WEBVTT IS PREDICTING 6-8 MAJOR STOR -- NOAA PREDICTING A 70% CHANCE FOR 4 TO EIGHT NAMED STORMS. DISASTER OFFICIALS SAY PREPARATION IS KEY. AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK, 11 NEWS REPORTER JENNIFER FRANCIOTTI GOT TO EXPERIENCE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS FIRST HAND. JENNIFER THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS : LIKE TO BE BLOWN BY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, I'M INSIDE THE GLENN L MARTIN WIND TUNNEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK WHERE I GET TO EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED WINDS THAT EVENTUALLY REACH CATAGORY THREE STATUS. >> CATEGORY 1, 30 MILES CATEGO 2, 90 SOMETHING CATEGORY 3, 112 CATEGORY 4 130 SOMETHING 49:00 -- 130 SOMETHING. JENNIFER: I MAKE IT TO CAT 3 GIVING THE THUMBS UP SIGN EACH STEP OF THE WAY. BY 112 MPH I'M EXPERIENCING WINDS EQUAL TO MY BODY WEIGHT, MAKING MY SAFETY HARNESS CRUCIAL. >> IT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE TO STAND WITHOUT SOME SORT OF SUPPORT. THE UNIVERSITY HAS DONE EXPERIMENTS OF ALL KIND. ANYTHING THAT MOVES IN AIR OR WATER WE HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIMENTS ON. >> THE TWO THOUSAND HORSE POWER TURBINE CAN PRODUCE 230 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. AND FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNE RESEARCHERS AT COLLEGE PARK SAY IT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THE PREPARATION NEEDED WHEN A HURRICANE STRIKES MARYLAND. >> SO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THE WIND TUNNEL ALLOWS YOU TO EXAMINE WHAT THE IMPACT AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS WHAT TECHNIQUES YOU CAN USE BETTER NAILS BETTER TYPES OF ROOFING MATERIAL THAT WAS THAT YOU CAN PUT THINGS THAT USE IN FLORIDA TO DEAL WIT THIS. >> WE HOPE THE PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR EXPERIENCE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BECOME MORE CAUTIOUS AND RESPECTFUL TO THE DAMAGE THAT WIND CAN DO. >> THAT WAS INTENSE.