So I'm sure all of you have heard at least something about Dubai and their tallest building, Burj Khalifa. Well if you haven't, you probably live under a rock, Dubai has just recently opened the next tallest building in the world. It stretches up a half-mile with at least 160 stories, unfortunately the exact height has yet to be reported, though it is rumored to be about 2625 feet (800 meters). Let's compare this to the Sears, Willis, Tower:
Sears, Willis, Tower is 108 stories where as the new Dubai tower is 160 stories. That's a whole 52 story difference, which is insane. The Sears Tower is 1,450 feet (442 m) which is 1175 feet short of meeting the Dubai Tower.
Now I can only imagine this new tower wobbles quite a bit, which would be very scary if an earthquake were to occur. The destruction would be pretty intense, luckily though I'm pretty sure they don't get very many earthquakes in the Dubai area.
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