4 ms·

Tall buildings fair better in earthquakes due to resonance.

• Zigurd 3y ago
  Is anyone taking bets on Millennium Tower? Are those bets cheaper than insurance?
  • phendrenad2 3y ago
    Well, Millennium Tower is an outlier. A boondoggle. They should take it down and start over.
  • armchairhacker 3y ago
    Idk about Millennium Tower but see Taipei 101: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101#Structural_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101#Structural_design > Taipei 101 is designed to withstand typhoon winds and earthquake tremors that are common in the area in the east of Taiwan. Evergreen Consulting Engineering, the structural engineer, designed Taipei 101 to withstand gale winds of 60 meters per second (197 ft/s), (216 km/h or 134 mph), as well as the strongest earthquakes in a 2,500-year cycle. > During construction, on 31 March 2002, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Taipei; two construction cranes from the 56th floor, the highest floor at the time, toppled. Five people died in the accident, but an inspection showed no structural damage to the building, and construction soon resumed
  • baron816 3y ago
    The worst case scenario for Millennium Tower is that it will lean so much that the elevators don’t work anymore. That’s it.