Abstract: In recent years the United States has developed a number of networks of automatic weather stations producing data accessible via the Internet and, in may cases, also by telephone. In September 1999 the passage of Hurricane ...

Abstract: An examination has been made of the methods of construction of masonry‐walled buildings, and their performance in severe windstorms. Particular emphasis was placed on low‐rise buildings using unreinforced concrete block ...

Abstract: Wood‐frame houses (light‐frame timber construction) suffer widespread losses in high winds. Improvements in construction techniques and practices can greatly reduce wind damage to such buildings. The most serious problem ...