NYC High Rise Apartment Creaks & Sways During Storm
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2024
- A video taken at the top of a New York City highrise on the evening of Jan. 9, 2024, shows the apartment swaying and you can hear the building creaking and growing as high winds hit the city. #nyc #highrise #winds #windy
The cost of living in that apartment is probably scarier than the storm
Underrated
14m for 10k a mo
@@aoliya107XD then whos living There
😂 😂 😂 I believe it
LOL
The creaks mean the designers did their jobs, the engineers did their jobs, the builders did their jobs, and the inspectors did their jobs. Tall buildings are meant to sway a little with the wind.
I do agree, architects and engineers planned for these exact things. However, most of where skyscrapers fall short is their ability to combat wind. A building that tall should be aerodynamic as to reduce the amount of sway jn general. Buildings that are older than 50 didn’t really plan for all that initially
The video wasn't trying to figure it out. It was sharing the experience. They understand why it is creaking...
Your None of those things😂 swaying is different then creaking
@@q6906best no comment anymore……….
Yeah, this comment!
Also, in Cali, they earthquake proof buildings to collapse in a controlled manner by incorporating "weak" spots into the beams. This makes the building more flexible and thus able to withstand the shakes of the earth. If this wasnt done, the entire building would break in a chaotic manner, resulting in more deaths.
I’m good living on the ground thanks
For real, I would like to know that safety in a potential disaster exists by just moving in the x-direction
and it's cheaper...well almost not anymore they've captured all our base LOL
Exactly.
Facts
Me 2.
I worked at the former Sears Tower for 20 years. During storms, the upper half of the building rocked and rolled like crazy. Even the water in the toilets swished around.
Awful!
I could never work or live in one. I’d be scared all the time.
I went to the top of the Sears Tower once when I was 12. I walked right up to the window, felt the sway, and almost lost my lunch. I have no problem with heights, but that experience was entirely different than anything else. Absolutely terrifying.
I've been to the top of Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Most unsettling experience. Yes the building creaked like mad. Looking down on the tops of skyscrapers.
"the former sears tower" you're not a real chicagoan with that answer. real ones know it's spelled willis but pronounced sears.
As a former homeless man, I can confirm my tent never did this.
👌👍🏼😉🤣
😂😂 something to be said for the simple things in life
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uhh.. yes it did if there was a storm.
i’ve stayed in plenty of tents during storms and it makes you damn well wish you were in a building that was merely swaying.
Half of my brain knows this is what well engineers designs these high-rises to do but the other half yells OH HELL NO!!
Exactly!
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂 I'm over here trying so hard to tell my brain that it's ok 😅
Logical thinking
Oh, hell no……….🙀🙀🙀
That sound would drive me crazy.
Yep, just give me a house in the suburbs, happy with that, i never liked tall buildings and for me anything with more than 3 stores is too tall to live.
That sound would put me to sleep... it's very soothing. 😊
Same, scary😰
It would scare the schitt outta me.
Sounds like youre on a pirate ship in the 1700s 😅 imagine Jack Sparrow popping in anytime now
Where's the Rum?
At Ponce de Leon ship
As long as the window pane doesn't make any noise, everything is fine😂
Windows 🪟?
Lmao, I gotchu bro
This. If my windows aren’t broken I’m not worried about the wind.
@@mr.millionaire4570 the whistling you hear on a windy day innit
True though
This sound is actually what you want to hear, according to a friend of mines dad when we were kids. He was an architect and he talked about how the taller buildings are supposed to have just a little give to them.
If they don’t bend with the wind they can literally fall over. If they bed to much with the wind, it could snap under its own weight. It needs to be absolutely perfect
It’s when they go quite you get scared
Thats a bit more than just a little.
Yeah we all know that, few experience it though and it's not any less creepy knowing it's suppose to happen..
@@rudolfskrasovskis6790 why are architects morons?
Screw that. There is no way I would live like that.
Yah one back move and poof
It's supposed to be like that though
@@base21that’s fine, I still don’t want to live in it.
It’s supposed too, if you dont hear creaking in your high rise during a storm then it’s probably because your dead and the building collapsed a few minutes ago
The creaking isn’t normal. They usually are designed to sway and not make much noise. It’s not an indication that there’s a problem. But nothing to worry about, they should notify the maintenance and it’s probably something they could just make an adjustment to something that’s rubbing the wrong way.
New York has had a skyline full of high-rises over 100 years. And only two buildings have ever fallen down and that wasn’t from the weather.
Gosh it's scary. How people actually could think up how to build houses so high is still unbelievable today, I think.
