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Wind Speed Perception and Risk - PMC

24) effects of wind speed on people's perceptions of risk were both significantly positive for the average person (ps<.05; Figure 5). A slope of ...

Estimating the Risk of Extreme Wind Gusts in Tropical Cyclones ...

This analysis yields an estimate of a 30%–60% probability of any given point experiencing at least one 70 ms −1 gust within a 30-yr period.

Leaning against the Wind and Crisis Risk

Leaning against the Wind and Crisis Risk by Moritz Schularick, Lucas ter Steege and Felix Ward. Published in volume 3, issue 2, pages 199-214 of American ...

ERMESS: extreme wind risk assessment for building portfolios

The extreme wind risk assessment software, ERMESS, has been developed for risk assessment for portfolios of buildings.

Mitigating the risk of wind damage at the forest landscape level by ...

We studied whether the risk of wind damage in a forested landscape could be decreased by using stand neighbourhood information in conjunction with terrain ...

December 5, 2013 Risk Category and Oregon Wind Map

The risk category serves as a threshold for a variety of code provisions related to earthquake, flood, snow and wind loads. Particularly ...

Risk Category IV wind speeds v. tornado wind speeds - Eng-Tips

A client is asking us to evaluate the differences in structure due to the wind loads from typical risk category IV wind speeds [120 mph] and ...

Wind Hazard and Infrastructure Performance Center (WHIP) - IUCRC

The mission of the Wind Hazard and Infrastructure Performance Center (WHIP-C) is to enhance the resiliency of buildings and infrastructures to resist the ...

Wind Risk Map - ArcGIS Online

Wind Risk Map. Data sources. The distribution of important bird areas is derived from a variety of sources, including The American Bird Conservancy Guide to ...

How do Wind Speeds Affect The Risk Of Home Damage?

Damaging winds are classified as any wind exceeding 50 60 MPH. Learn what damage caused by wind can do and how to prepare for straight-line ...

Danger levels wind - Natural Hazards Portal

Danger level 1 (minimal or no danger) Wind warnings are issued in levels 2 - 5. Danger level 2 (moderate danger) Impact Surface turbulence hinders light ...

The safety risks of high winds on industrial sites - ISHN.com

High winds can create dangerous situations for employees working outdoors. Here are some of the risks of high winds and mitigation efforts managers can use.

What does «high winds» and «dangerous wind» mean?

Wind speeds from gale and up is formulated as «dangerous wind» because of the risk of being hit by loosen objects outdoors and high waves at sea.

Windstorm/Engineering Newsletter - Texas Department of Insurance

The IBC and IRC codes from 2012 and 2015 reference the standard ASCE 7-10 for wind load design. ... Risk Category II. Inland II. 110. 143. Inland I. 120. 155.

Windthrow - Forest Research

Wind risk constrains forest management by restricting rotation length, thinning regime, and species selection in high-risk areas. Wind exposure affects tree ...

Nextracker White Paper: Mitigating Extreme Weather Risk Part 2

Wind effects are the leading cause of weather-related damage to utility-scale solar plants. A new white paper, the final installment in Nextracker's ...

Wind | UNDRR

Wind is a main or contributing component to a number of hazards such as derecho, tropical cyclone, blizzard, sub-tropical cyclone, subtropical storm, tornado, ...

Understanding wind risk to forests: towards mechanistic models of ...

Understanding wind risk to forests: towards mechanistic models of wind risk in the Southeastern Coastal Plain ; Authors: Jeffrey B. Cannon, Brandon T. Rutledge, ...

ASCE Wind Speed Risk Category To Use with Signs & Building ...

Risk Categories are defined based on the importance of a structure and are tied into relative wind speeds. For example, a structure with risk ...

Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Energy Hurricane Risk Assessment

To ensure the robust design of wind turbines in the Gulf of Mexico, it is critical to understand the added risk posed by the threat of major hurricanes because ...