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Originally Posted by HPF Bob
I disagree. Ever been in any downtown when it is windy? The tall buildings amplify the wind speed around them making it even windier at ground level. That's part of what happened to the Georgia Dome during the SEC basketball tournament last spring. These downtown venues are far more vulnerable to wind damage, not "shielded".
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I'm with Popanot on this one. The buildings might swirl the wind and make it windier at ground level, but the more stuff there is the more friction there is to slow down the winds. That's why winds speeds are always higher up off the ground then they are at ground level.
The stadium should have been able to handle Ike though, and I'd be surprised if there isn't a lawsuit down the road...much like the one for the juice box's climate control and the problems they had with the roof. Wind is a weird thing. My fence is 20? years old. Half the wood is rotted, and it was already crooked and leaning over. It's fine, but the nice new one my neighbor put up a year or two ago is down.