Dubai, Inside Burj Khalifa during thunderstorm swaying making noise like a ship calmly sailing the seas.
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This almost spooky noise occurred for a few minutes during the strongest winds. As much as people like to think large skyscrapers rock back and forth a lot and make you sea sick - you actually couldn't feel a thing. Only this calm peaceful noise of the tower handling the winds.
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Jesus thats frightening
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Somehow I don't think a building should make such sounds. Even if it was designed to sway in the wind, that creeking would scare off any tenants or buyers. And that tower still has entire floors unsold even 6 years after completion.
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fucking arabs cant even build a normal tower
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The nervous camera operator is as bewildered as the dog...can't stay still for, not even a second.
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Omg, that's insane, and you're on a lower floor (I'm judging from the tower beside you), just imagine what is was like on the top floor? Weren't you scared? Sounds like a wooden ship, but sounds like it's about to crack! I love skyscrapers, been fascinated with them all my life, I'm in Toronto so we don't have the amazing heights you do in Dubai, but I have been in the CN Tower Skypod, the highest observation deck in North America, during 100km/h winds. I had to leave, I got sea sick! That bloody tower rocks like you wouldn't believe! Hard to believe a concrete structure that old and tall, doesn't snap with a 5 foot sway either way. I've never been back there since, yet I see it from my balcony every day (I'm only on the 29th floor, quite low even by Toronto standards). No way I could live with that, but cheers to you guys, it's a gorgeous tower to live in, which I'd love to visit one day!
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i would have lost my shit and left dubai
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Dude this Looks like Petronas Towers, the Burj Doesn't have an adjacent tower like the one seen out this guys window.
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NOPE
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lol....enjoy a shitty building in the middle of desert for millions XD XD XD OMG.....
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I don't believe this building has any active or even passive dampening, does it? Anyone know?
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My god this sound brought back memories.
I used to work high rise security back in the 90's at Philadelphia's Bell Atlantic tower ( now renamed 3 Logan square ? ) and whenever high winds happened you'd hear this sound.
It was the 55 story building swaying.
If you went up to floor 37 you could look at the adjacent building and SEE the sway.
It was scary.
Engineering is amazing -
This is the power of engineering
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Ah the sound of millions of $$$$ :D #burjkhalifa #dubai
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o thats so scary
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Now that I think about it... The lower levels are probably more expensive. XD
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The baby felt it! And It didn't sound like it enjoyed it!
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How much do you pay for rent?
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What floor was this on?
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I'm not sure that the Burj Khalifa was designed for earthquakes. Wind, obviously.
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its actually not the building's structure that is creaking .. rather all the stuff (the fake walls, air ducts etc) the in the apartment that is making the noise.
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