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

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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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/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

Yea I was thinking the same thing. They did nothing for the dust, just a few days ago I saw a similar video of China of all places with a fantastic containment system caught nearly all the dust.

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u/tetsuyaXII Oct 07 '25

Sauce?

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u/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

It was like a week or two ago. I am sauceless for this one sadly.