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Scale Testing for Hurricane Damage

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This 1/3-rd scale house serves as a test for how coastal structures respond to storm surge.

The tests occur in a wave basin, where control paddles let researchers create the waves of their choice.

The test compared how two structures--identical except for a foot of difference (3ft at full size) in elevation--fared in the same storm.

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