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The aftermath of a hurricane is like nothing you've ever experienced - there's something deeply unsettling about all the trees in a forest being bent uniformly in one direction, or entire neighborhoods completely erased. 285 km/h sustained winds comes out to roughly 3.8 kpa pressure on all surfaces. So for every 1m^2 of surface area perpendicular to the wind direction, you're getting ~350kgf applied.


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