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Scientists aim to blow the roof off hurricane research

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Aug. 21 - Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew decimated South Florida, Florida International University in Miami has opened a state-of-the-art hurricane simulator to study the destructive effects of major storm systems. Called the 'Wall of Wind', it can replicate the kinds of weather systems that wreak havoc in communities around the world while hopefully providing new ideas for hurricane-resistant buildings. Ben Gruber attended the opening.