It’s 9:15 in the morning. The wind is roaring at 110 miles per hour (177 kph); the sound is deafening. Dust swirls through the air. We are watching a single-wide manufactured home rock back and forth, as it is pounded by turbulent wind.
Then, in an instant, the screws shear off and the entire unit tumbles backward, rolling two full revolutions before it stops.
In any other situation, this would be terrifying. But here, we are conducting a first-of-its-kind experiment at Florida International University’s Wall of Wind, a test facility that can reproduce wind speeds the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.
I agree. I’m working on a bill proposal to my state for subsidized housing, including a design blueprint for the apartment complex. It also provides amenities onsite like a food garden, gym, library, and pools. I have a plan to get tenant unions, labor unions, and housing advocates onboard, but it will be a hell of a fight, especially in the current US
Sure, it’ll be hard. But still. It’s being made hard to stop sensible politics from winning, itʼs just the idiocy trying to keep others from doing something good, to do something nice for the world and other people. And that must never win.