High Wind & Metal Grain Bin Failure
Building Code and Design Requirements of Agricultural and Farm Buildings
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Here’s how to build a hurricane-resistant house — not as expensive as you may think
As hurricane season nears, CNBC’s Diana Olick looks at the stronger building standards in the FORTIFED Home program. Building a home better prepared to face a hurricane isn’t as expensive as most homeowners think.
Hailstorms: Radar & Forecasting
Through an ongoing field study and collaboration with our academic partners, IBHS collects unique data from hailstorms to help improve detection, forecasting, and modeling capabilities of hail. This work will (1) allow for better prediction of the quantity and size of hailstones across a given storm area, (2) help improve loss prediction modeling, and (3) better inform claims adjusters…
Hailstones: Field Research
The IBHS Hail Field Study conducts annual field research operations dedicated to studying hailstorms. The program goals are: To provide data to guide and improve laboratory hail testing. To map hailswaths to help verify and improve radar-based hail detection. To determine the environmental conditions that influence hail strength, hailstone concentrations, and ultimately the impact to…
Hailstone in Polk Co. Comes Close to Breaking State Record, Researchers Say
IBHS documents massive hailstone found in Arkansas using 3D scanning technology.
Media Advisory: 2018 North American Workshop on Hail and Hailstorms
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 at 11:15 a.m. MDT/1:15 p.m. EDT
Hail No: Weather Conditions Becoming Ripe for Damaging Ice Pellets
Dr. Anne Cope explains how IBHS research is changing how we approach costly severe weather.
Hail in the Front Range of the Rockies and High Plains: Is it More Damaging?
Research IBHS members have raised concerns over higher hail claims frequencies in the Front Range and High Plains. This report explores possible physical science reasons behind this difference in hail claims for those regions compared to other areas of the Great Plains. Hailstorms in the higher elevations of the Front Range and adjacent High Plains…