That would put me to sleep... Either for the night or forever 😂
😮😭yooooo😅🤣
Just respawn then
LMFAOOOO 😂 night night forever
Fkn crackin up! Thank you I needed that!
Forever , for me . 😢
That noise is so terrifying !
I worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of 1 World Trade Center. It scared the crap out of me the way the building creaked in a storm. It was built to move up to 6 inches each way. You could see the movement against the surrounding buildings.
I fortunately l left for another job in April 2001. Lost dozens of co-workers and friends.
Live each day like it's your last, and be a blessing to others.
I can’t even imagine how traumatic 9/11 was for you. I’m so sorry.
@@psychologynerd0423 Thank you. It took me a couple of years to feel normal. I think I felt some survivor guilt.
It felt like a lot more than 6 inches, and you could see them sway from the bottom looking up
I'm all set!
I think we all remember that day, no matter where you live/d in the world, I’m a Kiwi (NZ) & remember it like yesterday, but only New Yorkers can really understand the full trauma, my sincere condolences for what happened, your memories & your loss. 🌻
Sucks to be rich. I'm down in the basement, where it's flooded, but no swaying or creaking.
Waterfront propety. Nice!
@@drewm7455no, momma front property.
😁
I don’t get how people live in tall ass building like this 😭 I just can’t shits terrifying. I’m good on the ground thanks
I live on a floor 18 of a condo. No noise from neighbors or the streets. Windows are open year round for fresh air without neighbors or criminals having access to my unit. Great view . . . We enjoy it.
@@hanaf1231 same, also spiders and bugs don't often get that high. I've never seen anything bigger than a fruit fly in years.
As a former commercial fisherman, i find this comforting
honestly i often watched ships in storm and thought "id really love to be there" haha
Those guys are something else huh? Any close calls?
@@dmer-zy3rb Uhm probably not xD
During storms you're sick inside and risk you life outside
@@paul4381 i dunno when i was a child i always enjoyed being in a storm on a boat.
you fish off the 20th floor ?
Creaking, rain and a view of Gotham sounds like a good time to me
*Turbo sea sickness kicks in*
@McWizard420 ehh, in bed someone could probably secure their body in place with blankets
@enriqueamaya3883good for you timmy
@enriqueamaya3883 Hail Satan
@enriqueamaya3883I heard 12 guys usta fill Jesus with something warm and gooey
This is a great video - always wondered what it would be like so high up in NYC during a storm.
I had a friend who lived at the top of a block of flats on a council estate that was on a hilly area of the city.
View was amazing and when it was stormy, it was such a thrill - so cosy with the wind and the rain bashing against the window while we played Nintendo/Sega
Cool
Some of the newer skyscrapers sway too much and the occupants get seasick. 🤢
Seasick? How much is the building swaying.
The building needs to sway though. Ask an architect.
It’s really remarkable how Engineers and Architects can make such a building so stable.
I was just thinking that as well. Incredible.
Tallable
@@headbusta202 agreed
If I were a building
And in the US even, where walls are plywood
As a former baby I can tell you this feels great, as a current adult I’m living on the ground.
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LOL
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@gimmiehands1 Thats A Good one😂😅😂😅
It's creeping me out that I had a dream exactly like this, a night view of a huge city from above and those weird noises.
Thats your intuition working. You must write these dreams down and they will happen more often
@@claireohara7274 I often have such intuitions, but it's impossible to connect them with the future...
My worst nightmares, i have been in a highrise and it fell during a tornado, i will never forget that one!
Sounds like an old wooden sailing ship.
Wow. I never imagined 29 thousand people would see this comment and like it.
@@PrimeTonysElbows How would you know and why would you make such a comment? Very odd.
@@PrimeTonysElbowsyou are very poor,in every way.
@@bryanspindle4455Not odd. Ignorant is more like it. I get it you were being nice.😊
@@PrimeTonysElbowsNormally people who say such ignorant things are the poorest of them all.
It does sound like that when it shouldn't. Sounds like the engineers might have cut some major corners.
Makes you appreciate the engineers so much more.
Makes me want to see the structural engineers grades from university before I can go to sleep.
Yeah, no 😂
They need to expand and contract to avoid breakage. If they were too stiff they'd be rigid and snap. Atleast that's the smallest bit that I understand because I'm not an engineer lol
@@winterlandneolia6314 Yeah, yeah, the creeking means they did their job
Eh not really cause if they didn’t exist buildings just wouldn’t be that tall lol
That’s actually perfectly normal in sky scrapers because they are supposed to be able to sway a small amount, of course the creaking sound is quite frightening and annoying but storms don’t last for a long time so it is not a major concern.
