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Originally Posted by TonyL
Consider this. It's a very realistic possibility that this tower could face a Cat 5 hurricane. Those top floors could see winds over 200mph and gusts to 225mph. This tower will need to sway 4 feet it more. The glass needs to be impact resistant. The lobby needs to be built for potential surge through. Any underground facilities will flood. Any generators need to be lifted above the max surge zone. I guess what I am saying is you need a developer on point with hurricane code and they need to understand it's not a question of if this tower will see 200 plus. It's when.
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They had to have taken this into account, I couldn't imagine otherwise.
Other Miami skyscrapers, though not as tall, have survived hurricanes.
I'm just as, if not more worried about the rising sea levels. It's amazing how many people are buying properties in Miami. It's great the city is booming but imagine the whole place being underwater in 20 or so years.