hurricanes-in-quest-to-make-storm-resistant-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"New lab to simulate 200 mph hurricanes in quest to make storm-resistant homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do you test construction techniques to see if they can stand up to extreme winds? You use something called a wind tunnel that can subject test buildings to winds of 200 mph or more. How do the wind tunnels work? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/article\/new-lab-to-simulate-200-mile-per-hour-hurricanes-to-make-storm-resistant-homes?rid=57746D0E1E8FF5C329906A1B5D5C6528&amp;cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Science_20220622\">This article<\/a> from <em>National Geographic<\/em> describes a new wind tunnel at Florida International called the &#8220;Wall of Wind&#8221; that will help engineers simulate extreme weather conditions. This will allow builders to construct safer houses in the future that can survive extreme hurricanes or other windstorms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/11\/Hurricane_winds_drive_a_10-foot_2X4_through_a_palm_tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/11\/Hurricane_winds_drive_a_10-foot_2X4_through_a_palm_tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/11\/Hurricane_winds_drive_a_10-foot_2X4_through_a_palm_tree.jpg 401w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/11\/Hurricane_winds_drive_a_10-foot_2X4_through_a_palm_tree-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2017\/11\/Hurricane_winds_drive_a_10-foot_2X4_through_a_palm_tree-92x138.jpg 92w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hurricane winds drive a 10-foot 2&#215;4 through a palm tree in Puerto Rico, 1928. Source: NOAA via Commons Wikimedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you test construction techniques to see if they can stand up to extreme winds? You use something called a wind tunnel that can subject test buildings to winds of 200 mph or more. How do the wind tunnels work? This article from National Geographic describes a new wind tunnel at Florida International called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":12945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-tropical-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24222,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24221\/revisions\/24222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}