Reply #86: Hey! I've got one of those too! [View All]

[Make7]

Mine doesn't tell me how you determined the relative gravity loads on the various columns. It also doesn't tell me if you assumed the "safety factor" of the perimeter columns would be any different than those of the core given that the perimeter columns were also designed to handle the majority of the wind loading. It doesn't tell me what you meant by "the highest FEMA figures". Hell, it doesn't even tell me if you used the right number of perimeter columns. However, it is possible that my calculator is broken.

You said that this was a simple calculation - so then it shouldn't be very difficult to show how you did it. I would think you would welcome the opportunity to show that:

1. you know what you are doing
   
2. your results are actually based on something
   
3. you are not just making stuff up

I am only asking you to verify how you arrived at your own results. But if it's too much trouble for you to actually show such a simple calculation, I guess everyone can just come to their own conclusions.

- Make7

P.S. I think you forgot to do something yesterday.