<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Joyce:<div><br></div><div>My suggestion is that they contact Johnathan Hammond or Bruce Playle at Indigo Architects, in Davis, CA: <a href="http://www.indigoarch.com">http://www.indigoarch.com</a> They've designed a number of police stations and may have specific info in hand. Their stations I've seen have bale over concrete block, possibly for this reason.</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>ps: Good wishes from the International Straw Bale Conference in Colorado … excellent so far and we're just getting started!</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 17, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Graeme North <<a href="mailto:graeme@ecodesign.co.nz">graeme@ecodesign.co.nz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Earth wall impact tests against small arms (50mm is small?) fire were done in Nicuragua some years ago, but I've not heard of tests on s/bale.<div><br></div><div>Guess yo' al' need this data in Murrica</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 18/09/2012, at 2:16 AM, Joyce Coppinger wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0px">Anyone have information on this?<br>
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Joyce<br>
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Is there any test about bulletproof of straw bale wall?<br>
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