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Roof Down

2015-01-11 By Roger

roofdown

This used to be a short strip mall on the Turnpike near Quail Roost Drive, on a site since razed and planted with palms. Note the toppled precast concrete roof support beams, with embedded rebar.  Here, frontal winds of at least 120 knots blew out the east-facing plate-glass windows of the storefronts.  The internal pressure forces then  pushed the walls outward enough for the roof to fall in. This might have been prevented simply by firmly covering all the front glass with 3/4″ plywood.

South Miami Heights, FL (Aug 92) Looking WNW
25.5957, -80.3736

Filed Under: Hurricane Andrew, Unusual Weather Damage Tagged With: city, damage, Florida, Hurricane Andrew, hurricanes, South Florida, South Miami Heights

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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