All the players did a sterling job. Truly did! But as for me who's been in the construction project management industry for years? Give me solid ground baby, so-lid ground!!! And should a fire break out? May you sprout wings and soar high.
The fact that this is also by design makes it even cooler. Like, the flexibility of the building is actually important.
The fact it uses science and math is so COOL 😎 👌
Wow you must be very smart to know a fact like that!
That sounds like the flexibility of your grandma
Wow! So cool and awesome! One more order of FACTS please!
I agree! The engineering behind these skyscrapers is astonishing, it’s incredible how much they can endure
Thanks for sharing, I’ll never dream of living in a high rise building no more.
Exactly what I was thinking 😂 f that 😬😬
That’s why you do a 1-day rental for the 60th floor on a clear sunny day with clear forecast…and then just when you’re about to go to - blissful sleep, a 8.0 magnitude earthquake hits …and you scramble around but what the fuck are you going to do about it !? except realize that you only have minutes left of your life before the high rise comes tearing down, while you brace and feel the millions of tons of concrete about to come crushing down on you…a wood support piller rips apart and flings across the room impaling you, unable to move.. screaming in agony and pain, the entire side of the 60th floor building tore off…at least you won’t be sliding down and witnessing your death fall. No you’re instead given a few more minutes to live before turnings into a crushed up tomato…there’s no help coming and no way out this is it. This is death at the door. 🚪 ☠️ you start hearing creaks, metal bending, and glass windows shattering trought out the building. The rubble of crushing metals and concrete can be heard from the distance and it’s getting closer, the next 5 seconds it’s you and your floor come crushing down, the piles of ruble all around you comes crushing down on you ripping your legs apart from you, large glass piece’s rips trough your entire right arm…the support pillar starts to move upwards of your abdominal area taking chunks of bone from your ribs, all you have left is your bruised up left arm. You look up towards what’s left of the ceiling and can see a broken pipes teared right trough it …but not for long for as the floor is still crushing on it itself…the pipe starts to near you, you see your reflection from the pipe and unable to do anything about it except ….decide exactly where you’ll let the pipes impale you.
@@SAMMICCHESdude that was so cringe and I promise you no one has time to read all that
@@veritasaequitas1722 right? I got to 60th floor and started falling asleep 🤣
@@SAMMICCHES bruh said let me write an essay for extra credit 💀
Architect , people won’t like the creaking and swaying .
Owner , tell them it’s designed that way , makes it safer
Lived on the 24th floor of a Highrise here in Chicago by the Lakefront - This is normal.
This instantly made me appreciate my house and yard 👀
Idd like nice view n all but fuck no
You weren't before? 🤔
Yeah, fuck that.
@@nickphaux no I am not the biggest fan of the house I live in but I did gain a bigger appreciation for it after seeing this
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I use to work in new york city as a nanny and one day I took baby girl to a birthday party on the 75th floor of an apartment building. I couldn't wait for the party to finish. 😢😢
75th floor…that would be freaky. I thought I was high enough up living on the 19th floor in a Toronto building.
It was that bad of a party huh? You can't just sneak out the back door for a minute or nothing... OMG I totally know how you feel..
@st2su the party wasn't bad. It was for the kids. I am just afraid of heights, and in my mind, the building is going to come tumbling down. 😆
I was at sky point in Australia. 78th floor observation deck. I sat in the middle of the building as far from the windows as I could. My girlfriend got some amazing photos though.
The 75th floor??....😮🤦♀️ omg! Crazy!!😮
Every place I've lived in made these noises during storms.
I've only been on a 2nd floor though.
For someone who never experienced this before, I think what's scary is that one can't tell wether these cracking sounds are still normal
i know that the creaking noise is exactly what’s keeping you safe but i am very glad to be in a house on the ground thank you very much.
edit; look up how buildings are designed guys
Wheh? Tell me more
@@BIBLE-a-s-m-rI think they're referring to a building technique for skyscrapers where they are designed to move slightly and relieve some pressure on the structure of the building, making it safer
These tall building are designed to flex and move rather than just bend and snap. That noise is the design of the building! I've read that some skyscrapers can flex multiple feet at the top @@BIBLE-a-s-m-r
@@BIBLE-a-s-m-rThey build them with flexibility so they can withstand earthquakes and high winds and stuff. Some actually stand up better than regular houses lol
It all depends. I remember 20 years or so ago hearing about buildings in Coop City that were making these noises even though they weren't supposed to.
My anxiety could never 😂 Im scared of heights and prone to making up unrealistic scenarios to stress about 😂😂😂
I'm glad somebody said it this is me to a t I could absolutely not do this man I would cry
@@xxbloodreinaxx9917 square buisness!!
