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World's tallest skyscraper will be a MILE HIGH and twice as tall as the Burj
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| circa Feb 5, 2016
| Hanna Alberts
Posted on 02/06/2016 8:00:44 AM PST by upchuck
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To: upchuck
THE MILE HIGH ILLINOIS
Proposal.
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright / Date: 1956 / Location: Chicago.
Why would a country that uses the metric system want to build a mile high tower?
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:58:26 AM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(Veritaphobia The true sign of a liberal.)
To: Resettozero
In Japan. Where earthquakes are common.
Also Typhoons and Tsunamis. I will just say no thank you.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:58:52 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: upchuck
If anyone could do it, probably it’s the Japanese. I wouldn’t go there if you paid me. The former “Top of the World” restaurant in the NYC WTC was stomach-churning to me.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:59:42 AM PST
by
EDINVA
To: onedoug
Who knew climate change was responsible for Babel. It won’t work this time either.
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:05:16 AM PST
by
taterjay
To: All
With that many people in a tall thin building wouldn’t the entire internal structure need to be elevators and stairs just to keep things flowing?
To: ThomasThomas
Whoever wrote the headline thinks there are 5,577 feet in a mile???
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:12:07 AM PST
by
DennisR
(Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
To: RegulatorCountry
To: Resettozero
In Japan. Where earthquakes are common. Makes about as much sense as building nuke plants in areas that are prone to earthquakes and tsunamis.
To: upchuck
A mile-high skyscraper in freaking Japan! Are you serious?
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:37:53 AM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: upchuck
There are several videos on youtube of the earthquake in Japan of the buildings swaying violently at the limits of the sway allowed in the engineering.
Now figure the extreme of the sway with a building this tall.
BTW, in those videos, you can actually see those buildings quiver during the sway.
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:55:05 AM PST
by
crz
To: upchuck
Instead of fire suppression equipment they have base-jumping parachutes.
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:55:28 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: Resettozero
Exactly. What could go wrong?
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:55:29 AM PST
by
bolobaby
To: Sheapdog
They’re conformists. Conformity is in their DNA.
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posted on
02/06/2016 9:57:08 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: Alberta's Child
You would need nametags for everyone.
To: Joe 6-pack
The reactor was fine.
Now, the backup generators, well....
To: umgud
Gives new meaning to the âMile High Club.â The top three floors should be an hourly motel.
To: M Kehoe
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posted on
02/06/2016 10:06:01 AM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: upchuck
The tower of Babel and a bridge too far.
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posted on
02/06/2016 10:23:09 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: upchuck
What an incredibly stupid idea, gravity-wise. The costs of construction and maintenance will also be exponentially greater. Not very “green.”
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posted on
02/06/2016 10:49:50 AM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
To: Albion Wilde
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posted on
02/06/2016 10:54:10 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
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