WIN Stadium in Strife

[Illawarra Shark]

Oh come on - whoever heard of strong winds in the "gong" region???

My kids slippery dip for one which just got blown into the missus' car

 

[fitz]

There was a funny convo I had with an old Bears die-hard at Leichhardt the other day.

It was howling a gale and he says to me... "You Sharks will win this today, you guys understand playing in the wind."

I reckon there is a fair few people who live between Botany Bay and Malacoota who understand what it's like to live and build in very high wind areas.

 

[Born&bred]

My kids slippery dip for one which just got blown into the missus' car

Serious? Yeah I know what it's like down there - My bro lives in Dapto now...

 

[Illawarra Shark]

Serious? Yeah I know what it's like down there - My bro lives in Dapto now...

Yeah mate, I'm in Thirroul which at times cops the wind hard due to being at the bottom of an escarpment

 

[Master Sharky]

I blame the Gillard govt!

 

[deano the p]

I blame the Gillard govt!

:lmao

Nice!

 

[Illawarra Shark]

I blame the Gillard govt!

What? Not the boats?

 

[gando2230]

should change the name of Thread to WINdy Stadium in Strife!

 

[SHARKSTER]

It's all Bob Brown's fault.

 

[Beejay]

Correct. Considering it faces directly south, you would expect it to be specified to withstand a "worst case scenario" of hurricane strength wind.

Regardless, if the basic engineering design was poor, that would not necessarily matter, a bit like building a castle on quicksand

People said you couldn't build a castle on quicksand... I did anyway and it sunk into the sand. So I built another one!...

 

[fitz]

People said you couldn't build a castle on quicksand... I did anyway and it sunk into the sand. So I built another one!...

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

 

[Illawarra Shark]

People said you couldn't build a castle on quicksand... I did anyway and it sunk into the sand. So I built another one!...

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

 

[Card Shark]

The thing about all of this that I don't get is the engineering side of it.

Surely the required wind rating at that location would have been huge?

If anything, you would have expected the specifications would have had to be over-engineer it.

Fitz, possibly with the wind at the right (wrong) direction & velocity, the roof could have started resonating like a continuous wave up & back & continually shaking the crap out of it.

Have you ever seen that video of the bridge that did it - it was amazing how it was rising & falling many metres like a big wave.

 

[grozzy]

Have you ever seen that video of the bridge that did it - it was amazing how it was rising & falling many metres like a big wave.

There cant possibly be a physics or engineering student who has not seen this video

 

[Gow's Scissors]

Correct. Considering it faces directly south, you would expect it to be specified to withstand a "worst case scenario" of hurricane strength wind.

Regardless, if the basic engineering design was poor, that would not necessarily matter, a bit like building a castle on quicksand

It faces East doesnt it?

 

[Illawarra Shark]

It faces East doesnt it?

No. Nth Gong faces East. Win is Sth Gong

 

[Gil]

No. Nth Gong faces East. Win is Sth Gong

 

[Gil]

Win Stadium



The new/damaged stand faces East (towards the beach)

 

[Illawarra Shark]

Sorry, should explain there are 2 Gong beaches. They are divided by Belmore Basin/ Flagstaff Hill. One is Nth Gong the other is Sth Gong. Nth Gong is East swell Facing, where as Sth Beach is Sth swell facing. Hope that helps

 

[Gow's Scissors]

Thought so....

Sorry, should explain there are 2 Gong beaches. They are divided by Belmore Basin/ Flagstaff Hill. One is Nth Gong the other is Sth Gong. Nth Gong is East Facing, where as Sth Beach is Sth facing. Hope that helps

Beach????.... we are talking about the Grandstand arent we?