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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
lol well i didnt say he could have done it easily .  . but it could be done without attracting a shitload of attention.. when they pull buildings they usually do days of "pre-work" like cutting the columns and stuff, but you have to figure alot of that is to ensure the entire building is destryoyed and lands in the basement for easy cleanup and little effect to any surrounding buildings. This would be something not too important if you were taking down wtc.
for the record i think it was shitty construction that brought them down , and admitting that makes america seem partially to blame.. |
First, what building in Edmonton here? you still live here?
They cut and do that demo so less explosives have to be used, the less explosives the less chance of colateral damage. When buildings that arnt around anything else get demo'ed there isnt near as much pre work, they just use more explosives and clear a bigger area for the safe zone.
To think that 40+ year old construction standards didnt play some roll would jsut be silly, when the towers were built they couldnt test as much as they do now, nor did they ever think fully fuelled airliners twice the size of any they currently had would be crashing into the buildings.
Dont forget in 93 when 1500lbs were exploded near important structural supports and that only put a hole in 5 floors.
Dont foget at the bottom was where the most reinforced collumns were.
Demo'ing a 5 story building with a single elevator is different then 110 stories with 12+ elevators. I highly doubt even the most skilled demo crews could take it down with 200lbs. Even with the shape charges that they use.
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Originally Posted by Phoenix
what about the teams of peole laying new"internet" cable the weekend before
and the massive amount of work being done all over the building
so much so that dust covered everyeons computers building wide each morning.
fuck man...i get riled up about this shit
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Oh shit, old building getting updated... its that means its going to explode then I know alot of building thats are coming down.
The building with our office in it is getting new wireing, and we have to have cleaning staff come in every morning befor the employees because there is so much dust and they arent even working directing around our unit yet.