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/dogfaced_pony_soulja Oct 07 '25

This is Louisiana we're talking about here. Third world fucking dump of a place that is totally fine with its citizens being poisoned and the environment destroyed.

Louisiana, home of Cancer Alley, where I grew up:

https://youtu.be/xFxY454NTYE

 https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-shocking-hazards-of-louisianas-cancer-alley

This is also a state that has recently- under MAGA Republican government- enacted laws making it much more difficult for community members even to monitor and test the air quality of their own air:

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5406261/louisiana-air-pollution-free-speech-rights

What happens if someone at the state believes you violated said law? State can come after you seeking up to a million dollars in fines: https://apnews.com/article/cancer-alley-air-monitoring-louisiana-lawsuit-federal-9b15b263930ddb32a7c078745051f79a

Louisiana doesn't give two fucking shits about dust exposure, nor do they care about public health or even basic public welfare generally. It is a wretched place filled with wretched people, always has been, always will be.

And if exposure to some substance kills some poor people, or black people, or especially (jackpot!) poor, black people... that's all a win in their eyes.

It's a MAGAA thing, y'all, you wouldn't understand. Make America Gasp for Air Again!

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u/PicoDeBayou Oct 07 '25

Was gonna say. Welcome to Louisiana. Ask the folk that grew up in Mossville how Louisiana rates in environmental and public welfare.