One Crestron client in the Gulf Coast has a weather vane and cameras that detect wind and automatically shut storm windows in the event of a hurricane.

WSJ: Cutting Edge Today, Pass�� Tomorrow

Seventy years ago and more, everybody knew which way the wind blew, and which way windows should face to get the most sun (south, in the United States), and built their houses accordingly.

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In crudely-built refugee homes like the ones we saw, they're doing battle with metal roofs that leak, blankets for windows that let the wind and cold in, and children getting sick.

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Wind whistled in crevices he had not known existed, under the eaves and at the edges of the storm windows.

NEWYORKER: Outage