@@xxbloodreinaxx9917 square buisness!!😂☠️
Hell naw I would not be able to sleep all night! 😂 this is crazy af.
@@Rickymiller1911used to
As a man who's lived in Kansas his whole life, been right next to tornados more than once, and plan to live here most my life... hell no would I ever go up in that thing during a storm. I'll stick to the stable ground of the plains, thank you very much. haha
That apartment looks so good
A friend of mine works in a highrise, and they actually have a pendulum that measures the exact distance of the swaying during high wind events. Must be disconcerting to hear that creaking noise though.
Some buildings pendulums help stabilize the building
@@BENSUS24-oz1rt Fun fact: Those pendulums are called tuned mass dampers, and many of them are hundreds of tons 😊
@@AloysiusOHare-fk4yq 😳
My mom used to work on one of the 80ish floors of the south tower, back in the 80s (thankfully not after that). She told me the tower would ever so slightly sway and creak on windy days, but not only was it normal, it showed the remarkable engineering of those buildings. Sounds scary, but it’s actually an indicator of safety and due diligence by the engineers.
Yeah I keep hearing that in the comments and I never new that , I would’ve though I was gonna plumit or some dramatic shit so thank you 💀
@@dinoscanflyyou forgot the k
Swaying is fine but I heard the twin towers were actually built like shit
Stop lying
@@trust-n0one1001shut up
Beautiful view. Tall building like this scare me
Living in a mountain must be better than an apartment now
Plot twist: it wasn't the building creaking, it was just the upstairs neighbor doing their Olympics exercise at 3 in the morning.
😂😂😂😂😂
This is what happens when your mom walks within bulding
badminton training
Or upstairs bag pipping if you know what I mean. 😂 I figured since it’s NYC a ‘How I Met Your Mother’ reference would be fitting.
Rosie O’Donnell doing her sit ups.
Yes, the building is designed to have some give within its structure and the frame. KInd of like the way they designed wooden rollercoasters, If it didn't have any give for wind resistance and forces it would break.
Well yeah, we get that. But you have to admit it's still creepy as hell. 😅
Why would it break
@@andy_182Because of strong winds.
@@andy_182 Cuz if its not it would be like uncooked spaghetti
You're actually right.
This was yesterday morning to, NYC is still fun
I watched this video a million times wondering if the person recorded the creakes from my slum
God those creaks are fuckin terrifying like I'm in a rickety crab fishing boat or something 😂😂
Haaa😂 i saw it in my head once i read this
Bro high rise sound like a pirate ship
😂😂😂
Totally I’d end up sea sick hahah
@@mhersi2dudemy thoughts exactly
I'll never forget the substitute teacher that taught me this in 4th grade.
Y'all remember those stretchy headbands that had like spikes that would always get stuck in your hair that we clipped around it? They were like outrageously uncomfortable but we still love them well the substitute took a pencil and he was talking about earthquakes and bad storms and what happens when things that are solid have a ton of pressure put on them... They snap. And then he took the headband and talked about how when there's pressure put on the headband it can wiggle around and it has more flexibility thus not snapping under pressure. He was telling us about how they started designing buildings to sway in the wind and to wiggle during an earthquake.
I will never forget that. He was a great sub.
that is awesome! plus he was actually teaching 👍👍👍
That’s some innovative teaching.
Kinda crazy I fr was thinking about those headbands and at the same time clicked on this random video then see you’re comment about those same headbands 😭
Too bad he didn’t teach you about run on sentences…
lol jk 😉
I lived in a 42d floor in New York. I was terrible during storms. My kid was in Pre-K and we read and watched while day “Winnie the Pooh” on a windy rainy day. It was unreal.
after 9/11 I couldn’t live above 6 stories no way
I used to work in The World Trade Center. I hated going in on weekends because it was so quiet, and all you would hear is that creaking back and forth all day. I am so thankful that I was laid off 6 years before 9/11.
What a story, what did you do there? In your honest opinion what was going through your head when you switched on the TV and saw the towers on fire/.
@@SpicyDragoon I worked back office for Security Pacific bank. When that happened, I was traumatized and had a lot of trouble sleeping. I kept picturing inside the buildings and all the poor people trapped.
When it happened I was working in Brooklyn, from the other side of the floor I worked on, we had a view of one of the towers on fire. I saw the flames clearly, and I remember seeing all the people stuffed out of the broken windows. I couldn’t watch for too long. Those things i couldn’t get out of my mind either when trying to fall asleep.
Then I had my mother frantically trying to reach me while I was away from my desk. She remembered I had worked in those buildings, but forgot I no longer worked there.
