Silo Tower Falls the Wrong Way in a Controlled Demolition

Apr 12, 2018 6:38 AM

jammyjamzz

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After 6 months of preparation, the tower was planned to fall toward the shipping containers. Instead, it fell in the completely opposite direction.

Following are 4 different angles of the demolition that I found around youtube. Links in the description

Angle 1

Angle 2, with a nice (but brief) close-up of the structure's wall crumbling

Angle 3

Angle 4, a good view of the adjacent building being hit

Fred dibnah is turning in his grave

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My old hometown - Vordingborg, Denmark ????

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

"planned" doesn't mean it was well-planned.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

fair statement

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

should've used planes to bring that tower down.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I believe we need animated eyes and arms on this to understand better.

8 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

Yessss

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

so true, I'm not a reddit person or I'd... how do they say... xpost it to r/reallifedoodles as a request

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

no nooo nooooooo NOOOO NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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Fred Dibnah is spinning in his grave

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Did he like silos as much as chimneys and steeples?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think my favorite is the dude just sitting there with his arms crossed. “Welp. Fuck.”

8 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Tbf what's he going to do

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

could've tried to stop it like this good boy

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This was poorly planned. The instant removal of the prop left the possibility that its weight may collapse it back. Bricks are ridged things

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

make me think this, but bad at physics or something is probably more accurate

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Rigid*. Not bricks, reinforced concrete. Same nonetheless.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Either someone sat down and did the math and accepted the risk or they got lucky as shit with it landing just short of that buildings

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I suspect it still suffered pretty badly, probably fatally (for the building).

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The Demolition Engineer

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

a little of this, too

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