It gives us the illusion of security, although sometimes still when the wind picks up, I get a feeling I never had before the tornado.

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It doesn't cover the scores of other factories that sometimes wind up with retailers' orders after authorized factory owners subcontract the deals to other, unapproved manufacturers.

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To make sure there are no surprises post-construction, models of tall buildings and those surrounding it are sometimes tested inside mathematically accurate wind tunnels, meant to replicate conditions in the real world.

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