NU Online News Service, April 23, 10:50 a.m. EDT
Researchers said by summer's end they plan to start extensive tests on a gigantic new facility that will try to blow apart houses to gauge the effects of hurricane winds.
By mid-June, contractors building the disaster research center in Richburg, S.C., plan to begin testing the power system for a wall of 105 fans, each nearly six feet tall, using enough juice to power 9,000 homes, said Tim Reinhold.
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