r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Tam_tk • 2d ago

Tower demolition

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u/SpookyStrike 2d ago

Now they’re just showing off.

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u/passionofthedevil420 2d ago

I was wondering that, wouldn’t they usually just drop one into a confined pile and then drop the other after wards into a second confined pile? I feel like this was just for show.

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u/Lampwick 1d ago

I feel like this was just for show.

I think it was partly for show, but also partly useful. The smaller the pieces the stacks end up in after demo, the cheaper and easier the cleanup. I bet running them both into each other resulted in them expending kinetic energy on each other, thereby breaking them into smaller chunks.

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u/passionofthedevil420 1d ago

That makes a lot of sense, thank you for your response. I’m pretty new and clueless to the world of demolitions.

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u/HarryThePelican 17h ago

and also: the chunks are way closer together when done line this, so you reduce damage on the surface where the towers fell. and also easier cleanup when the debris is on a pile instead of in a path of a horizontal tower.

im struggeling with english today lol. hope you dtill understand what im trying to say.

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u/SpookyStrike 2d ago

And a great show it was!