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State Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Saturday October 07, 2023 ( 1 items )  

Iowa State University: Researchers Design a National Testing Facility to Simulate Tornadoes, Downbursts and Gusts
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Experiments will Help them Engineer Buildings that can Stand Up to Extreme Winds * * * The foundation of a house remains, the basement ripped open and exposed, with the rest of the house blown away. A brick-veneered bank building partially caved in. A collapsed high school gym. Gravestones knocked over. Debris piercing a building. Partha Sarkar kept hitting next, scrolling through   more