"Marc CYBW" wrote in message
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I was looking through photos of airplanes destroyed in their hangers in
the
recent hurricane season

Are there any hanger designs that consistently work better than others in
hurricane prone environments? The latest hangers at our airport (CYBW) are
steel frame with steel siding with some of them being formed concrete or
concrete block. The latter two look expensive, but VERY sturdy.

Just talking about building design in general, the best will be formed and
poured steel reinforced concrete, followed by concrete block with some of
the cores poured full of concrete and re-bar. This all assumes not being in
a storm surge situation, because all bets are off, then.

The weakest link in these types of construction will be the doors and roof.
It is possible to make a pretty solid roof using steel truss construction,
with a poured lightweight concrete roof, if attention is paid to anchoring
the roof structure to the walls.

That leaves the doors. I don't know of a commercially available door that
would withstand much over a Category One storm. Perhaps a bifold door, with
anchor points inside and outside of the structure, so that temporary "guy
wires" could be added, thus preventing failure under the bending of the wind
loads. The flying debris would be a problem, so it would have to have a
very thick metal skin.

Of course, if you did all this, you would not be able to afford the monthly
rent. What to do, what to do? ;-)

Anyone know of some cheap military hardened bunkers for rent?
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Jim in NC
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Jim in NC