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Hypercanes would be pretty intense; wind speeds of 500 mph would destroy most buildings, and almost all skyscrapers (which are not built to withstand such later
by skykooler 9y ago
Hypercanes would be pretty intense; wind speeds of 500 mph would destroy most buildings, and almost all skyscrapers (which are not built to withstand such lateral loads).
- BenjiWiebe 9y agoAlmost all skyscrapers? Are there skyscrapers out there that wouldn't be leveled by a 500mph wind!?
- trapperkeeper74 9y ago300 mph tornados tear up everything except some roadways, foundations and deeply-driven steel pilings. 500 mph would just make a messier mess. If that were multiplied over continental size, that would definitely extinct some species.