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I think I heard someplace that they're going to use a wrecking ball to finish the job. | |||
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Executive washroom breach? "Common sense is wisdom with its sleeves rolled up." -Kyle Farnsworth "Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences." -Mike Rowe "Democracies aren't overthrown, they're given away." -George Lucas | |||
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Nut-up or shut-up time!  | |||
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Probably a tower crane with a wrecking ball would be the only logical way to demolish it at this point. | |||
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The explosives were more effective than the hose trying to keep the dust down, so they have that going for them. | |||
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Ya gotta put a big chain around it with a helicopter and yank it down with a few bulldozers. | |||
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I’ll bet there are some Navy Seals or other special operators that’d love to blow the crap out of that and would if they could. | |||
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Good tunage. | |||
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One 10mm round should do the trick. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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Im sure the air force could use some training and could level that building. ______________________________________________________ Often times a very small man can cast a very large shadow | |||
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It would. But, they only want to take down the rest of the building, not the surrounding buildings as well.  _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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Not to gratuitously repost the pic of the cute chick, but are those the elevator cars hanging by their cables from top?? _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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It's being called the "Leaning Tower of Dallas" I understand. Learned about it from another gun board. I live in Dallas, but don't watch local news. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Some of the A/C and A/C-related equipment that was too large and difficult to remove from the building. | |||
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You would probably be surprised how often this happens, and it is prepared for. The elevator shafts are the strongest parts of a building, and therefore the hardest parts to take down. However, elevator shafts are usually made from more conventional buildings techniques which lend themselves to more traditional demolition techniques. This building isn’t terribly tall so my guess is there is something with the building construction such as post tension concrete or something like that to warrant an explosive demolition in the first place. By getting the outer part of the building down quickly and efficiently with explosive techniques it allows for the inner part to be taken down with other methods. If the elevator shafts come down with the initial attempt, all the better , but if they don’t then it’s a prepared for eventuality. My guess is that there were concerns about too much airblast from using too much bang, or some other reason why they were unable to use more explosives in the elevator shafts. They were probably hoping that mechanical methods such as using cables to attach the elevator shafts to other parts of the building that were more or less guaranteed to fail would be enough to pull the elevator shafts down. Honestly there are lots of possibilities. Having said all that, my explosive demolition classes were my most favorite classes when earning my MS in explosives engineering. I truly hope that my efforts to keep up to date with demolition methods will be enough so that I can dip my foot into that arena when I retire from my federal LE gig in the next 10 years or so. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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I drove by it this evening on the way home. Still there leaning. | |||
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Still standing (leaning)? “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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