Wet stucco

Wendell Porter, a researcher with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in Gainesville, checks stucco-coated panels for water damage — Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. Porter is investigating how rain and wind affect stucco, a cement-based building material blamed for causing leaks in thousands of Central Florida homes during last year’s hurricanes. He says in-depth studies are needed to show how the problems occurred.

(AP photo/University of Florida/IFAS/Josh Wickham)
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