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Overkill? EBR Office of Emergency Management building designed to withstand 250mph wind
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:15 am
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:15 am
250mph would be a direct hit from an EF-5 tornado.
I know there are hurricane force winds that could impact the area - maybe up to 120 mph sustained. But it seems like a flood is a bigger threat in south Louisiana. Or maybe riots.
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I know there are hurricane force winds that could impact the area - maybe up to 120 mph sustained. But it seems like a flood is a bigger threat in south Louisiana. Or maybe riots.
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Once it's finished, 250 mph winds could hit this building on Harding Boulevard and the people inside would be just fine.
Then, when the winds die down, they could go out and save everybody else.
The $6.6 million Parish Safe Room and Training Center will be nestled between the Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Emergency Medical Services buildings just south of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.
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Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:16 am to member12
Probably would have been better to make it bullet proof in that area.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:19 am to member12
The EBR Command Center used to be in the basement of the Governmental Building downtown. I remember the first time I went down there and the guy giving the tour was bragging it would survive an atomic blast. I asked, since we were in south LA, if they weren't more worried about flood waters from the giant river three blocks away. Dude got real quiet.
Glad to see they wised up and moved it.
Glad to see they wised up and moved it.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:21 am to jbgleason
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I asked, since we were in south LA, if they weren't more worried about flood waters from the giant river three blocks away.
You're that guy. I bet you felt really smart!
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:21 am to member12
You think they are paying per mph?
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:22 am to jbgleason
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Glad to see they wised up and moved it.
They moved it up to Harding by the airport years ago. This is an addition to the current Emergency Operations Center.
I did some work on this new project a while back, glad to see it breaking ground. It's mostly federal money.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:22 am to terriblegreen
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You're that guy. I bet you felt really smart!
You must have been the guy giving the tour.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:25 am to member12
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Then, when the winds die down, they could go out and save everybody else.
So the Avengers are staying in there?
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:31 am to member12
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250mph
That’s ridiculous. Waste of tax money. Build it to withstand 230 and no more.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:33 am to OysterPoBoy
If we get 250 sustained winds, you won't need a Emergency Mgmt building
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:34 am to BhamBlazeDog
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You must have been the guy giving the tour.
Excellent burn. It was me! I'm the tour giver at EBR Emergency Center.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:35 am to jbgleason
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Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:36 am to member12
No worries, they probably built it with holes in the roof to allow drainage so the roof would not collapse during heavy rainfall. We will pay for another new one in 5-8 years, consider this one a trial building.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:38 am to nicholastiger
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If we get 250 sustained winds, you won't need a Emergency Mgmt building
The idea was that if a tornado spawned during a hurricane and hit this building, it would survive along with the first responders inside.
Their vehicles would probably all be fricked, but you know, details.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:39 am to chryso
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You think they are paying per mph?
Yes, that's usually how that works. 130 mph is way cheaper then 250 mph.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:39 am to member12
Missed out on a chance to be impervious to winds at Tree-Fiddy
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:41 am to member12
plan for the worst, hope for the best.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:55 am to member12
It’s not designed for sustained winds of 250mph. It’s a ratio based off of that per new code.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:57 am to member12
These missile impact tests are done at tex a&m and use an air cannon to shoot a 2x4 at the door assembly and exterior walls to see if it holds up. Believe it or not the door assembly test tops out at 100 mph cannon shot so i guess a 250mph tornado wont shoot a 2x4 more than 100? 
Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:08 am to member12
Who's in charge on that agency?
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