Florida testing 200 mph wind effects
| ARE WE READY FOR A 200 MPH HURRICANE? | |
 | | NSF-NHERI WALL OF WIND, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MIAMI, FLORIDA | | It’s frightening to watch a shed blast apart in a Florida university’s wind tunnel (above).
However, as climate change threatens to make storms worse, scientists need to upgrade to test for stronger and stronger winds—so they are planning to build a new hurricane lab.
“I want to be seeing research and testing in the 170-, 190-mph range. … That’s where nature is going,” says Richard Olson, director of Florida International University’s hurricane lab.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY NSF-NHERI WALL OF WIND, FIU | | A mighty wind: A single fan at the testing facility is 15,000 pounds. It takes 12 fans to generate Category 5 hurricane wind speeds.
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