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hurricanes: GABLE ROOF BUILDING PRACTICES -- OFTEN NOT SUFFICIENTLY STRONG - 01/28/12 07:05 AM
If you remember what you learned in school, in general the circle is the strongest geometric form, followed by the triangle.
From a practical standpoint, though, most building frames and trusses are made strong by converting some of their naturally perpendicular rectangles into triangles through the addition of cross members.
Probably one of the major structural components with which everyone is familiar is the gable roof. 
It, in itself, is a series of triangles that, when covered by the roof decking, becomes one large triangle.
The gable roof has two weak spots – the two ends.  And that’s where strong winds, hurricanes and the … (3 comments)

hurricanes: Life Boat Company of the 1850s Set the Tone for a City's Charity - 08/18/07 08:04 PM
 
By Bill Cherry
Dallas Broker-Realtor
Within the next few days, we'll know if the current hurricane Dean that's racing across the Gulf of Mexico will go ashore along the Texas coast.  One potential target is Galveston, an island that's fifty miles from Houston.  The most famous Galveston hurricane happened in 1900.  Books upon books have been written about the 1900 Storm because some 6,000 people lost their lives. The island had to pump dredge material from the gulf's bottom onto the island to raise the whole kit and kaboodle above sea level.
But Galveston has, since the beginning of time, been a town that has been forced to … (5 comments)

 
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