http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/ Don't get caught in A BIG WIND with your guard down Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-86679 Stanley Goldenberg Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:19:53 +0000 http://abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-86679 1) The overlap method is not the "current" latest method. It is not NEARLY as effective as the inset method. The instructions for the barrel bold method (and there are other ways to do the fastening) are not that complicated. This method stood the test of Andrew (1992) in South Dade County! 2) The key is that people should be making their shutters EARLY in the season -- not wait until a storm is threatening. 3) If you have problem building and installing the barrel-bolt design, contact me, I would be glad to make some simple suggestions. 4) Bryan Norcross, in his 1998 hurricane season special, officially changed his recommendation from overlap to inset after he realized the benefits. Stan Goldenberg Hurricane Research Division/NOAA Miami, FL 1) The overlap method is not the “current” latest method. It is not NEARLY as effective as the inset method. The instructions for the barrel bold method (and there are other ways to do the fastening) are not that complicated. This method stood the test of Andrew (1992) in South Dade County!
2) The key is that people should be making their shutters EARLY in the season — not wait until a storm is threatening.
3) If you have problem building and installing the barrel-bolt design, contact me, I would be glad to make some simple suggestions.
4) Bryan Norcross, in his 1998 hurricane season special, officially changed his recommendation from overlap to inset after he realized the benefits.
Stan Goldenberg
Hurricane Research Division/NOAA
Miami, FL

]]> http://www.abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-666 Bitch | Lab » Atlantic Hurricane Resources Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:51:29 +0000 http://abigwind.com/2006/06/13/plywood-hurricane-shutters-keep-it-simple-stupid/#comment-666 [...] For local Tampa Bay Areans (ha!) this is a really great guide to building your own plywood hurricane shutters that are, apparently, up to code. R was impressed, especially since we have a 9 ft wide window to deal with. The biggest problem, as I understand it though, is our crappy garage. That’s where hurricane damage starts most of the time. Wind blows out the garage door and then rips the roof off. How to fix that is going to be a trick. Great landlords we have, of course, don’t give a bat’s eyelash. [...] [...] For local Tampa Bay Areans (ha!) this is a really great guide to building your own plywood hurricane shutters that are, apparently, up to code. R was impressed, especially since we have a 9 ft wide window to deal with. The biggest problem, as I understand it though, is our crappy garage. That’s where hurricane damage starts most of the time. Wind blows out the garage door and then rips the roof off. How to fix that is going to be a trick. Great landlords we have, of course, don’t give a bat’s eyelash. [...]

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