I remember sitting outside and seeing all the people walking into Brooklyn all covered in white powder.
@@01chippeso you didn’t speak to your mom for 6 years?
@@espon2112No, he obviously just said his mom forgot.
@@Sway392 for 6 years …
My heart was up in my mouth watching this ...no way in the world would i live that high up...😮
Millions throughout the world have no problem with it.
When I went on my honeymoon in Niagara falls, we stayed in one of the top rooms by the falls and it sounded like this too lol
I used to work on the 7th floor of a 14 floor building. When the wind blew I would get seasick. 7th floor!!! I am turning green just thinking about anything higher than 7 floors.
I lived in a state that had an earthquake quite often, and most of the high-rise buildings are on rollers to sway with the quakes. Great engineering technology 👍.
Which state? 😮❤
Grew up in California and I’ll never forget the sensation of my hometown mall swaying on the wheels
Rollers...?
yup, "wheels" in the foundation allow for stabilizing movement when under stress from wind or eathquakes@@slimal1
@@slimal1yeah they use what look like giant rollers as a base of buildings, so when the ground shakes the rollers do with it, keeping the building in place
My anxiety couldn't take this! It sounds like you're deep below deck of a ship being tossed about by 100ft waves!! 🌊🚢🙈
100 foot waves? That ship would be loooong sunk my friend
Start the sea shanties
To me i think of it as an ant on a creaky tree. thats just me tho ik how skyscrappers are built. And they purposly build them so they do this. Do i know the engineering science behind it no. But you would see cars or houses flying in order for anything bad to happen.
Trust me you'd choke on your own tongue if your anxiety is that serious that you get the picture of a wooden ship and one hundred foot waves from these noises if you were in the real wooden ship with 100 ft waves and a wooden ship. Landlubbers...
Much scarier is that you are actually hundreds of feet above sea lvl being pumled by storm
This would give me so much anxiety - I have a hard time in storms period - but this in literally another level
It is designed this way so when energy (force) hits the building it swings instead of absorbing it and cracking over time
In Japan the buildings actually use rollers underground so when tsunamis hit they don’t collapse
They have those in California too. My office had them.
Earthquakes.
We've got those too in NYC. They've got water tanks that balance the building
yea the rollers are for earthquakes not to help with tsunamis, although tsunamis usually are caused by earthquakes so I could see that easily being confused but building on rollers is for earthquakes, we do it in Alaska all the time. been in construction for 34 years.
Whoaaa @@sernity1523
It be scarier if you didn't hear that. That sway is what keeps that building from snapping in half during heavy storms
Much like a tree In the wind. Needs to have flex.
That and also they need to flex for earthquakess as well, Buildings bend like CRAZY in earthquakes
FLEX On Em! 💪😅
Eventually it will snap just like a tree when the wind gets too strong never underestimate the power of GOD 🌬️❤️🔥
Perfect analogy. @@brathalamuleb8615
How cool is that! I love it! As good as in a tent!
This is a good thing. During hurricanes our homes sway at the beach, too. They’re built that way. It’s absolutely creepy as hell. But, a good thing to hear. You don’t want a stiff building on the coast.
I used to work at Harlow Meyer Savage at WTC building 1 on the 55th floor. I remember the first time I heard and felt swaying, I ran into my executives office in panic. That's when he explained what was going on and how the buildings had been built. I went from fear to fascination. It's still a weird feeling though!
It's really cool to hear people's personal experience with this. Thank you for sharing. I've never experienced this before.
Were you working the day the terrible thing happened, that’s what I call it now.
@@danonr90 I truly thank God that I was not still working there at the time. The company actually moved to New Jersey and I moved on to another contract.
Thank you for sharing
So do you consider yourself a survivor?
I used to work on the 97th floor of Two World Trade Center (rip) and there were windy days where you'd get a little dizzy, as the sway span of the building was like 10 feet. One time, it was so bad, I had to go down to the lobby for awhile, and one of the other secretaries got physically sick.
That'd freak me out. 97th floor 😲😵💫🤢
It was trippy!@@Xx1PWNY1xX
Wow, that's crazy..
This building is much more thinner than a wtc
How long did it take ya to get through 96 floors lol
Such a magnificent view, i would dream everyday about being there while sleeping, all the overwhelmingly good things, no food no nothing, just the dream.
as someone who is terrified of heights, the creaking would probably scare me
Much love to all my fellow people who have a 🏠 front & backyard
I dont but im happy you do 😊
@@Chris-ro7mnplease always know the fastest way down and always do drills once every three months at random so you will know it like Clockwork!
