At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them

At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them

Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient.

We Blasted Mobile Homes With Hurricane‑Force Winds To Test How They Fail – And Found Clues For Making Affordable Housing Safer

A damaged mobile home stands in Harbor Lights Club, a mobile home park, on Long Bayou in St. Petersburg, Fla. after Hurricane Milton, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Tampa Bay Times via AP) By Elaina Sutley, Arindam ChowdhuryThe ConversationIt’s 9:15 in the morning. The wind is roaring at 110 miles per hour (177 kph); the sound is deafening. Dust swirls through the air. We are watching a single-wide manufactured home rock back and forth, as it is pou…