Maggie's Farm

I recall being in NYC in the winter, and getting the impression that the high buildings created wind tunnels, which appeared to increase the effect of the wind. Definitely not common sense to construct matchstick buildings.

AVT, here is a reply to an interchange of yours regarding the difficulty of obtaining one's birth certificate.

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I was born and raised in Connecticut. Several years ago I needed to get my birth certificate to renew my TX driver's license. I called the town clerk where I was born, found out what I needed to get a birth certificate, and mailed payment plus appropriate documents. Within TEN DAYS, I had a copy of my birth certificate. Given the time involved in snail mail, this was done as quickly as possible.

While the bureaucracy of CT's state government may be "unaccountable" ----I have no reason to dispute that allegation----from my experience the bureaucracy at the town level is operating as it should.

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mudbug The design had open mechanical floors every 12 floors. The open mechanical floors did what they were designed to do--reduce oscillation, reduce sway, etc.

However, the utilities in the open mechanical floors were designed for use in enclosed buildings. Open mechanical floors, by definition, were exposed to the outside elements. When exposed to the outside elements---rain, snow, wind, cold----the utilities deteriorated: rust, scale, cracks, etc. The flooding, the pipe failures, etc., were traced back to the mechanical floors being exposed to the outside elements.

This was not rocket science. Someone with a high school education and experience in construction could have predicted that exposure to the outside elements would have caused deterioration to pipes, etc.

So, the answer to your question is YES. Case of tunnel vision by looking at wind tunnel tests only.

Perhaps painting the pipes in the mechanical floors would slow the deterioration.

See the video from 14 minutes on.