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1515 condo comes tumbling down (30-story implosion)
WPTV ^ | 2-15-10 | Staff

Posted on 02/15/2010 1:27:02 PM PST by kingattax

WEST PALM BEACH, FL--A building damaged by two hurricanes turned into rubble just after 9 Sunday morning in West Palm Beach.

The 1515 condo, a 30 story building, was packed with about 2 thousand pounds of dynamite and detonated. In a matter of minutes all that was left was a pile of debris.

Thousands of spectators looked on from a safe distance. Many lined a nearby bridge and others were in boats sitting in the nearby Intracoastal Waterway.

They heard a series of 18 explosions, and after a slight pause, the building fell down upon itself.

VIDEO AT LINK

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: condo

1 posted on 02/15/2010 1:27:04 PM PST by kingattax
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2 posted on 02/15/2010 1:29:30 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: kingattax

I wish I was in FLA watching it.


3 posted on 02/15/2010 1:30:33 PM PST by SoDak (bitter clinger)
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To: kingattax
I thought real estate only goes up?
4 posted on 02/15/2010 1:31:09 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Damaged by hurricanes? Those storms were not that bad. How old was the building? Who bought out the condo owners?

The Demo guy did a great job.


5 posted on 02/15/2010 1:32:41 PM PST by Frantzie (TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
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To: kingattax

And the truthers said they heard 2 explosions before the WTC building came crashing down. It took 18 charges to bring down a 30 story building. WTC buildings were 110 stories. Does not compute. I watched the demolition of the Grand Casino Hotel in Biloxi, Ms. after Hurricane Katrina. It took around 8 or 10 charges to bring it down. It was severely damaged and sitting in the middle of Beach Boulavard. It was probably around 25 to 30 stories.


6 posted on 02/15/2010 1:32:55 PM PST by beckysueb (Scott Brown is a start. Lets keep it going.)
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To: beckysueb
It was severely damaged and sitting in the middle of Beach Boulavard. It was probably around 25 to 30 stories

You sure? It was more like 12-15 stories and did not move from the hurricane. I think the barge mounted casinos moved, but they were not but 3-5 stories tall.

7 posted on 02/15/2010 1:39:30 PM PST by Onelifetogive (Flame away...)
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To: Onelifetogive

You are right. It was more like 10 to 15 stories. I thought someone said it was 29 srories but after watching this video, it wasn’t nearly that tall. It appeared to be sitting out on Beach Boulavard.


8 posted on 02/15/2010 1:41:53 PM PST by beckysueb (Scott Brown is a start. Lets keep it going.)
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To: kingattax

lol, at your tag line


9 posted on 02/15/2010 1:50:12 PM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: Rennes Templar

:)


10 posted on 02/15/2010 1:51:24 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: beckysueb
Depends on the structure, the Towers had to come down due to dissimilar metals having caused electrolysis damage.

The shame of it was Mavin's company involved in making it a Reichstag's event

11 posted on 02/15/2010 1:59:59 PM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: kingattax

more cool demos....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK50So-yYRU


12 posted on 02/15/2010 2:13:29 PM PST by mommya
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To: mommya

I loved watching these a lot more before 9/11.


13 posted on 02/15/2010 3:56:21 PM PST by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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