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Lake Erie Discovery Monroe and Wayne, MI - State of Michigan

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Wave Action - Structural Risk<br />

� US Army Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers – 1973<br />

• Breaking wave height <strong>of</strong> 3 feet<br />

• “area subject to high velocity waters,<br />

including but not limited to hurricane<br />

wave wash”<br />

� FEMA – 2000<br />

• Coastal Construction Manual<br />

• Additional post-storm damage<br />

assessments identified 1.5 wave also<br />

can knock a structure <strong>of</strong>f a foundation<br />

http://www.fema.gov/pdf/rebuild/mat/coastal_a_zones.pdf

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