Austin | Domain/North Austin

[murfnut]

Originally Posted by Echostatic

From forumer lynmark's drone flight of McKalla Place

Look at the areadirectly left(west) of the indeed tower.

Notice the big grass patch area. They just added the grass a week or so ago. That is where tower III was going to be but it was delayed to put in grass for now.That is what I was referring to in an earlier post, now you can visually see it

[KevinFromTexas]

FAA permit for Domain Tower III (II) - 274 feet.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...55213528&row=0

[Echostatic]

More work done on The Bowen and Domain Tower II. Domain Tower II will clearly stand out in the area.

[KevinFromTexas]

I noticed The Domain skyline this afternoon from Brodie Lane in South Austin between Davis Lane and William Cannon Drive. That's a distance of just over 15 miles. I could pretty easily make out The Bowen and Domain Tower II.

[Mopacs]

The Bowen, Domain Tower II and stadium from the elevated lanes of 183 near Ohlen (11/7)

[Echostatic]

That's one hell of a parking garage.

[drummer]

I personally like to have a view from my parking spot.

[Riverranchdrone]

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Echostatic

That's one hell of a parking garage.

Damn straight it is. How many floors of office go above it? Anyone?
Point of interest...when I was a firefighter with Pflugerville, I fought quite a few car fires. With all of the cars parking in all of the parking podiums around Austin, its quite fortunate we haven't had any notable car fires from vehicles parked inside them...yet...

[drummer]

Originally Posted by the Genral

Damn straight it is. How many floors of office go above it? Anyone?
Point of interest...when I was a firefighter with Pflugerville, I fought quite a few car fires. With all of the cars parking in all of the parking podiums around Austin, its quite fortunate we haven't had any notable car fires from vehicles parked inside them...yet...

Isn't an existing fire suppression system in a parking garage be sufficient to take care of a vehicle fire? Obviously concrete isn't going to catch, but they do want to prevent it from spreading to other vehicles, utility lines, etc.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by drummer

Isn't an existing fire suppression system in a parking garage be sufficient to take care of a vehicle fire? Obviously concrete isn't going to catch, but they do want to prevent it from spreading to other vehicles, utility lines, etc.

I don't know of any fire suppressant that can handle a car fire in a parking garage, and a sprinkler system would be futile. It can't reach inside, under the hood, or under the vehicle. In one of the links you can see a firefighter getting up close and personal with a power saw to gain access to the fire. And, mechanical exhaust systems are not designed to remove the high volume of toxic smoke from a single car fire, let alone multiple car fires once it spreads, inevitable the way cars are packed in sometimes. Once rubber, plastic, oil and fuel ignites and burns, it is very difficult to extinguish even with copious amounts of water or foam. Then there's the heat, I've been singed fighting car fires on I35. There are many incidents of car fires in parking garages. I'll post a few links so you can get an idea how severe they can be and how dangerous and destructive. The one in a Houston tower is particularly disturbing. I'm just saying I am amazed for all these years how lucky we are we haven't seen any here yet with all the parking garages and podiums we have here. Its get worse when you add offices and housing on top of them.
Take a look at these links. You'll see this is not uncommon and why I don't even like parking my cars in my garage. I have fought fires at houses started by car fires on at least 3 occasions. Not trying to be Mr. Doom here, but with all the parking garages we have...

https://youtu.be/2qZuVXE5Muc

https://youtu.be/3tGw0g9fT7Y

https://youtu.be/fwmNbQDVO1Y

https://youtu.be/TguvkOD8csw

https://youtu.be/-BOtbj2SNIw

https://youtu.be/aNaOWDjKS8k

https://youtu.be/TlkanPpcRmc

https://youtu.be/CeREUTZ7luE

https://youtu.be/pZgqLGW5RWw

https://youtu.be/Nk-FjQfvsQI

https://youtu.be/l_KtIgsPyQQ

https://youtu.be/E3ULYwz3bBs

[davidberko]

Thanks for serving as a firefighter!

Yeah I agree with you. A car fire high up in a garage would be a nightmare. They should make it to where EVs can only park on the ground level

[drummer]

Yeah I watched a couple of those and it's pretty scary to think about. Obviously it's not common enough to deter parking garages from being built, but how common is it?

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by davidberko

Thanks for serving as a firefighter!

Yeah I agree with you. A car fire high up in a garage would be a nightmare. They should make it to where EVs can only park on the ground level

Some of the best / worst years of my life, and most rewarding in regards to serving my community. My respect for all first responders and all they do everyday.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by drummer

Yeah I watched a couple of those and it's pretty scary to think about. Obviously it's not common enough to deter parking garages from being built, but how common is it?

I posted just 12 links out of God knows how many more. Not enough to deter, but be aware. If you park in a garage and you see or smell a car leaking fluid or smelling like its overheated, park on a different floor if you can, preferably a lower one. Guys, as usual, sorry for straying off topic, but the size of that huge parking garage just made me think about car fires, which by the way are NOT uncommon.

[KevinFromTexas]

I'm surprised no one has thought up a fire suppression/extinguishing system for cars that is built in to detect fire. Don't ask me about the logistics of it, just get it done.

[Armybrat]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I'm surprised no one has thought up a fire suppression/extinguishing system for cars that is built in to detect fire. Don't ask me about the logistics of it, just get it done.

I’ll mention that to my brother’s grandson who is a fire marshall (Civil engineer with a masters degree). His side business is designing commercial fire suppression systems.

[Mopacs]

The Garage Mahal (11/11)

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by Mopacs

The Garage Mahal (11/11)

a.k.a. MLS parking

[Echostatic]