I was born and raised in the Birmingham metro, and fall is mild deep into November most years and into December, some years. The worst cold is January through March.

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Groundbreaking - August 29, 2016

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(08-28-2016 07:42 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I was born and raised in the Birmingham metro, and fall is mild deep into November most years and into December, some years. The worst cold is January through March.

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Yeah, even farther north in Charlotte, we usually are in the 60's and 70's until Thanksgiving. Hell, last year we were pushing 80 degrees some days in December. I remember taking my dog for a walk in December. I broke a sweat and he was panting hard. That's not normal, but upper 50's and 60's aren't uncommon at all in early December.

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Friday Aug. 26, 2016.


Lightning hitting the ground can be deadly for 100s of yards ....

“We’ve heard about animals being struck by lightning and killed, but I don’t remember hearing about lightning killing animals on this scale before. We don’t know if it was one or more lighting strike,” Nylend told NTB.

Here in the U.S., a case worse than this was reported in 1939 in Utah, when 835 sheep were killed by a single lightning strike:

"Lightning hit and killed 835 sheep that had been bedded down on the night on the top of the Pine Canyon in the Raft River Mountains of Box Elder County in northwestern Utah," according the 1996 book Utah's Weather And Climate.

The book goes on: "Rain from a passing thunderstorm wet the ground and sheep, causing the lightning's electrical discharge to move completely through the herd of female sheep and lambs. The next morning, fifteen sheep (out of 850) were found alive but in a dazed condition.

"The sheepherder was knocked temporarily unconscious, but escaped death because he was in a tent. However, burned spots on his canvas tent revealed he probably missed the fate of the sheep by only a slim margin."



But I'm sure UAB knows this and will put some type of protection in place

It's called lightning protection. By code it will be on the building. Jeez.

(08-30-2016 02:52 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  It's called lightning protection. By code it will be on the building. Jeez.

I don't believe we are talking about the building.... the ground it sits on. "jeez"

but if code calls for a footer to be built around the perimeter then the ground would probably be protected. As I said I'm sure UAB has thought of this.

But my post above has everything to do with the person I directed it to. Not the PF DESIGN

(08-30-2016 12:19 PM)MUonium Wrote:  no walls, no foundation. magic roof

Are you talking about your girlfriend?

(08-28-2016 03:51 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  I did my AIT in the army in Alabama and I can assure you that it gets hella balls cold there in the winter.

Ft Mac, Redstone or Rucker? BTW did mine in the summer and it was hot as he!!

(08-30-2016 03:14 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-30-2016 02:52 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  It's called lightning protection. By code it will be on the building. Jeez.

I don't believe we are talking about the building.... the ground it sits on. "jeez"

but if code calls for a footer to be built around the perimeter then the ground would probably be protected. As I said I'm sure UAB has thought of this.

But my post above has everything to do with the person I directed it to. Not the PF DESIGN

No we are talking about the Pavilion. It has footings and it will have lightning protection. You don't think they are going to sit steel columns to support a complete steel roof truss system in the mud do you?

(08-30-2016 03:53 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(08-30-2016 12:19 PM)MUonium Wrote:  no walls, no foundation. magic roof

Are you talking about your girlfriend?

His mom.

(08-31-2016 11:46 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  

(08-30-2016 03:53 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(08-30-2016 12:19 PM)MUonium Wrote:  no walls, no foundation. magic roof

Are you talking about your girlfriend?

His mom.

Well damn!!! lol