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The closest we've seen is either when an F3 tornado hit the Bank One Tower in Fort Worth or typhoons hitting larger buildings elsewhere but with slower winds. A
by zamadatix 2y ago
The closest we've seen is either when an F3 tornado hit the Bank One Tower in Fort Worth or typhoons hitting larger buildings elsewhere but with slower winds. A strong tornado causes the building to pretty much be a total loss without extensive renovation (as is typical with a strong direct hit by a tornado) but not in a "Wizard of Oz House Flying through the sky" way rather a "the floors all get blown out and ruined as the wind passes through" way.
- KennyBlanken 2y agoAnd that's just a 35 floor office building that is about 400 feet high. This is five times that height, and right smack in the most tornado-dense area of the country. Insane.
- zamadatix 2y agoI mean if you've ever seen a tornado risk map you're basically concluding half the US would be insane to develop just from tornado risk alone https://i.imgur.com/3enPH8r.png https://i.imgur.com/3enPH8r.png Combine that with all natural hazards and I guess we're all moving to MI, OH, PA, and some of the northeast? Also not really sure how height plays into it. Either you have x floorspace of development in a region or you don't. How high you do/don't stack it isn't related to risk in that region in any way.
- cosmotic 2y agoThe more floors, the bigger the loss will be.