Blast fails to topple tallest S.D. Building

[LuCifer]

And we're supposed to believe that SOMEHOW by flying PLANES into a much taller structer, say perhaps THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, would topple THEM!? OH GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK ALREADY AND CUT THE CRAP! You can go :tinfoilhat: but again, please cut the shit...

Saturday December 3, 2005 11:01 PM
By DIRK LAMMERS, AP Writer

Highlights:

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Thousands of spectators gathered Saturday to watch the demolition of the city's tallest building - but the Zip Feed Mill tower was stronger than it looked.

The 202-foot-tall concrete structure dropped slightly, leaned a little - and stopped.

The abandoned feed mill elevator in downtown Sioux Falls paled in comparison to structures such as Chicago's 1,450-foot Sears Tower or even North Dakota's 242-foot state Capitol in Bismarck, but it was widely considered the tallest building in South Dakota.

Crews had drilled holes into the tower's supporting columns and stuffed them with explosives, intending to drop the tower into a heap of rubble.

However, the tower collapsed into the structure's basement and got wedged, said Eric Schuler, project manager for the Henry Carlson Co., a general contractor. The structure was stable and crews planned to return on Monday to knock it down with a crane, Schuler told KELO-TV.

``It's not an exact science,'' said Schuler. ``We'll get it down safely.''

Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5455252,00.html

[XNASA]

1. But it's still the tallest building in South Dakota.

[Dances with Cats]

2. should have outsourced it to Al Quaeda

no mo' text...sorry...

[WhiteTara]

11. or the guys who brought down

the twin towers.

[atfqn]

31. Wasn't it CDI

the same guys used for the federal building in oklahoma...

[napi21]

3. I can't remember when the last time was that something like this

happened. I'm so used to being amazed at how great these explosive guys are. They always make amazing things happen!

Really! Do you EVER remember an intentional explosion failing like this?????

[Sparkle]

4. I had seen the video last night.

It was pretty funny! Not enough explosives, I guess.

[Kagemusha]

5. uh you do remember them saying it's the fire that did the damage?

Do you?.. please?

[MrMonk]

25. and that this building is concrete, rather than steel web & glass

A completely different type of structure.

[mirandapriestly]

28. It also survived a huge fire, I watched the news clip which showed that.:)

http://www.keloland.com/CustomPages/ZipImplosion/Index.cfm

[DoYouEverWonder]

29. So you really think the fire was big enough

and burned long enough to bring down not just one but three buildings right on their own footprint?

[Dancing_Dave]

6. Would it have been legal for them to use the same explosives

That were used on WTC?

Of course, those who decided what explosives to use on 9/11 considered themselves much more above the law!

[greyl]

7. There's poor logic in your statement.

""Blast fails to topple tallest S.D. Building." And we're supposed to believe that SOMEHOW by flying PLANES into a much taller structer, say perhaps THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, would topple THEM!?"

Why would a failed blast support that the towers and surrounding buildings were blasted successfully?

(not to mention the various other bad comparisons between the building in SD and the Trade Center.)

[alittlelark]

9. There are few competant demolotions experts not wrapped in federal

'Rules of Disclosure'?

[greyl]

12. My counterpoint stands. nt

[alittlelark]

15. Uh, yeah...............

How? I am stating that Demolitions experts (one in my home city of ALB ) were contracted to the Federal Gov. w big $$$ compensation. (I only know of 1 personally, and others circumstantially), w/in 1 week of 9-11. We're talkin big $$$ and probably not many choices.

If you wish I could IM a few DUers for the whole story.... as I Google it I only get fluff.

A number of DUers are SOOO all over this. There were a few mainstream news stories in the first week after 9-11. Then - Bye -Bye.

[greyl]

18. Maybe they are blowing up mountains in W.Virginia for the Coal Industry.

I suggest you work on that real conspiracy instead.

