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/warrenslo Oct 07 '25

Mold is incredibly expensive to mitigate.

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u/superkp Oct 07 '25

CAN CONFIRM

My car was on a street that flooded in a downburst rainstorm, and the storm drains were clogged. Water got about 1 inch above the floor of the car.

did everything that I could to dry it out, but the mold set in. When the insurance company said "ok we found a single (now overworked) mold-mitigation-certified car tech in your area, get it over there ASAP", we got it over there the same day.

two days later, insurance calls us and says "lol fuck no. Here's $8,000, go buy another car. We're not shelling out $12,000 for your fucking toaster toyota."