But if Godzilla shows up, just enjoy the show
@@raysure1345 im only one floor up pal but i appreciate The concern and advice 😁
@@Chris-ro7mn yeah I just love being as close to the Earth as I possibly can even though it doesn’t make me no safer than it would someone in a tall building if a storm hits
@@Chris-ro7mndont listen to them, they’re just mad you get a free pass on tsunamis
No, thanks I love my two story 100 yrs old house.
I agree with you, our 1911 house doesn't make a sound when it's storming out.
Agreed my house was built in 1901 and I trust that over "on purpose swaying" nooope
Me,too ! This is scary.
Bye bye!!!!! I’m out of there!!!!!!
Exactly
Reminds me of long spells working on cargo ships. The creaking, swaying, and rocking all made it difficult to stay awake on helm watch. 😄
Bro imagine getting up to grab a drink and your apartment hits turbulence
turbulence, 😂 tv gonna switch on the seatbelt light 😂
@@berteirsmama892your comment and the original one should have been combined for most liked 😂
LOL
Those high rises are built to "sway/give a bit", in high storm.
Still...it must be scary living inside, hearing that!!😮
I worked on the 24th floor of the tallest building in Omaha for 5 years and know these noises are not normal you don't even feel the building sway even though it's swing but those noises are absolutely 100% not okay not normal. Even during hurricane weather never heard any Creeks like this ever once
@@1bkres You worked on 24th floor and by that you are the expert to tell that this building is not safe? Internet is freaking something. This looks like a very expensive apartment and they do invest in maintenance and check up. Not to mention some are required by law. I work as an insurance risk analyst, and I guarantee you that building wouldn't be operating with actual humans inside, if it wasn't deemed safe. A liabilty case like that would destroy your life, you migt even be charged with manslaughter if you knowlingly neglected to fix unsafe conditions and still rented/sold apartments in that building.
@@missJolie85there could be neglect. I’m not saying it is unsafe because I don’t know but remember the building in Florida that collapsed. There are people who are supposed to oversee safety, but don’t.
The building is falling. Nuff said.
@@user-zv8lt9pt6i Well it would be like driving a car without insurance, so they are taking a big chance. If something did happen they would be in debt their entire life, maybe even jail.
As for the 2021 collaps in Florida, I just read up on it fast, $1.02 billion settlement was approved by Judge Michael Hanzman for victims of the collapse. In the years after the collapse, insurance rates for condominiums in the area increased several-fold.
The Florida Legislature passed condo reform legislation in a May 2022 special session as Senate Bill 4-D, addressing issues highlighted in the aftermath of the Surfside collapse.[206] The bill creates a state-wide inspection program for condo buildings taller than three stories.
One basic principle of engineering is that things either flex or they break.
Of course but, doesn’t take away the anxiety I’m sure
*oh hell no* I can see the skyline shifting out the windows and everything
Coming from an engineer: the bracing is designed for such heights, the wind levels are so high that it's required for it to sway, the building is not 100% stiff. Typically speaking it generally moves about a few mm or about less than a 1/8 of an inch. It allowed the building to absorb the wind shocks.
It's all safe if properly maintained :) hence why skyscrapers cost so much in maintenances to HOA fees.
Edit: it may create discomfort to some people, sometimes headaches. But it's a case by case.
That’s nice knowledge. Thanks.
"If it doesn't bend, it snaps" comes to mind
Them lateral loads. East Coast by tropical winds, West Coast by earthquakes. I always found it stounding how the East Coast gets destroyed by wind and water, and the West Coast by earth and fire.
I came to the comments to say this! Thank you ☺️
You can explain it all you want and tell me it’s safe, you could have built it yourself. I’m good on the ground.
I like my home..when there’s a storm you don’t even hear the wind blowing very quiet. ☝🏽
I read this in an Asian accent for some reason
@@Manny0404very quiet
What's worse... finding cracks in my walls of my two story building that Doesn't undergo Storms... or these Guys with their Creaks?
@@mr.smitty1804bro same, we had one hurricane once and the building didn’t even budge but when the house settles randomly it shifts and the crack become bigger. Im in PA tho. We got ratchet houses
I live in a house built in 1939 and it’s the creepiest most raggedy old home there is.. not to mention our basement is an unfished spider pit.. 😅🧟🕷️🕸️ more of a cellar then a basement.. my house creeks so bad in wind storms though and in Colorado we get bad ones even on days without thunderstorms.. we had a wild fire happen about 10 miles north of where I live in Louisville Colorado and that day our area of golden was having 95-100 mph winds sustained with gusts up to 130mph.. absolutely insane.. I’ve never seen a fire move so quickly in such little time.. reminds me a lot too the Hawaii fire that happened just a little while ago.. absolutely horrible..
