i have see from CNN das hurirrcane has destroy some buildings glasses in Houston.

can anybody makes pictures from houston , live some one in houston ?

i have see from CNN das hurirrcane has destroy some buildings glasses in Houston.

can anybody makes pictures from houston , live some one in houston ?

Hurricane Ike didn't destroy any highrise buildings, he blew a lot of windows out of them - big difference.

I think most people are having trouble getting out of their neighborhoods.

i have see from CNN das hurirrcane has destroy some buildings glasses in Houston.

can anybody makes pictures from houston , live some one in houston ?

:ohno: No highrises got destroyed. Only some glass blown out.

No he is serious, a big bad wolf blew them down one of them downtown that was made of hay, but when he got the one made out of granite he just blew out the window's. :lol:

In all fairness, the blown out galss is a big deal.

This was a bad storm...ask those in Galveston. Ask those who's desks and computers in Downtown Houston are ruined from water and wind through the broken windows. With that said...they will bounce back. If New Orleans can come back from Katrina, and what that storm did, Galveston can come back from Ike.

Is it me or is the media making it seem like Galveston and Houston are 100 miles. I hate how they keep telling everyone that Houston is 60 miles inland instead of saying DOWNTOWN Houston is 40 miles inland. The far southeast part of Houston is only 20 minutes from the water. They need to make it clear that Seabrook,Kemah, and Galveston are all part of the Houston metro. I just don't think we are getting as much coverage as other places that have been affected by storms and they are diminishing the story by not portraying that it hit the Houston metro instead of Galveston Island with only 60,000 people.

I live across the street from the destroyed Chase Tower. Here's my Ike photoset:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/republicofheaven/sets/72157607294566758/

A tornado formed between the two ruined buildings, and blew out all the windows along its length.

lol...i joked with a buddy in houston about threads just like this. i never thought they'd come true.

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In all fairness, the blown out galss is a big deal.

The blown out glass is not widespread. I'm going to be sent down to Houston to help coordinate the clean up and from what I've been told the blown out glass is only in corners of Downtown. The JP Morgan Tower was hit exceptionally hard, others all fared a little better.

thanks for the flickr link worldshallcry

looks like a mess

Hurricane is the world's No. 2 terrorist, after tsunami.:ohno:

i have see from CNN das hurirrcane has destroy some buildings glasses in Houston.


In all fairness, Jessy did say "glasses" were destroyed, not buildings.

Anywho, I hope metro Houston can make a great come-back after this and that people can return to and repair their homes quickly.

I heard this morning, there has been a total of 40 fatalities reported so far from this storm :(. The amount of death and destruction could have been worse, especially if the speed of Ike would have been slower.

I heard this morning, there has been a total of 40 fatalities reported so far from this storm :(. The amount of death and destruction could have been worse, especially if the speed of Ike would have been slower.

Check these out:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25886033.jpg

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25883856.jpg

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25883843.jpg

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/ike/geo-C25883831.jpg

I'm trying to put my finger on what foreign accent is jumping out from the screen.. "hurricane inke destroy Houston high buildings !"

Beinvenidos America.

The hurricane prone area building codes are very stringent for highrises. Texas, as south Florida, has specific codes where this type of thing should not happen. The lower end of the spectrum wind velocity associated with Ike should not have caused the skyscraper to blow out it's windows. It was either old construction or non-compliant. A modern, compliant building is designed to withstand Ike force winds.

This was a bad storm...ask those in Galveston. Ask those who's desks and computers in Downtown Houston are ruined from water and wind through the broken windows. With that said...they will bounce back. If New Orleans can come back from Katrina, and what that storm did, Galveston can come back from Ike.


I see you are in NO, but I wasn't aware that the City had yet to "bounce back?"

The hurricane prone area building codes are very stringent for highrises. Texas, as south Florida, has specific codes where this type of thing should not happen. The lower end of the spectrum wind velocity associated with Ike should not have caused the skyscraper to blow out it's windows. It was either old construction or non-compliant. A modern, compliant building is designed to withstand Ike force winds.

The winds did not blow out the windows on JPMC. Rocks from the roofs of other buildings did.

free will jumping rocks? Yikes!!

The winds did not blow out the windows on JPMC. Rocks from the roofs of other buildings did.


Resistance to wind driven projectiles are in the codes. The codes are very specific as to the size, weight and speed of wind driven debris that windows should be impervious to. Gravel roofs must have parapets to keep as much of the gravel from becoming airborne as possible. Windows are tested against pellet type projectiles (ie, rocks) and flying 2x4 wood debris.

Did you think that no one had thought about that before?

Resistance to wind driven projectiles are in the codes. The codes are very specific as to the size, weight and speed of wind driven debris that windows should be impervious to. Gravel roofs must have parapets to keep as much of the gravel from becoming airborne as possible. Windows are tested against pellet type projectiles (ie, rocks) and flying 2x4 wood debris.

Did you think that no one had thought about that before?

Forgive my ignorance,and thank you all knowing one for the enlightenment.

I'm trying to put my finger on what foreign accent is jumping out from the screen.. "hurricane inke destroy Houston high buildings !"

Beinvenidos America.

DAS HURRICANE!!!

i'm thinking a german kid, like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVmfIUR1DA

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How did the buildings get high? :dunno: I didn't snow they smoked crack.

Forgive my ignorance,and thank you all knowing one for the enlightenment.

Forgive me maceo, I did not mean it to sound that way.

You made an excellent point that people often forget, being, that the flying debris is what can kill you and damage property, not the wind itself. I believe that you are right in that those windows were impact broken.

^^ It's all good. No harm, no foul.

^^ It's all good. No harm, no foul.

Whistle! Illegal use of flying objects.

Thanks, maceo.

Yeah, the water and wind damage from breached windows can almost be as bad as the building coming down.

I recall of a condo on Singer Island down in south Florida that suffered that fate during one of the storms we had a couple of years back. The bill to repair the building, that the unit owner's had to pay themselves by an assesment because their association did not buy adequate insurance, was more than most owners paid for buying the units!

I think that I would walk away and declare it a total loss.

hows houston rite now?
theres pics of it?

There's still over 600,000 people without power. Most of the public schools opened yesterday and many more will open today (except the ones with no power.) The light rail also just opened yesterday. Galveston island is still "closed"...some people will be allowed back tomorrow (i think). Almost all debris has been cleared from the streets but not the sidewalks. So as your driving around town it is still very obvious a hurricane rolled by. And many many (too many) street lights are still out.

How did the buildings get high? :dunno: I didn't snow they smoked crack.

It is not incorrect to speak of buildings as being "high". That's why we say "high-rise" and not "tall-rise".