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Potential impacts include: - Damage to porches, awnings, carports, sheds, and unanchored mobile homes is possible.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2025
Earlier bungalow courts had no parking, but many later courts featured garages or carports in the rear of the property, along an alley if there was one, and frequently supporting one or two apartments above.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
The Tillery team uses heavy plastic sheets over steel carport frames to create temporary greenhouses to protect the nursery's succulents and cacti.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In Santa Barbara, for instance, there isn’t a law requiring seismic retrofit of apartment buildings with a flimsy ground floor — often held up above a carport or garage.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2025
Earlier bungalow courts had no parking, but many later courts featured garages or carports in the rear of the property, along an alley if there was one, and frequently supporting one or two apartments above.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
The Tillery team uses heavy plastic sheets over steel carport frames to create temporary greenhouses to protect the nursery's succulents and cacti.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In Santa Barbara, for instance, there isn’t a law requiring seismic retrofit of apartment buildings with a flimsy ground floor — often held up above a carport or garage.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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“Carport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carport. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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carport
noun
car·port
ˈkär-ˌpō(ə)rt 
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
: an automobile shelter with open sides that is usually attached to the side of a building
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