Towse: views from the hill

December 20, 2008

Fireworks and explosions

Filed under: news,science,video — Towse @ 6:07 pm

Of the jobs I wish I’d had, fireworks designer/handler is up near the top of the list. Also near the top is implosion designer/handler.

Implosion designers don’t just blow things up, they calculate things so precisely that the building/stadium/whatever blows up and falls in on itself without damaging nearby structures.

Beautiful example of a controlled implosion. RCA Stadium. Indianapolis, IN. This morning. Eight hundred holes drilled and kaboom! powder added and then at the specific moment …

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