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Old 09-11-2007, 11:50 PM  
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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo View Post
I think people fail to realize how much these buildings sway on a windy day. I worked in a skyscraper for a few years and you could tell when you had a real windy day.
Exactly, now add a 400 ton 600mph wack to the wind and it's going to rock and roll until it finally breaks apart.

A much shorter building would have survived better.
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