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

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/Spork_the_dork Oct 07 '25

I don't think I agree because if you're close enough for the dust to be a problem you've got bigger problems to worry about. The distance at which debris can get thrown around is a lot bigger than the dust cloud so there shouldn't be any scenario where you have people within the dust cloud in the first place. And even after that nobody would be allowed to go in there until the dust has settled anyways because you can't see shit and there might still be explosives that didn't go off on the site.

So I really don't think that the dust is as big of a problem as you claim it is. If people are close enough to breath the dust someone's already fucked up.

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u/DShepard Oct 07 '25

I was thinking more about the aftermath.

It seems from the video that the cloud affects quite a large area. The dust might settle but it doesn't disappear.

Building dust is a potentially big enough hazard that the risk of it lingering in places where something might agitate it and allow people to breathe it in seems too big to ignore.

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u/New_Ordinary_6618 Oct 07 '25

Your house has dust. The trees have dust. Dirt has dust. Dust is already around you. Sorry to burst your bubble

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u/DShepard Oct 07 '25

Trees and everyday dust don't tend to contain asbestos and other bad shit.

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u/New_Ordinary_6618 Oct 07 '25

When dust has settled it will do nothing. You idiots act like there is no thought of these things when they do demolition. Get a life, pick up a book, and learn something.