Otahita - A Google SketchUp City - Page 6

rbowk · #**101** Posted **Jun 17, 2007, 8:02 AM**

your protes and scenes are brill ,can wait for the canal

Peter · #**102** Posted **Jun 17, 2007, 9:43 AM**

thanks, and now that you mention it

The PitaCon construction crew is working hard to finish the Ekana Canal on time.

They are going to have to build a temporary dam soon so they can finish this section without water flooding their zone. there are always workers on the site even at night because there are three shifts (9AM-5PM, 5PM-1AM, 1AM-9AM).

here you can see what PitaCon has done so far and in the distance you can see the Ponce River Lagoon running perpendicular to the canal and the ocean is beyond that

Patrick · #**103** Posted **Jun 17, 2007, 9:46 AM**

Do you know just how cool Otahita is? We all love your scenes! Seriosuly the first shot is amazing.

Mocholate · #**104** Posted **Jun 17, 2007, 4:24 PM**

It is cool , its like watching tv

some lines you have to redo to make the face fill in , but yeah sometimes that doesn't even work or it causes another face to disappear

Tanster · #**105** Posted **Jun 17, 2007, 5:49 PM**

nice
it looks like your city has a story. With pictures

foxmtbr · #**106** Posted **Jun 17, 2007, 6:31 PM**

Wow, awesome pictures! I love these construction updates!

rbowk · #**107** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 6:24 AM**

COOL i love it man i have to admit i recon your city is the best sofar and stauton but yours is getting better eveyday great work and another question has your city planned for a tallest ?

Peter · #**108** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 1:19 PM**

thank you everyone

rbowk, right now the tallest is The Titan Building but there will most likeley be another tallest after that.

update soon!

FREKI · #**109** Posted **Jun 18, 2007, 2:47 PM**

Wow, things are happening fast - great work mate!

rbowk · #**110** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 6:08 AM**

thanks cant wait for the next update you city really amazens me !!!!!!!

Peter · #**111** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 8:15 PM**

thank you guys

The Ekana canal is complete in the Otahita area. Tampa and Orlando also began work on their length around the same time. Eventually, most likely in three years, they will all meet to form the Ekana Canal across the whole state, bringing the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean together, with Otahita's span intersecting with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (the system of canals that runs all the way down the US east coast) with the Ekana Canal. This will make Otahita a very busy place having two intersecting major waterways.

(to be honest, i'm not sure if there is already a real east-west canal in Florida or not. I tried to look up canals in Florida, but couldn't find anything. hopefully there is not so it's original for Otahita.)

here is a view of the canal as far as the eye can see. there is also an opening in the beach land strip, but this position shows starting from within the Ponce River.

foxmtbr · #**112** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 8:18 PM**

Very nice! Does Otahita have a cruise port...?

foxmtbr · #**113** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 8:20 PM**

double post

Peter · #**114** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 8:26 PM**

the city currently doesn't have a cruise port, but the city is one of the top destinations where cruise ships often stop for their guests to spend a day.

however, there is a proposal by a cruise ship company that wants to set up operations in Otahita. no more information has been disclosed on this, but soon it will be revealed by the company's CEO.

Peter · #**115** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 9:57 PM**

here are some photos of a recent storm that was brewing out in the Atlantic

it came in from the east heading west.

The sky got really dark and almost pitch black at one point!

The City Hall and Clock Tower just before the storm hits:

It rained pretty hard:

Meteorologists said this was a tropical depression. was this the beginning of hurricane season for Otahita? is there much more worse to come soon in Otahita's future? Let's hope not.

Patrick · #**116** Posted **Jun 19, 2007, 10:49 PM**

WOAH!!! I looove Otahita. So realalistic, especially that first storm pic.

Keep em coming! I hope you have a cool bridge design to span the canal!

I wonder if thats the same storm heading torwards Staunton as the riots continue.

Mocholate · #**117** Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 12:47 AM**

the protesters retreat in sorrow !!

Gee that storm must have moved SW and picked up quick! , the real Sydney had its first cyclone last night

Peter · #**118** Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 2:02 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick

WOAH!!! I looove Otahita. So realalistic, especially that first storm pic.

Keep em coming! I hope you have a cool bridge design to span the canal!

I wonder if thats the same storm heading torwards Staunton as the riots continue.

thanks!

the bridge over the canal might be a cantilever bridge. but it's gonna be hard!

that is the same storm heading for Staunton! an area of low pressure came in from the south and started directing the storm north towards the New England states.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mocholate

the protesters retreat in sorrow !!

Gee that storm must have moved SW and picked up quick! , the real Sydney had its first cyclone last night

the story on the protestors goes like this. most of them gave up once the canal proposal was approved, because there was really nothing they could do with so little supporters (most Otahitans were FOR the canal) , however, a several dozen people grouped together and formed an interest group called the Oraganization for Metropolitan Environmental and Green Awareness (OMEGA) OMEGA is starting to get SOME attention, but by no means is it a powerful organization.

Peter · #**119** Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 2:07 AM**

a lucky photographer captured this image during the tropical depression earlier today. the spire of 100 Synergy Tower is being struck by lightning.

more soon to come!

FlyersFan118 · #**120** Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 2:24 AM**

holy shit, that's awesome