Failed tower demolition - GIF

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Dec 26, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jon

Failed tower demolition - GIF

Failed 2010 demolition of the Ohio Edison tower.

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More: https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n...jPt9ZHZlqFyPI/

Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...627#post147549
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...974#post140773
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...889#post140486
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...511#post135863
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...119#post115591
Dec 26, 2019, 09:26 PM
Frank S

I guess that means someone is going to miss tonight's episode of Hot in Cleveland
Dec 27, 2019, 04:40 PM
Crusty

Oh well - it's Miller Time!
Dec 27, 2019, 07:57 PM
Duke_of_URL

Wouldn't want to be wearing an orange t-shirt that day! The little girl screaming her head off at the end will need counselling for a long time, and might never want to walk in the woods after that.
Dec 28, 2019, 10:04 AM
thevillageinn

Hopefully the person shooting the video was zoomed in rather than standing as close as it seemed they were as the power lines went whipping down around them. At first I thought the camera was just on a tripod unattended but I realized someone panned left a bit to follow the tower.
Dec 28, 2019, 05:28 PM
jdurand

I think it was on a tripod which was turned, then abandoned. Note how stable at the end.
Dec 28, 2019, 05:49 PM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdurand

I think it was on a tripod which was turned, then abandoned. Note how stable at the end.

I agree the video is too rock steady to have been hand held someone may have been panning it but wisely di di mau'd as soon as the power lines were hit.
Dec 28, 2019, 09:47 PM
Paul Alciatore

Whadda you mean "FAIL"? The tower came down. And so did the power. That's a twofer.
Dec 28, 2019, 09:56 PM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Alciatore

Whadda you mean "FAIL"? The tower came down. And so did the power. That's a twofer.

That's one way to look at it, plus the folks had a good cardio workout exercise.
The child will get over it just buy her an ice cream cone with sprinkles on top and she will forget all about it but only after she has reoccurring night mares for a while
Dec 29, 2019, 11:15 PM
JoeVanGeaux

In the group shown in the video, the child was the first to react to the fact that all wasn't going well and was, also, the first to initiate an exit strategy!!
Dec 30, 2019, 12:49 AM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeVanGeaux

In the group shown in the video, the child was the first to react to the fact that all wasn't going well and was, also, the first to initiate an exit strategy!!

While the adults just stood there like deer in the headlights
Jan 26, 2020, 06:33 PM
ranald

missed by THAT much...not. the child's mum didn't seem to realise just what the danger was.
May 16, 2021, 11:42 PM
Buster Gonad

Notice the absolute lack of parental control. The kid was smart enough to move away...the penny dropped. The female adult...thats a whooping fail. Power lines to be avoided at all costs. They weren't practicing being stoopid.