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During hurricane Sandy I lived directly across from the Chase building in the financial district. The motion of the Chase building made me sea sick looking at h
by kator 10y ago
During hurricane Sandy I lived directly across from the Chase building in the financial district. The motion of the Chase building made me sea sick looking at how much it swayed in the wind. You could see the window shades flying back and forth, some office chairs moving around. The displacement was obvious with the naked eye, it reminded me of palm trees at the beach during high winds.
- graaben 10y agoI worked in that building in 2012, and when we got back into the office later that week there were huge cracks running down the drywall from ceiling to floor.
- wdr1 10y agoSwaying is not necessarily indicative of a problem. The Sears Tower has a fair bit of sway as well. The general idea is "bend, don't break" and allow some give in high winds.