KnuktoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·6 months agoHow many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement)message-squarearrow-up154arrow-down18message-square64file-textfedilink
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareHow many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement)KnuktoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·6 months agomessage-square64file-textfedilink
minus-squareperviouslyinerarrow-up69arrow-down2·6 months agolinkfedilinkhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Countries_numbering_floors.svg/440px-Countries_numbering_floors.svg.png Red has first floor = ground floor. Blue has first floor above ground floor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey
minus-squaretoynbeearrow-up14arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkBut how are floors counted in Antarctica?
minus-squareperviouslyinerarrow-up18arrow-down0·6 months agoedit-26 months agolinkfedilinkThey are on stilts - you can walk underneath the first floor! The US base calls them first level and second level. The British base calls them operational level and upper level.
minus-squaretoynbeearrow-up12arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkSo the ground is ground floor? Clever.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Countries_numbering_floors.svg/440px-Countries_numbering_floors.svg.png
Red has first floor = ground floor. Blue has first floor above ground floor.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey
But how are floors counted in Antarctica?
They are on stilts - you can walk underneath the first floor!
The US base calls them first level and second level. The British base calls them operational level and upper level.
So the ground is ground floor? Clever.