[alittlelark]

19. I would suggest you take the blinders off and do some research....

but then, that's just me.

[greyl]

20. I have. That's why my argument is winning. edit: Furthermore,

"An open-minded person who is inexperienced and uninformed will need to be willing to investigate issues that an experienced and informed person need not pursue. A critical thinker must find things out for herself, but once she has found them out she does not become closed-minded simply because her opinion is now informed! So, the next time you hear some defender of astral projection, past-life regression, or alien abductions ((or controlled demo of WTC)) accuse a skeptic of being “closedminded,” give thought to the possibility that the skeptic isn’t closed-minded. Perhaps she has arrived at an informed belief. It is also possible that the accuser is a clever arguer who knows that charging an opponent with
being closed-minded is often a successful tactic in the art of persuasion."
Becoming a Critical Thinker

[alittlelark]

22. sigh......

I'll IM you w/ DU sources in the morning... I gotta crash.


Stay tuned.

[greyl]

23. Don't sleep too deeply, now. ;) nt

[LARED]

30. Sounds like the old adage

of keeping an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.

[greyl]

34. Yup, that's Jacob Needleman

“Be open-minded, but not so open-minded that your
brains fall out.” --
Jacob Needleman

The quote is included in the Becoming a Critical Thinker link. ;)

[spooked911]

37. sorry, but in NO WAY is your argument winning except in your own mind

[LuCifer]

13. You are joking, right?!

Ok, this blast was supposed to take down a 200 some odd foot building. Very calculated, etc and so on. BUT, we are supposed to believe that just by goddamn crashing planes into a TWO buildings that were BUILD to withstand something of that sort, is ok?! HELLO! In addition to which, care to explain why anything 6 blocks from this SD building did not collapse? Ya know, like WTC Building 5 did...and shit that was RIGHT NEXT to the twin towers DID NOT collapse?! Is it just me?!

Lu

[greyl]

17. No, I'm thinking critically. I recommend it.

You are asserting that the failure of this calculated attempt at demolition means that damage from two airliners did not cause the collapse of the towers.
That is illogical with rare flair, I must say. :)

[spooked911]

36. I suggest you are not thinking critically the right way

you seem to know little about how the three WTC buildings officially collapsed on 9/11. If you knew something about that official line, then you would understand the point here, which strongly undermines the official story.

Basically, for the WTC towers, we are suposed to believe that the top portion of the buildings somehow broke off because of plane damage and fire, then fell down, crushing the entire structure below in to small pieces of steel beams and concrete powder.

In this SD demolitoon, we have the upper 3/4 of the building falling down and still resisting total collape-- AFTER demolition.

[alittlelark]

8. The best demolitions experts have already been BOUGHT.

With our deficit they may have not been paid for, but they are securely under wraps!

[Liberal In Texas]

10. Picture:

[Sparkle]

21. Leaning Tower of Sioux?

[JHB]

33. LOL! The Leaning Tower of Sioux Falls

Still has nothing to do with the WTC, but it does look funny.

[pansypoo53219]

14. sounds like a solid structure

very sturdy. doesn't surprise me at all. they don't build things like they use to.

[SaintLouisBlues]

16. Watch it not fall down here:

http://www.keloland.com/

[KitchenWitch]

24. Wait, I forgot my tinfoil suit before I logged on

[Not_Giving_Up]

26. Not just a hat...a whole suit???

Where do you get those??

[MrMonk]

27. Is it a flame-proof tin foil suit?

I want one, too.

[TomClash]

32. Call 1-800-Neocons

for all your demolition needs.

Now servicing North AND South Dakota.

[Beam Me Up]

35. They forgot the kerosine?

Does it every time, apparently. Oh, throw in some office furniture and some computers, too. That really heats the fire up, I'm told.

:sarcasm:

[spooked911]

38. watch the video here

it's hilarious:
http://www.911blogger.com/2005/12/south-dakota-demolition-failure-shows.html