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The newest "tallest building" is the Taipei 101, at over 1650 ft.
What is truly amazing are the elevators, which ascend at a rate of over 3300 ft/min. As my wife pointed out, "my poor eardrums". Can you get an embolism at that rate? (I'm a diver, getting a bubble is a major issue). -- dillon Life is always short, but only you can make it sweet |
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Dillon Pyron wrote: The newest "tallest building" is the Taipei 101, at over 1650 ft. What is truly amazing are the elevators, which ascend at a rate of over 3300 ft/min. As my wife pointed out, "my poor eardrums". Can you get an embolism at that rate? (I'm a diver, getting a bubble is a major issue). Think about it for a moment. Divers get emboli because the pressure increases one atmosphere for every 33 feet or so. So coming up even 100 feet is a severe change in pressure. By definition, the pressure in air decreases only 1 atmosphere in some like 60 *miles*. So even though a rapid ascent to the top of the Taipei 101 might be a little uncomfortable on the ears, the overall change in pressure is unlikely to be as much as one tenth of an atmosphere. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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Dillon Pyron wrote:
The newest "tallest building" is the Taipei 101, at over 1650 ft. What is truly amazing are the elevators, which ascend at a rate of over 3300 ft/min. As my wife pointed out, "my poor eardrums". Can you get an embolism at that rate? (I'm a diver, getting a bubble is a major issue). Great elevators! It's no fun waiting. Here is altimeter if you want to watch the change. $195 plus ship from Atlanta. Nice antique Wallace and Tiernan http://photos.edebris.com/catalog/item/291 -Bob |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:39:57 +0000, Dillon Pyron wrote:
The newest "tallest building" is the Taipei 101, at over 1650 ft. What is truly amazing are the elevators, which ascend at a rate of over 3300 ft/min. As my wife pointed out, "my poor eardrums". Can you get an embolism at that rate? (I'm a diver, getting a bubble is a major issue). There are lots of unpressurized aircraft that can do zoom climbs at more than 3300 ft/min for more than 1650 ft. And the pilots flying them don't get embolisms. The atmospheric pressure change for a climb of 1650 ft is a tiny fraction of the pressure change you contend with when diving. The atmospheric pressure will drop about 0.9 psi on that elevator ride. But going from 33 ft under the ocean to the surface is a pressure drop of about 14.7 psi. So that elevator ride is not quite as severe as going from 2 ft under the water to the surface. You worry too much -- Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit) Ottawa, Canada http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/ e-mail: khorton02(_at_)rogers(_dot_)com |
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