Tampa twin towers

[Cookiely]

I just don't understand how they can contemplate building these buildings as well as other huge towers in the vicinity right on the bay. Don't they get it. Please someone tell me that they will survive a storm surge and not sustain massive damage. Cruise ships will be able to park right in front to load and off load passengers.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost ... towers.jpg

[skysummit]

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[Ixolib]

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Huh? Worked fine for me...

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Anyway, concrete and steel towers will normally survive a full-on hurricane - especially with today's construction standards. Yeah, the first couple of floors might be "gutted", but the foundation and remaining integrity of the buildings will live to see another day.... Plus, their round design might actually offer the best defense against extreme winds.

[gtalum]

That's what I was thinking. A well-built skyscraper will hold up well in a hurricane, except maybe for some windows. If they build it intelligently the first few floors will be parking garage so even storm surge damage would be minimal.

[edit: I looked again, and it appears the first few floors will indeed be mostly parking garage.]

[terstorm1012]

The only real thing they'd have to worry about is seasalt spray and that can be easily mitigated with different types of concrete that trap the salt and keep it from eating away the steel superstructure.

[Derek Ortt]

the sky scrapers in SE Fla didnt fare very well during cat 1/2 winds.

Some buildings are built for cat 4, but may not take into consideration the fact that winds are about 2 cats higher aloft than at the surface. Therefore, a cat 2 can bring cat 4 winds to the highest floors

[senorpepr]

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Same here

[Ixolib]

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Same here

Hmmmmmmm..... Very Strange..... Here's a link to the same that may work better.....

http://www.towersatchannelside.com/noflash/pictures/finaltowers.jpg
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[skysummit]

Ok...worked now.

[Cookiely]

A grocery store and port terminal are also going to be on the lower floors. Thanks everyone for your ideas.