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“The biggest threat in an urban high-density area is the stuff that’s blowing around the wind,” said Paul Beers, who as chief executive of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Glazing Consultants, which specializes in building exteriors, is an expert in hurricane damage.
“The biggest threat from flying debris is breaking windows,” he added. “Then you have a loss of integrity of the building and the hurricane is inside the building.” Windows blow out on one side of the building, creating intense internal pressure on the other side until they break out and eventually collapsing a roof.
“If you lose one side of the building, the other side will blow out, too, because of all that pressure,” Beers said.
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“The biggest threat from flying debris is breaking windows,” he added. “Then you have a loss of integrity of the building and the hurricane is inside the building.” Windows blow out on one side of the building, creating intense internal pressure on the other side until they break out and eventually collapsing a roof.
“If you lose one side of the building, the other side will blow out, too, because of all that pressure,” Beers said.
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