. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photos by Scon D Taylor. closet under the stairs in the center of the house. Rogers added three layers of plywood to the walls and ceiling and two layers to the door. He also reinforced the door hinges and latches. "During the worst winds of the five most recent hurricanes that hit Wilmington, my family huddled in a central hallway of my home," says Rogers. "Although I never felt that our lives were threatened or that we should have evacuated to another building, it became apparent that the
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photos by Scon D Taylor. closet under the stairs in the center of the house. Rogers added three layers of plywood to the walls and ceiling and two layers to the door. He also reinforced the door hinges and latches. "During the worst winds of the five most recent hurricanes that hit Wilmington, my family huddled in a central hallway of my home," says Rogers. "Although I never felt that our lives were threatened or that we should have evacuated to another building, it became apparent that the added assurance of a strong room would add peace of mind should we get hit ; Wilmington's wind risk from hurricanes is significantly lower than the extreme tornado winds — more than 200 mph — used for national "safe" standards. Thus, Rogers chose a strong room design developed and tested at Clemson. The room has an estimated capacity of about 60 percent of the national standard for safe rooms designed for the worst tornados. Rogers emphasizes that no single technique is right for making everyone's home safer during a hurricane. "The hurricane resistance of many homes can be substantially improved using a variety of techniques to reduce the chance of structural damage and damage from wind-blown water or flood water," says Rogers. "Each house is different. What matters is finding the weakest components and looking for the most cost- effective priorities for each ; The best — and least expensive — way to make a building storm-resistant is to modify it while it is under construction, says Rogers. "It is much easier and more reliable to do a brand new house if you want a higher standard for wind resistance than retrofitting an old house," he says. Wind-Resistant Materials Decades of experience support Rogers' advice. Over the last 27 years, he's surveyed the structural damage from major hurricanes that have hit the Eas
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