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The House that FEMA Would Build

FEMA's four-by-six foot "house" on wheels is a traveling display that features construction techniques that should withstand most hurricanes.
Jeff Brady, NPR
FEMA's four-by-six foot "house" on wheels is a traveling display that features construction techniques that should withstand most hurricanes.

The federal government is teaching people along the Gulf Coast how to build stronger houses.

FEMA has a traveling display featuring construction techniques that should withstand most hurricanes. The four-by-six foot "house" on wheels is actually just the wood frame. At just about every place where there's a nail holding two timbers together, there's also a metal brace on the outside.

FEMA plans to move the display throughout Mississippi through August.

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