Closeup of the corner shown in ACC (pic 1)
Not sure that it really shows, but that's a fairly good sized 'beam' up along the overhang...pretty good column on the corner too!
Also note how the 'ceiling' of that overhang is done. Its like that all over the first floor (I don't remember what the other floors have, but probably the same?)
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Not surprizing that this one would be built with strong & wind braces...where this is they can get 80+ mph wind gusts (and ofcourse there is always that very slight risk of small tornadoes). I'm sure the engineers who designed this took in to consideration, the max possible things the weather could dish out at it...This would survive!, but I doubt some of those modern apartment buildings that are popping up everywhere would.
Where I'm at (closer to the mountains) its possible to get 100 mph gusts.
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Neat that you know allot about concrete buildings! I have a FB account, but don't use it...
Well, that would certainly go well beyond any wind we could ever get in CO.
I know a tornado is different than straight-line winds, but it could also survive a pretty good one. Like EF4? (which basically can't happen where this is). I'd say the students are safe from wind/storms there.
Allot of the apartment buildings here are still being constructed out of wood - unless they go beyond 3 stories...then I've seen some where they are still doing wood for the upper floors.
Why they're even using wood-frame construction, I don't know...other than its a way of being cheap/quick .lol.
EF5 is 200 to 300 Joplin Hospital survived the tornado of 300+ mph winds, it was damaged but the building did not collapse, Saved 100s of lives. Sadly the new hospital the government built is not concrete and they named it the McCarthy medical center, Very upsetting
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The hospital in Joplin was damaged beyond repair...but yep I guess you're right in one respect - it did do its job of saving the life of so many inside!
From what I have seen, that was one hell of a storm, the sort of damage it did was truly shocking.
They should have built the new hospital stronger, not weaker sometimes you just have to wonder about the thinking...
It was only C grade building the A grade line like Boston City hall would of done perfect. MO is very mismanaged
Your nice building in the photos is an A grade.
People don't tend to think much about it but Colorado is one place that gets lots of sever weather, mainly out east but A couple counties actually are in the tops for most tornadoes, I think the county this is in (Arapahoe County) is one of them but they happen out more east, this is in Littelton which is on the west edge of the county in the metro area, but yeah.
But when I was in the building a long time ago I think I remember some storm shelter rooms or something, but most places have those especially around there.
Where I live now though is very tornado prone (Oklahoma is kinda known for all that, even though some places in Colorado gets even more than here but here gets more violent ones) And in the city northeast of here (Tulsa) I saw tornado damage as well to a building which was interesting to see
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I don't think MO is alone in being mismanaged these days, that's everywhere
So this could in theory (structurally) survive an EF5 then. .wow.
Luckily where its at, that won't ever be tested.
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Yep CO gets its share of severe weather (this week infact there were tornado-warned storms near the eastern border Sun, Mon, and Tue evenings this week). I believe the counties with the top counts for tornadoes are those in the north-east corner of the state.
I know this building has storm shelter rooms (or whatever they call them), I can remember seeing it on a floor/room map. Where in the building they are, that I don't remember.
Littleton is simply too close to the mountains to get the big/strong EF4/EF5 tornadoes like can happen farther east. But like anywhere in the state there is always that slight risk of the weaker EF0/EF1/(maybe EF2 at most).
Since you're now in Oklahoma...make sure to keep a video camera & tripod handy on tornado-watch days! Go out & record if you ever see one! You're deff in a good place for storm-watching
That's something I've always said I'd do if I see one - I won't be hiding in the basement I'll be outside, camera in hand (maybe 2 cameras - one in hand, 2nd on tripod). Infact these days I'd be tempted to go drive out to a storm if it wasn't too far east.
(Storms this week were way too far - 130-150 miles away from me...but I was keeping an eye on the radar Sun afternoon, just in case something showed up close enough .lol. )
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Closeup of the corner shown in [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-22169] ACC (pic 1) [/url]
Not sure that it really shows, but that's a fairly good sized 'beam' up along the overhang...pretty good column on the corner too!
Also note how the 'ceiling' of that overhang is done. Its like that all over the first floor (I don't remember what the other floors have, but probably the same?)
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ACC (pic 2)
Closeup of the corner shown in [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-22169] ACC (pic 1) [/url]
Not sure that it really shows, but that's a fairly good sized 'beam' up along the overhang...pretty good column on the corner too!
Also note how the 'ceiling' of that overhang is done. Its like that all over the first floor (I don't remember what the other floors have, but probably the same?)
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Not surprizing that this one would be built with strong & wind braces...where this is they can get 80+ mph wind gusts (and ofcourse there is always that very slight risk of small tornadoes). I'm sure the engineers who designed this took in to consideration, the max possible things the weather could dish out at it...This would survive!, but I doubt some of those modern apartment buildings that are popping up everywhere would.
Where I'm at (closer to the mountains) its possible to get 100 mph gusts.
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Neat that you know allot about concrete buildings! I have a FB account, but don't use it...
I know a tornado is different than straight-line winds, but it could also survive a pretty good one. Like EF4? (which basically can't happen where this is). I'd say the students are safe from wind/storms there.
Allot of the apartment buildings here are still being constructed out of wood - unless they go beyond 3 stories...then I've seen some where they are still doing wood for the upper floors.
Why they're even using wood-frame construction, I don't know...other than its a way of being cheap/quick .lol.
The hospital in Joplin was damaged beyond repair...but yep I guess you're right in one respect - it did do its job of saving the life of so many inside!
From what I have seen, that was one hell of a storm, the sort of damage it did was truly shocking.
They should have built the new hospital stronger, not weaker
Your nice building in the photos is an A grade.
But when I was in the building a long time ago I think I remember some storm shelter rooms or something, but most places have those especially around there.
Where I live now though is very tornado prone (Oklahoma is kinda known for all that, even though some places in Colorado gets even more than here but here gets more violent ones) And in the city northeast of here (Tulsa) I saw tornado damage as well to a building which was interesting to see
I don't think MO is alone in being mismanaged these days, that's everywhere
So this could in theory (structurally) survive an EF5 then. .wow.
Luckily where its at, that won't ever be tested.
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@Lil'Cinnamon:
Yep CO gets its share of severe weather (this week infact there were tornado-warned storms near the eastern border Sun, Mon, and Tue evenings this week). I believe the counties with the top counts for tornadoes are those in the north-east corner of the state.
I know this building has storm shelter rooms (or whatever they call them), I can remember seeing it on a floor/room map. Where in the building they are, that I don't remember.
Littleton is simply too close to the mountains to get the big/strong EF4/EF5 tornadoes like can happen farther east. But like anywhere in the state there is always that slight risk of the weaker EF0/EF1/(maybe EF2 at most).
Since you're now in Oklahoma...make sure to keep a video camera & tripod handy on tornado-watch days! Go out & record if you ever see one! You're deff in a good place for storm-watching
That's something I've always said I'd do if I see one - I won't be hiding in the basement I'll be outside, camera in hand (maybe 2 cameras - one in hand, 2nd on tripod). Infact these days I'd be tempted to go drive out to a storm if it wasn't too far east.
(Storms this week were way too far - 130-150 miles away from me...but I was keeping an eye on the radar Sun afternoon, just in case something showed up close enough .lol. )