If you want to enjoy wind storm level 5, just enter this room

Understanding more about storms makes it easier for people to control the consequences caused by them. But studying storms is a difficult problem. No one expected and controlled a real-life storm to study it thoroughly.

That's why the University of Miami, the United States, has generously spent $ 45 million to build a laboratory, where powerful storms up to level 5 can be created inside.

Inside this room, powerful storms up to level 5 can be created.

The laboratory name is SUSTAIN , which stands for "SUrge STructure Atmosphere Interaction" , roughly translated as "atmospheric structural mutation interaction". Inside it has a transparent tank 23 meters long with a volume of 114,000 liters. Besides, there is a 1,700 horsepower wind engine, 12 paddle wave generator and a modern 37 sensor system. All can create and track the same weather conditions as a storm.

"We can create conditions comparable to winds with winds of more than 200 miles per hour," said Brian Haus, director of the laboratory and an oceanographer. "It is a level 5 storm on the ranking".

This tank can hold more than 100 cubic meters of water.

Another great feature, SUSTAIN not only creates a new storm, it can also regenerate storms that have happened in history. As long as the data is encrypted, scientists will have the opportunity to re-examine the wave patterns and storm winds that have long dissipated.

By comparing the differences between storms, SUSTAIN's research team can finally advise governments and authorities. They will know what is the best way to deal with this dangerous natural phenomenon.

Check the stability of a building model in the storm.

Not only that, but a hurricane lab also allows scientists to study many of the environmental issues that they cannot perform in real life. For example, check the consistency of a building model, the effects of sea and air, the movement of CO ₂ from the ocean into the land .

The results of all these studies can bring invaluable evidence. It allows people to better understand the storm system operating on their planet.

"We really want to understand what happens when the atmosphere and the ocean meet in a strong storm," Haus said in an interview. "Besides that is how the forces caused by wind and waves affect the coast and the community in the area."

Visit the University of Miami hurricane lab.

It must also be said that Miami University itself is located on a bay often stormed. The laboratory is built not to mean that scientists will spend their time in it. Specifically a recent plan, the team will drop 1,000 floating devices to understand how sea currents work. Thereby, they will know how to handle an oil spill if they happen.