Which begs the question. The hospitals had their generators on the second floor; not sure where the hotels had their generators, butif you live in a flood plain, why wouldn't you put that equipment on the upper levels instead of the basement to lower floors?
Costs - costs a lot more to put it on a roof and arrange for proper exhaust than to put it in the basement and vent it outside.
Me, I'd put it on the roof and say the heck with the expense.
Costs - costs a lot more to put it on a roof and arrange for proper exhaust than to put it in the basement and vent it outside.
Me, I'd put it on the roof and say the heck with the expense.