His company is delivering already-built, storm-resistant structures to Puerto Rico.
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Sanders called on Friday for long-term development of Puerto Rico, putting in place storm-resistant housing and structures and a sturdy energy grid that makes use of the island's ample renewable resources.
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Within the last five years, the house has received fresh paint and storm-resistant, energy-efficient windows, and a cistern has been installed and connected to the irrigation system to maintain the extensively landscaped property.
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They also have begun to encourage clients to increase the marketability of their properties by installing storm-resistant technology, including steel beams and window flaps that allow water to flow in and out of a basement during a flood.
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Many of the affected hotels such as Secret Bay, in Dominica, used storm resistant materials when they rebuilt over the past year, while new hotels like Silversands Grenada are being constructed further back from the sea and at higher elevations to protect them from floods.
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Andersen's location makes it difficult to move the base's stealth bombers, drones and other aircraft quickly out of an approaching storm's path, so the base's hangars have been hardened with steel and concrete to be exceptionally storm-resistant; some are designed to withstand winds of 195 m.p.h.
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With help from the Siemens-Schuckertwerke group (a predecessor of the modern-day Siemens) and others, it developed a series of automated weather stations: these were an intricate array of pressure, temperature, and humidity sensors, encased in storm-resistant metal containers and equipped with batteries and a radio antenna.
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Jenty Kirsch-Wood, a climate specialist with the United Nations Development Program, defended the Green Climate Fund by pointing to its benefits in Vietnam, where part of a $30 million grant from the program has funded the distribution of free, storm-resistant housing to people in typhoon-prone coastal areas.
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The 213,677 square-meter (2.3 million square- foot) hospital features three patient towers with 446-acute care beds including 60 behavioral health beds, 19 operating rooms, 76 pre-op and post-op bays, 56 emergency department exam rooms, nine acute treatment rooms and five trauma rooms. The facility is completely accredited by the Joint Commission of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). The hospital is located on 15 hectares (37 acres), and critical areas are all situated at least 6.4 meters (21 feet) above base flood elevation. The facility also features emergency backup power and storm-resistant technology, which will enable it to withstand the impact of a Category 3 major hurricane.
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Of course a dike should be storm-resistant to protect a city against flooding, and in this case a margin of "9 feet and 5 inches" (2.67 m - margin is defined in Amsterdam feet) was deemed enough to cope with rising water. So he measured the water level of the adjacent sea arm, ' and compared it with the water level in the canals within the city itself. He found that the water level at an average summer flood in the sea arm (when the water level reaches its maximum, not counting storms) was about the same as the level on the other side of the sea-dike, plus the margin of 9 feet and 5 inches. The relatively constant water level in the canals of Amsterdam, called ' ("Amsterdam level", AP), equalled the level at summer flood at sea in the sea-inlet, which changes throughout the year.
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The casino's exterior at night The newly restored facility is built on "more storm resistant" cement pilings rather than the former floating barge as originally mandated by Mississippi law, and features seven restaurants, including a Hard Rock Cafe, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Half Shell Oysters House, close to 500 hotel rooms and suites, a full service spa, a nightclub, over 1400 slot machines, 56 table games, outdoor beach themed pool with cabanas and swim-up bar, and a Hard Rock Live performance arena. (The poker room was closes Labor Day Weekend, 2016.) The height of the hotel is Steelman Partners was the architect, and interior designers and shop12 was the lighting designers The guitar sign on the property is a replica of a Peavey HP Signature and is tall - at the time of its construction, it was the tallest Hard Rock sign in the world. It survived the wrath of Hurricane Katrina largely intact, and was restored and repaired during the property's reconstruction.
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