My mom passed away due to cancer a few years ago, at that time i did cried a little but suprisingly after that moment when she passed i felt nothing even in the funeral and burial,
Fast forward to september 2023 i was cleaning the storage when i found a random notebook in the sea of books and album and notebooks, i opened it and i found out that it was my mother dairy detailing the journey of her through her cancer battle,at first it was really optimistic, how ever it quickly degrade into negativity and pain and suffering and generally hating everything that had gone wrong in her life, i couldnt finished her diary , i just...coulndt see her like that, in that light, she always so strong throughout the treament , everytime i gather my strength read it once more i open the page, see the letter and just close it again, the tear just well up in my eyes, it felt different to the pain i felt when i lost her
Is it normal to feel like this ?
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My grandfather was a bridge engineer. Once when I has a kid (circa 1972 or so) we were walking across the Smithfield Street Bridge (Built in 1881 and expanded in 1911..) And I was concerned that it was "bouncing around" AND it was 90 years old. He told me to be GLAD it was doing that, lest it snap in we all end up in the river! They know what there doing when it sometimes SEEMS "wrong" for structures to MOVE!
My ancestor is Francis Scott Key. ... 😐 JS.
i swear i would spend the whole night in a coffee shop or a bar, this is terrifying
Me tooo
But you broke . You ain't spending anything
@@fighterinmkiwiscience3517 how does that correlate to anything?? you sound bitter asf for no reason.
Stay out drinking is a good idea but I think once you buy real estate in NYC you'll be so poor you will never be able to eat or drink again
@@indiegirl9882not if ur rich most people that can afford to live there are wealthy same in Toronto a small house is like a million at least
That’s amazing! I didn’t realize the building made sounds like that.
If it doesn’t it will fall down
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@@tamar4067no one asked
@@michaeljordan6239 no one asked for that stupid unnecessary reply
@@michaeljordan6239 could say the same thing to you
the view:🌃
the ambient:⛵️
And then you hear and saw an Airplaane going towards your building☠️
The building is doing what it’s designed to do, every high-rise construct needs to allow for slight sways to occur. This actually makes the building more stable than a static structure. NYC building code is among the strictest in the world, so any significantly tall building in the city is going to be built to last.
Thanks for sharing about the NYC codes.
You are both agents of big building
How about if we replace the wind with, and get this, jet fuel 👨💻
Trees be doing this too
@@SirReginaldBumquistIIIwhy use jetfuel when explosives can demolish things in a linear fashion
I remember the feeling of the building moving when I worked in NYC. Still have dreams about it.
Edit: Dang, 1K, thanks guys! My NYC career was post 9/11, for those wondering.
Aw hell nah that’s unsolved ptsd
@@MAR_StayChefinI’m not talking about what she said. But man, you weaklings really put labels like ptsd on everything as soon as it overwhelms you. My driving instructor yelled at me once… just the way he did it I don’t know I feel I have ptsd…. Oh yeah I bet. Compared to having a teacher who takes you under his wing then when you graduate he takes advantage of you… maybe that could be ptsd and maybe even that wack example from me above to can be a case of ptsd but unfortunately I’m just gonna have to be the bad guy here, we are beyond soft as a society. Mfs will get overwhelmed at simple tasks and then say some cringe crap about “you don’t get it… my anxiety..”” and I don’t have to get it ! Stop trying to put your labels on everyone. I’m not directing this response to anyone. God bless you all keep you safe, I digress.
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That’s perfect. Whoever built that building nailed it because it’s supposed to creak that means it’s swaying with the wind which is what you want.
In my early 20s I lived in Bow, London in a 21-floor block of flats on the 8th floor with my sister and 2 of her university friends. The top floors were rented out to nurses and trainee doctors because they needed cheap accommodation and nobody else would live there. I had several friends who lived on the top floor and the flat would sway even in a light breeze, and the pictures would bang on their walls (which I found very irritating). When there was a storm or high winds they would come down to our floor just to be able to sleep. Plus, despite the Council saying it was perfectly safe, it didn't feel it when walking across the room was like a ride at a funfair!
Wow I always thought it would be so cool to be way up high in a nice safe warm building and watch a storm out of the window but today you have changed my mind.
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The storm makes it even more cozy. If only it wasn't in a crime infested shit hole.
You just describe my dreams.
No. i not change my mind.
