Hurricane Preparedness in the Grand Strand
Disaster Prevention and Prediction Hearing
Wednesday, August 10 2005 - 9:00 AM - Springmaid Beach Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC
Dr. David O. Prevatt, Director of the Wind Load Test Facility, Clemson University, presented testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee’ Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction at a [...]

“If in fact you’re telling me that builders have been building these (structures) without wind provisions being enforced by the building community, I would be very skeptical of the ability of residential areas to survive if they actually did have a design event,” said David Prevatt, an engineering professor at Clemson University’s Wind Load Test [...]