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Single family home: Near Charleston, SC (20 miles from the Atlantic coast). Having lived in the SC coastal region almost all of my life, most hurricanes / tropical storms are a near miss (for any given location). Winds up to, say, 50 MPH are common for a near miss... not too much damage up to that ...

Read about the operation of a slide rule. Received my engineering education in the 1960s using a top-of-the line engineering slide rule and started work immediately thereafter. Until the early 1970s a slide rule was used for the vast majority of engineering calculations. Everything to do with a slide ...

Darya, good point. Most successful projects have a suitable combination of components. Perhaps the OP's question could be revised to request comments on the "best" materials/technologies recommended for sustainable/resilient structures. Concerning proven preservation of above ground structural steel ...

Since both resilience and sustainability are about long term performance of a structure, may be best to work with materials that have a good, lengthy track record. Examples of these materials could be steel and concrete. The high carbon footprint of cement used in concrete can be reduced by using, as ...

Bill - Fusion has promised low cost, clean, energy since it was first seriously investigated 70 years ago. When it is perfected, operation of fusion reactors will play a major role in reducing carbon emissions. Years ago experimental fusion reactors proved that they can produce thermal energy. The nagging ...