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Minn. Experts: Garage Doors Can be Weak Point in Tornado Damage

Midwest News • July 8, 2008
When high winds from tornados and severe storms hit, a house's garage door can be a weak point. And sometimes if a garage door goes, it can be the first step in a disastrous chain reaction. ...

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Subject: RE: Garage Doors

Posted On: July 8, 2008, 2:34 pm CDT
Posted By: MN Agent
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Stronger garage doors would not really changed anything in the Hugo storm either. But from what I have seen in other local storms through the years the garage door is the first to go and the garage will collapse and the rest of the house would be fine. In most cases they are double garage doors. Perhaps we just need to go back to single car doorways so there is less door and more structure?
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