Many high rise buildings have broken windows. Downtown is only a few miles from us. I’m going to be going downtown Wednesday. I doubt any of that will be fixed by then. I’ll take a few pictures then.
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It appears that your building codes may not as strict as they are in Florida for wind damage and hurricanes. Here, even though the State cannot make one upgrade to current codes, insurance companies can refuse to insure someone if they don't upgrade.
That is one of the reasons I sold my home in Altamonte Springs. The roof was 12 years old and the insurance companies decided that if roof was 12 to 14 years old it meeded to be replaced or they wouldn't insure it. I didn't want to put that kind of money into a house I was considering selling anyway.
The windows were likely hit by projectiles. The last time I saw this kind of damage was when a hurricane went through. I don’t know if any tornadoes hit, but there was definitely high winds. It would have to be some type of impact resistant glass to not break. I think I-90 wind uplift is required for roofs. Florida I believe has the highest requirements in the US in general. I’m sure there’s going to be discussion on why so many windows popped out and shattered.
Unfortunately this storm is now in Louisiana. Look out New Orleans.
Southeast Florida counties have building codes that are more strict than the state codes. These include windows that are impact resistant and have a minimum strength against winds.
Yes it is just south of my son in Leesville, Louisiana.
Hopefully he’s okay if it was south of him.
Sorry to hear about these misfortunes. Seems like climate problems are pounding someplace every week. Western Provinces have wild fires starting from ones that smouldered underground until winter lapsed , then off they went . It’s been good here in the Maritimes , got a little sun burn yesterday golfing , just mild but the sun is so strong these days . Decided to cut the dandy lions today , only made one lap and the deck belt delaminated , mower was new last spring and is nicely constructed but some bean counter skimped on the belt supplier , so had to crank up the old Honda . An hour and forty minutes and I was toast . Getting some much needed rain on Sunday , hopefully .
There’s a handful of high rises with window damage, but this historic building was the most interesting.
The wall that collapsed is actually one of the two bearing walls for this building. The other is on the opposite side to this one. They had an emergency meeting to discuss how to proceed. The city engineer’s at first just wanted to tear it down, but that upset a lot of people. I. Was told the meeting was about to get ugly. At any rate, they need to start shoring up the floor and roof since nothing is carrying the load at the moment. That massive bearing wall can be rebuilt, but I’d leave whatever additional structure in place permanently. Professionally very interesting.
The wall that collapsed is actually one of the two bearing walls for this building. The other is on the opposite side to this one. They had an emergency meeting to discuss how to proceed. The city engineer’s at first just wanted to tear it down, but that upset a lot of people. I. Was told the meeting was about to get ugly. At any rate, they need to start shoring up the floor and roof since nothing is carrying the load at the moment. That massive bearing wall can be rebuilt, but I’d leave whatever additional structure in place permanently. Professionally very interesting.
It’s amazing that a professionally constructed building could go awry like that . My sister-in-law bought , against my wishes , a very old home in town . Previous owners had cut the floor joists under the stairway to allow for stairs to the cellar which only had an exterior entrance ,coal delivery , at the rear of the place . Leaves a big open space with just the air attached to the ceiling holding the floor up.
This particular building is likely well over a hundred years old. Masonry bearing walls like this one had are not as common as they were prior to WW1. It’s going to be interesting to find out what they determine to be the reason for the failure. It doesn’t look like there had been tampering of the original structure from what I could tell from the photograph. For these walls the beam ends rested within a notch in the massive wall. It’s not really tied to the wall, the beam end just rests in the notch. I suspect there was a massive vacuum that pulled the wall outward.
About to get a visit from Beryl! Seems to be slowly shifting toward my area. Already hearing thunderstorms rumbling. Landfall should be sometime tomorrow, perhaps as a hurricane.
Be safe
Thanks. Watching weather predictions. Gas stations are starting to have lines. I got enough gas for my vehicles. So not going out any more.
I'm praying for you. Thankfully the Yucatan knocked a lot of its punch out. It is also dryer than it was. Be careful and be safe. Let us know how you are doing.
Everyone be safe down there.
My current weather.
Not urban motorcycle weather.
Not urban motorcycle weather.
By this time, Beryl has likely passed you by. One observer, in the news I read, commented the hurricane "growled". Hope all is OK with you.
Well Beryl definitely visited Houston. More East path than thought. We were in the East eye wall for most of the morning till a bit after noon. It’s a mess here, two million without out power including us.
Do you have a generator?
