re: #560 marjoriemoon

I think they’re safer than you guys, quite frankly. Lots of heavy cement walls. They should move people into the prison!

Beside that, the maximum sustained winds of Irene is 85 mph. We used to design homes in Denver with wind load criteria of 85 mph, exposure “C”. Homes along the east coast are designed with higher wind speed loads. Here’s a map for more information. It’s a bit generalized:

Image: Windload.jpg