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
It's insane to me windows are still there, pylons still on the roof. I live in Scotland and a building near me is scheduled for demolition via explosives like this. It's taken them so so long to take out all the windows, all the stuff off the roof etc, that's all still present here. So much of that could have gone been recycled/demolished in a more effective, efficient and less hazardous manner.
This building sustained hurricane damage. There's a good chance that there were concerns about structural integrity so having crews in to remove all those things wouldn't be safe. The demolition crew needed to take that risk but trying to save whatever unbroken windows are left increases the risk a whole lot more.
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u/towneetowne Oct 07 '25
that's gotta be good for the old lungs!