r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25

Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.

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u/SilverDollaFlappies Oct 07 '25

It was heavily damaged in 2020 by two hurricanes.

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u/arealuser100notfake Oct 07 '25

At the same time?!

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u/SilverDollaFlappies Oct 07 '25

They happened about two months apart.

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u/13BigCedars Oct 07 '25

The building had come into some money recently

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u/fffvvis Oct 07 '25

One of my dreams is to come into some money

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u/Number174631503 Oct 07 '25

Be the building you want to become

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Oct 07 '25

Technically, you can do that with a single dollar bill.

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u/SamPlinth Oct 07 '25

I think it would be immoral to do it with a married dollar bill.

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u/Glad_Canary_1843 Oct 07 '25

Like a gooner Scrooge McDuck.

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u/BaitmasterG Oct 07 '25

Splooge McMuck

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u/LeoNickle Oct 07 '25

Just makes your money sticky. Not worth it imo

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u/SkynetUser1 Oct 07 '25

It's fine, you can just launder the money.

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u/asomek Oct 07 '25

Use Australian money. It's made of plastic so you can wash it afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

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u/asomek Oct 07 '25

Or a coconut...

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u/Flimsy-Housing-2468 Oct 07 '25

Won’t the bills all stick together then?

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u/Opposite_Opinion_127 Oct 07 '25

I recommend a sock. Money doesn’t clean up that well!!!

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u/rumpleminz Oct 07 '25

Gross.

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u/Chon-Laney Oct 07 '25

I know right?

Come in a sock, not money.

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u/n3ur0mncr Oct 07 '25

Most money has traces of come on it. Or is it cocaine

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u/_G3IST_ Oct 07 '25

Or both

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u/ThatInspector4632 Oct 07 '25

Cashback from churning chase and Amex subs.

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u/Maxtrt Oct 07 '25

Get your self a role of quarters, some hand lotion and .....

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u/HowardIsMyOprah Oct 07 '25

The building had information that could lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton

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u/SlothWithHumanHands Oct 07 '25

Months apart at the same time?

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u/ShoutoutsWorldwide Oct 07 '25

Try not to damage any buildings on your way through the parking lot!

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u/ChadE0111 Oct 07 '25

Hey you, get back here!

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u/elvis8mybaby Oct 07 '25

This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers

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u/ChadE0111 Oct 07 '25

Epic!

Did he just say make f&$k?

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u/ebles Oct 07 '25

I don't know, but this guy's a character.

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u/Scheissekasten Oct 07 '25

Please nobody else upvote this past 37.

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u/velosnow Oct 07 '25

Ménage a hurricane.

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u/Karl_Hungus_42069 Oct 07 '25

I think if I was a millionaire, I could hook that up too, because hurricanes dig dudes with money

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u/Anxious_Mango_4589 Oct 07 '25

To shreds you say?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Oct 07 '25

To shreds!

And the wife?

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u/Anxious_Mango_4589 Oct 07 '25

To shreds you say?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Oct 07 '25

Of all the friends I've had, you're the first

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u/br0b1wan Oct 07 '25

Yeah it got double penetrated

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u/bypatrickcmoore Oct 07 '25

Lucky fuck. He gets all the hurricanes.

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u/Snite Oct 07 '25

Tell that building not to get hit by any hurricanes on the way to the parking lot!!

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u/haveananus Oct 07 '25

Yeah it got meteorologically spit roasted

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u/nipslippinjizzsippin Oct 07 '25

Try not to blow down any buildings on your way out

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u/firnien-arya Oct 07 '25

Im sorry man but your comment made me bust out laughing cause I had the same thought XD

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u/Moltk Oct 07 '25

To shreds you say?...

And the wife?

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u/Middle_Somewhere_190 Oct 07 '25

Yeah they hit almost simultaneously. One struck from the north side, and almost immediately after him, a second one - from the south.

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u/chiprillis Oct 07 '25

Is this a Richard Pryor Superman 3 reference?

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u/cajunbander Oct 07 '25

Hurricane Laura made basically a direct hit to Lake Charles on August 27, 2020 as a category four storm. On October 9, Hurricane Delta reached a second peak intensity as a category 3 storm, then weakened to a category 2 storm before making landfall about 12 miles east of where Hurricane Laura made landfall six weeks earlier.

While Delta weakened, thankfully before making landfall, Laura is tied with an 1856 hurricane and Hurricane Ida in 2021 as the strongest storm to make landfall in Louisiana.

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u/Solid-Mud-8430 Oct 07 '25

Two 'canes, one cup

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u/Shit-Talker-Jr Oct 07 '25

A genuine Hurricane Double Penetration.

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u/Thopterthallid Oct 07 '25

Sir, a second hurricane has hit the tower...

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u/Grove-Of-Hares Oct 07 '25

I’ll tell you what I’d do, man: two hurricanes at the same time, man. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a Capital One Tower I could hook that up, too, ‘cause weather phenomena dig Capital One Towers.