Alferd_Packer
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The Rat Pack’s secret lair was demolished Sunday.
They should have used thermite, it’s a lot quieter.
video available here
Note that the buildings did NOT collapse symmetrically
A combination of dynamite and the more powerful linear-shaped charges were strategically placed in the three structures being knocked down -- two towers, one 17 and the other 12-stories and both made of concrete, and an addition built of steel that will require the stronger hit, Loizeaux said. At 7 a.m., Sunday, the first explosion was set off, a thunderous sound heard miles away on the mainland.
And then a piece of South Florida history was gone in a cloud of dust.
They should have used thermite, it’s a lot quieter.
video available here
Note that the buildings did NOT collapse symmetrically