At a research facility in South Carolina, scientists and researchers harness the destructive forces of hurricanes and bend them to their will. "Were actually creating hurricanes around structures very much like Mother Nature would do," Julie Rochman said. Shes the president and CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. Its headquarters is in Tampa. “This is truly a force of nature being imitated very meticulously,” Rochman said. “What is unique about the IBHS Research Center is that were the only facility that can do full scale testing, so we dont need to shrink nails and shingles down to which their physical properties would change.”
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