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    		 Play Build It Bigger: Build It Bigger Video Extra: Hurricane-Proof Home Host Danny Forster is in the Gulf Coast of Mississippi with Rose, a Katrina victim who is getting a hurricane-proof home. Build It Bigger Video Extra: Hurricane-Proof Home Host Danny Forster is in the Gulf Coast of Mississippi with Rose, a Katrina victim who is getting a hurricane-proof home. Build It Bigger 02:40 May 27, 2009 6703
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    		 Play Build It Bigger: Assembly Line Home Building Each hurricane-proof house is made in three sections -- kitchen, bedroom and roof -- and built on an assembly line. Assembly Line Home Building Each hurricane-proof house is made in three sections -- kitchen, bedroom and roof -- and built on an assembly line. Build It Bigger 00:18 July 31, 2007 25800
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    		 Play Build It Bigger: Rigid Shear Walls The two halves of the house's interior walls are fused together, forming a unified, rigid shear wall. Rigid Shear Walls The two halves of the house's interior walls are fused together, forming a unified, rigid shear wall. Build It Bigger 00:20 July 31, 2007 21392
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    		 Play Build It Bigger: Massive Stilt Building Houses must be off the ground, supported by 18 massive 10x10 posts buried 4 feet in concrete. A concrete slab at the bottom and 10x4 beams on top provide further rigidity. Massive Stilt Building Houses must be off the ground, supported by 18 massive 10x10 posts buried 4 feet in concrete. A concrete slab at the bottom and 10x4 beams on top provide further rigidity. Build It Bigger 00:18 July 31, 2007 25427
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    		 Play Build It Bigger: FEMA Trailer Tour Danny takes you inside a standard-issue 300-square-foot FEMA trailer, where one woman has lived since Katrina. FEMA Trailer Tour Danny takes you inside a standard-issue 300-square-foot FEMA trailer, where one woman has lived since Katrina. Build It Bigger 02:25 July 31, 2007 44464
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    		 Play Build It Bigger: See Danny Sweat It's back-breaking work to dig a foundation for a hurricane-proof house under the Mississippi sun. See Danny Sweat It's back-breaking work to dig a foundation for a hurricane-proof house under the Mississippi sun. Build It Bigger 02:40 July 31, 2007 21313
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Build it Bigger : Hurricane Proof Homes
Go inside the technology that helped FEMA build hurricane-proof homes after Katrina devastated the New Orleans area.
List Added: May 04, 2009
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Build It Bigger: Build It Bigger Video Extra: Hurricane-Proof Home
Host Danny Forster is in the Gulf Coast of Mississippi with Rose, a Katrina victim who is getting a hurricane-proof home.

Video Added: May 27, 2009

Views: 6703

Runtime: 02:40

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