To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE
Tayna Brown (R) and Andy Clyde (L) walk through the test chamber and wind tunnel at the Institute for Business and Home Safety's Research Center in Richburg, South Carolina December 22, 2010. In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough to accommodate nine large residential homes. Some 105 fans deliver gusts of 175 miles per hour, destroying dwellings built precisely for this purpose. The goal is to construct homes across the country that can withstand the worst Mother Nature has to offer, which lately has been quite a lot -- not to mention tough if not impossible for insurers to predict. Picture taken December 22, 2010. To match Special Report INSURANCE/CLIMATE REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)