Comments on: When things fall over https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541063 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:46:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541063 This is more like a “Rolling across town” zone.

]]> By: RBH https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541062 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:25:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541062 In the fire service we worry about the collapse zone — the area near a burning building into which it’s likely to collapse if it loses structural integrity. My concept of ‘collapse zone’ just got magnified by a factor of 5!

]]> By: Jim Lippard https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541061 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:26:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541061 When doing building demolitions, always hire a professional.

]]> By: José https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541060 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:32:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541060 Jared,
You’re just a rolling building denier! How much did Big Dynamite pay you to say that?

]]> By: Jared https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541059 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:30:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/03/when-things-fall-over/#comment-541059 They were trying to implode the building and it looks like only one side of the building’s charges didn’t go off. For a water tower, or any standing building, for that matter, he was correct. Only when something weakens one entire side of a building and a significant portion towards the opposite side (but leaving the opposite side intact) will something such as this occur. If your water tower completely loses, simultaneously, two of four legs, then it would fall over. If only one buckles, the remaining three would either allow it to stay standing or the top would sheer off. Either way, it would fall down, not over.

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