Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment
We blasted mobile homes with hurricane-force winds to test how they fail – and found clues for making affordable housing safer
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- Hurricane-force winds from the Wall of Wind test facility rolled mobile homes, showing where their anchoring systems fail.
- Margi Rentis/Florida International University It’s 9:15 in the morning.
- The wind is roaring at 110 miles per hour (177 kph); the sound is deafening.

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- The Conversation · Environment — We blasted mobile homes with hurricane-force winds to test how they fail – and found clues for making affordable housing safer