Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations
Hurricanes on sandy shorelines · By Dirk Frankenberg
Hurricane-resistant construction
Figure 20. This house is being built to withstand hurricanes. (Photograph by the author. More about the photograph)
Figure 20 shows construction of a house clearly designed to function as a pier during extreme weather. Note the number and size of the support timbers and the surf breaking on the beach in the near background. Rarely does one see human efforts to overcome the destructive forces of nature and the forces themselves so closely juxtaposed. One can only wonder about the outcome of the potential conflict between the two in future storms.
