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To: tejek who wrote (321966)	1/20/2007 12:53:50 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574485

"they had wind gusts up to 120 mph. I was surprised at the level of damage." General rule of thumb. When winds get much above 100 mph, then you start getting structural damage. Usually the roof, but the higher it gets, the more likely you get other damage. And that doesn't count the wind picking up various things and throwing them into structures or knocking down trees. Tall buildings in the cities have special problems. When Alicia hit Houston, the winds blowing down the streets would suck window glass right out of the frames. It then hammered and broke other windows and then used those pieces to break more...