From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2001 - 08:30:47 MDT
>From: Spike Jones <spike66@attglobal.net>
>>Brian D Williams wrote:
>> I think we should give serious consideration to rebuilding the
>> world trade center. Brian
>Yes, only higher this time. It is a *sin* that the tallest
>building in the world is not in the US. We can figure out how to
>protect buildings from terrorists.
Actually the Petronas towers held the title of worlds tallest for
less then a year. The same jackasses who somehow decided that it
was some how possible for an 82 story building to be "taller" than
110 story buildings revised the factors that determine this. Under
the new 5 criterion the Sears tower has three, the World Trade
Center 1 and the Petronas towers 1.
>Actually, supertall buildings may in fact be old-think. With
>improved communications, we may not really need the
>transportation advantage afforded by sky scrapers. We
>may find ways to move information instead of gathering
>people into one place. spike
In light of recent events it may be difficult to fund tall building
projects for awhile.
Brian
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