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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Sustainable Building Materials
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:09:18 -0500


John,
Can you do a story on natural building in high wind zones and have it to us
by Feb 22
for our Natural Building issue of the Activist?
Keith Johnson

John Schinnerer wrote:

> Aloha,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eugene F. Monaco [SMTP:EFMonaco@compuserve.com]
> >...How do you build a building to withstand the wind? ...
> >...Next the roof.
>
> Lessons from Iniki, and other big winds... :-)
>
> Fully hipped roofs appear most stable in high winds. Any
> gables, any breaks in the fully hipped design, offer big handles for big
> winds to grab on to and peel the roof off. After Hurricane Iniki hit
> Kaua'i, there were more fully hipped roofs (the old plantation style)
> left intact than any other type - by far. And those surviving old roofs
> mostly didn't have "hurricane straps," whereas the peeled-off newer
> gable-end roofs did. Something to consider if winds that strong are a
> possibility where one is building...
>
> John Schinnerer
>
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