Bob Henson blog: "Improperly Anchored Mobile Homes Involved in 19 of 23 Deaths in Alabama Tornado" on March 3, 2019
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Chris in Tampa on 4/11/2019, 10:51 pm
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Improperly-Anchored-Mobile-Homes-Involved-19-Of-23-Deaths-Alabama-Tornado
"An analysis led by engineer David Roueche (Auburn University) found that 19 of the 23 deaths on March 3 - all of them in Lee County, Alabama - were associated with manufactured homes, as opposed to site-built homes. All of these homes either lacked ground anchors entirely, had degraded anchors, or had anchorage systems that did not appear to meet state code, according to a March 27 report issued by the Auburn-led Structural Extreme Event Reconnaissance Network.
Of the other four deaths, three occurred in a destroyed modular home that was 'resting on unreinforced masonry block with no evidence of positive anchorage to resist uplift,' according to the report."
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