@@jcraigie rent free 😂 diversity hire
It's built like that for a purpose
Something about the mixture between the powerful wind and powerful architecture protecting you is so comforting
Danish concept of Hygge means exactly that same feeling
NAH I WOULD GET THE F OUT AND REFUSE TO GO BACK. Everything is thought out and planned and well designed and it's SUPPOSED to swing like that MY ASS
@@longsnoutpug7248MAN, I FEEL YOU
@@longsnoutpug7248ey man, I'm always here to take your high-rise. Thank in advance.
@@longsnoutpug7248regardless of how you feel, IT IS supposed to swing exactly like that.
Aussie here, never been fond of high rises, I’m happy living in your regular suburban home
If I'm living in a building and see waves splashing out of my toilet during a storm I'm outta there. 😂
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My father worked on the Hancock building in Chicago. It’s built on huge rollers and designed to sway in heavy storms or wind.
Was he an ironworker? Mine was. He taught why the buildings had to sway a bit.
why do i feel like everybody in chicago has a relative who worked on the hancock building 😭
I worked in the John Hancock building for 25 years. 40th floor. Market research firm. Started as the receptionist In 1982 when I was 19, left as one of the directors. I was there when Spider-Man Dan climbed the building and Mayor Jane tried to hose him off with the fire trucks! And yeah, the building used to sway a lot in the storms, at the 40th floor you'd feel it gently but you could see the water level in the toilets shifting. Up on the 97th floor restaurant and bar it was quite noticeable.
@@AllergicToMakeBelieve what was it like the first time especially in the top part? How on earth did you steal yourself enough for it to become normal for you? or was this just part of life already generally speaking for the culture you live in?
I can’t fathom heights like that. I’m from the Deep South and basically under sea level on a flat mud plane. We don’t really even have second-story houses here. The highest I tend to go is, a beach camp posted about 17 feet for flooding reasons. Needless to say, I’m a bit afraid of heights and can’t imagine having worked as a teenager that high up. I get vertigo in the football stadiums lol.
@@Birchlead I worked on the 41st floor, and I didn't go to the windows and stand there very often, because back then, in my 20s and 30s I was moderately afraid of heights. When we would go up to the top of the building for cocktails, I never sat at a window table. The view is amazing, but again my fear of heights was too strong for me to enjoy standing next to a window. It feels like my stomach is tumbling out of my body. Now, in my senior years, I don't think I would even take an elevator up to the top. I'm considered quite brave by my family and peers, but I have that one phobia of heights and it's gotten stronger. I would never ever, let me repeat EVER live in a high-rise. It doesn't feel normal and it's not safe for emergency evacuation. Three stories is as high as I go! 😁🌻
*bruh i gotta go on a vacation there on the 18th💀*
Guys you complaining about skyscrapers appreciate the cities you live in because i live in the most dangerous city in the world and everyone that resides there is wondering when it would fly into pieces😨😨😨😨
That would be an insane amount of force pushing on the building. It has to give and sway.
They're designed to sway! It's normal for a high rise to sway back and fourth by a few inches. Especially if it is a newer high rise, the engineers took care of you do not worry.
They are built that way to withstand strong weather, wind and earthquakes. If they didn’t then they would snap and crumble.
Built to do that otherwise it comes down easy
@@annakatebertolet2703That's what he said lol
I was about to say, this would actually be reassuring if I were to live there 😂 if there’s no creaking or a big snap that’s when you should panic haha
I cannot live in a skyrise apartment, the creaking during a bad storm would keep me up all night with anxiety!
I live in a cottage with a loft bedroom. It sounds pretty much the same. I just have to tell myself that it's stood there for a couple hundred years, so it's FINE.
@@laxxlathat sounds so pretty. i love cottages & lofts.
that is just one of many reasons i dont want to line in a multi unit building, regardless of how tall it is.
Put on some noise canceling headphones 🎧 and listen to sleep rain 🌧️ sounds. That’s it. I do it all the time and I don’t even nor never lived in a high rise.
It personally wouldn't bother me at all bruh
I kind of love this. Like falling asleep on a sailing boat.
I lived in a two story house that swayed so much in the wind I cried to mom because I thought my very old and unstable loft bed was gonna fall 😂mom said you could see the liquid splash in the bottles on the shelf. I could never live at the top of a high rise.
If you can afford to live there, you can afford to move. Soon.
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Great comment.
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Lmao.....RIGHT? All the nopes that ever noped in nopeland.
They can afford the monthly payments but cannot afford "Breaking the Lease"....lol 😝😝!!
That’s the sound of the building swaying in the wind, much like a ship swaying at sea
Scary af
Really captain obvious? Never would of known that if it wasn't for your comment. Oh wait that's literally what the video is titled
They're incredible these geniuses 😂@@adammonahan687
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No duh dude