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The eye of Laura

Wrightstyle wind loading

Jane Embury, director, looks at high wind loading. Last week, Hurricane Laura battered the coast of Louisiana, with wind speeds of up to 150mph. It was one of the strongest storms to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, killing fourteen people in Louisiana and Texas. In Haiti, which was earlier badly hit, at least 31 […]

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A picture of Dorian

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Tim Kempster, our managing director, looks at Hurricane Dorian and the impact hurricanes have had on modern glazing systems. Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm, recently hit the Bahamas, before also making landfall in the USA. It generated winds of up to 220 mph and storm surges of some 23 feet.  The death toll is […]

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Wrightstyle meets the family from hell

The aftermath of Hurricane Irma

By Tim Kempster, managing director The catastrophe that has visited the Caribbean and parts of the eastern seaboard of the USA has been appalling to watch. There have been 13 named tropical storms this year, and the hurricane season doesn’t end until November.  Of those, eight have been hurricanes and four of them were major […]

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Wind loading and glass technologies

Extreme Weather and Wind Loading Wrightstyle takes a look at the crucial importance of wind loading in modern building design, in view of extreme weather events and climate change. Over the past few months, extreme weather events have battered countries in the Caribbean and Asia, testing the resilience of local communities and the infrastructure on […]

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