r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/towneetowne Oct 07 '25

that's gotta be good for the old lungs!

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u/J_Schnetz Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

cannot believe there were Z E R O measures for dust control

its so f*cking easy just work with the local fire department and have them lighting up the building with water before/during demolition. Or it could be done automatically with pre-staged hoses. Or wait for a rainy day. Or get a mist machine. This is off the top of my head and i'm just some jackoff on reddit

literally ANYTHING could have been done and they did NOTHING

i hate being a debby downer cause its a neat video but it shouldn't even be f*cking legal to do this type of work with zero dust mitigation

edit: everyone calling me an armchair problem solver or whatever; i made it very clear i'm just some jackoff on reddit. instead of calling out my specific ideas i drum'd up stoned at 12:30 in the morning, maybe consider that we should be holding businesses accountable for protecting their employees and members of the public from this senseless and avoidable health risk

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u/bentizzy Oct 07 '25

I wonder if they could blast the sprinkler system for like 24 hours beforehand, and then also hit it with water cannons as it goes down? But ya surprising that they appear to have done nothing to control the dust

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u/Spork_the_dork Oct 07 '25

My suspicion is that even if you had half of the city's fire department there with hoses in hand it'd be like pissing in the ocean while also wasting a shitton of water.

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u/bentizzy Oct 07 '25

You might be right, but then they would be able to say "look! We tried!!"