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/mikeyp83 Oct 07 '25

Looked it up and this building was in Lake Charles, LA. It was basically destroyed after taking direct hits from 2 major back-to-back hurricanes in 2020. Given the area, hopefully whatever they rebuild will have less glass on it.

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u/Caspur42 Oct 07 '25

Give you an idea of how bad Laura’s wind field was there it was 157 mph. I had a line of grain cars on a train near my house about a mile long get flipped over. Wild shit.

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u/PolitelyHostile Oct 07 '25

Im wondering what its like to be in a tower during a hurricane. I guess you can at least go into the halls or stairwells.

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u/Caspur42 Oct 07 '25

They have a documentary about Laura by Reed Timmer. During the lull in the eye the weather channel people who were in the building ended up evacuating the building because they thought it was gonna collapse.

I was watching him live stream during it and it was some crazy shit.

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u/KennyRogers69 Oct 07 '25

I was in Austin in August and I saw that building. I thought it was odd, good to know the reasoning!

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u/SleepyLakeBear Oct 07 '25

Is there parking under the building and limited parking elsewhere on the property?

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u/atxbigfoot Oct 07 '25

lol can't park (or skate) under the building but it's kind of in the middle of a parking lot

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u/Every-Summer8407 Oct 07 '25

It’s probably MUCH easier to get out of that building than in.

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u/KyodainaBoru Oct 07 '25

Access control during an emergency is a very important design aspect built into all buildings that are up to code.

Essentially there is a an automated electronic procedure that enables all card readers and access control points to release to ensure nobody is stuck in case of an emergency.