1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to you stuff you should know from house Stuff 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Works dot com. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm 3 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Josh Clark and there's Charles W. H. Bryant. That means 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: that this stuff we should know. We know. That's right. Really, yeah, 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: we are imploding this show today. I'm imploding. Josh is 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: imploding today. That should be interesting. That's better than exploding, 7 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: though I've been doing a little bit of that too. Yeah, 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: that's no good because that affects those around you. When 9 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: you implode, at least you contain the turmoil within. It's like, really, 10 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: the you know, don't be selfish, don't explode, we should 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: probably say, because I guarantee there's people out there who 12 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: are like, buildings don't actually implode. Um, you, we should 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: call this the how buildings how detonating buildings so that 14 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: they collapse in on themselves due to gravity. It's not 15 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: an actual implosion where everything is sucked in towards the center. Right, 16 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: that's a scientific thing that this is not. It's not 17 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: happening when the building implodes you. But if you're not 18 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: a jerk, then you just call them building implosions. Yeah, 19 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: that's the nomenclature. Yeah, that's what people say. I should say, 20 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: You're not a jerk if you are up in arms 21 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: about that kind of thing. But I challenge you to 22 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: email us and tell us what we should really call it, 23 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: what what words should stand in them for implosions, and 24 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: we will read it out on the later episode. So 25 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: considering that we're still around, then that's right. Um, Chuck, Yes, 26 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: are you familiar with the city of Detroit. Yes, we 27 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: love Detroit. We do love Detroit. Probably my favorite name 28 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: of all time. Yeah Detroit. Yeah, human being was named 29 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: yeah Detroit. Yeah. Um, I grew up in Toledo, been 30 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: to Detroit plenty of times. Love the Tigers, yeah, Um. 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: Sparky Anderson was a great man. I'm a Matt Stafford. 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: Place for the Lions. Oh yeah, that's another big Detroit link. 33 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: Christ loved the Red Wings when I was a kid, 34 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: the Pistons. When you hear me talk smack about Detroit, 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: I'm joking lighting up, like, I find it extraordinarily satisfying 36 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: when people write it was like you need off Detroit, 37 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: and it's like, well, you need to listen to all 38 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: the episodes of the podcast. I think it'd be funny. 39 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: I always thought if we ever went to Detroit, which 40 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: I think we should at some point for an event 41 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: that like people would be like awesome, we know you 42 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: guys love this, and then five percent when just they 43 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: would come and sit there with their arms crossed, like 44 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: you got a lot of make it up to do. Yeah, 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: what's ironic is that if you switch those ratios, you'd 46 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: have the number of people who live in houses with 47 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: roofs in Detroit and the number of people who don't. 48 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: So Also, one of my favorite things about Detroit is 49 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: a website called Forgotten Detroit dot com. Yeah, that's a 50 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 1: good one. I've mentioned it a few times. It bears repeating. 51 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: There is a website called Forgotten Detroit dot com. And 52 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: I get the impression that the guy was maybe German, 53 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: Austrian or Dutch, and he's obviously knows what he's talking 54 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: about with architecture, because it comes through when he's documenting 55 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: the building and talking about it. But he wandered around Detroit. 56 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Whoever made this website wandered around Detroit and did a 57 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: lot of urban exploration of abandoned buildings, photo documented building 58 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: after building after building, went back and found original schematics, 59 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: wrote about the history, and just made this exhaustive web 60 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: website called forgotten Detroit dot com. And the reason why 61 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: it's so awesome, in addition to the fact that it's 62 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: just abandoned building photos, which are like the greatest thing 63 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: on the planet, uh, is that he documented buildings that 64 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: are not there any longer. A lot of them have 65 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: been torn down and some of them have been imploded 66 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: for lack of a better word, Yeah, just to make 67 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: room for something better and bigger. Yeah, to take care 68 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: of the blight to ye, just like, yeah, this is 69 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: been here for too long with broken windows, right, and 70 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: no one's been in it occupied it since, you know, 71 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: So let's get rid of this. Instead of a slow 72 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: demolition over the course of fifty years by vandals, let's 73 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: just take care of it now exactly. So that's how 74 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: that site ties to this episode. Very nice. Okay, that's good. 75 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: That's a good old fashioned intro. Thanks man. So, like 76 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: we said, it is, gravity is really what's going on here. 77 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: It's a pretty simple concept. What they're doing when you 78 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: implode a building or let's this is general demolition basically 79 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: up front, is they're removing the support structures at very 80 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: specific points to cause them to fall down one upon 81 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: the other from the top down. And actually, you know 82 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: you start at the bottom, but it will still fall 83 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,119 Speaker 1: from the top down, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, 84 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: And um, this is usually for specific height buildings, like 85 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: if you've got a five story building, you're probably gonna 86 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 1: bring in a wrecking ball, some X excavators and a 87 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: guy with a little black lunch pail exactly who's gonna 88 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,559 Speaker 1: sit on an ibam and eat it? Exactly? Uh? And 89 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: anything over maybe eight, you're gonna start to get into 90 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: the concept of of using demolition from the heights generally. 91 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: This article said, I don't know if there's a rule 92 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: of thumb height. Yeah, I guess what the key here? Safety? 93 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: You want to do it safely. So the key is 94 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: the buildings, Like where is it situated? Is it right 95 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: in the middle of an apartment complex? Then you may 96 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: want to implode because you don't want this thing falling 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: left or right. If you've got nothing around there but 98 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: empty parking lot. You're right, maybe a twenty story building 99 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: could be fine because it's just gonna fall in that 100 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: abandoned parking lot with graphs going through Italy and who 101 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: cares about that? Exactly? Uh? All right, So let's get 102 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: into this. The first thing that you have to do 103 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: is see if you can dig up the original blueprints 104 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: for this thing. They may exist, in which case you're 105 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: all set and you can you know, if you know 106 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: what you're looking at, you can see where their support 107 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: structures are and where you need to kind of start 108 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: your your journey here to implode this thing. Even better, 109 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: if you can find the architect, the principal architect on 110 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: that job, he or she may remember some things about 111 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: that job that are like didn't show up in the 112 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: bloodprints or little little foibles that the building HAPs. And 113 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: be gentle with them. They may have a tear in 114 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: their eye about this whole prospect. You know, don't just 115 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: bang on the door and say, hey, we're gonna tell 116 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: your building down, like where is it strong? You know, 117 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: your crowning achievement exactly the only building you ever made. Uh, 118 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: So that's just some personal advice. Be gentle with these people. Uh, 119 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna um draw up their plan of attack based 120 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: on experience. And we should point out there's not a 121 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: lot of companies that do this. It's not there's not 122 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: five hundred demolition companies that implode tall buildings. There's like 123 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: a twenty or so no. And here's the reason why 124 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: it's very difficult for a young up and comer to 125 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: get into the demolition business with their own company because 126 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: it's so dangerous, yes, and risky not just to human life, 127 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: but to other surrounding buildings. Areas Like insurance companies are 128 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: all nervous watching this. That you build a track record 129 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: of carrying out building implosions, and you have, you're on 130 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: easy Street. That's what people hire you based on. Is 131 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: your your successful track record? Yeah, and trust me, we 132 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: know Josh and Chuck Implosions, LLC. Did not. We didn't 133 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: get any calls. It was a bad We wasted a 134 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of money with that Kickstarter campaign. Well, 135 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: your mom called, but she was just trying to pump 136 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: us up exactly, Honey, you're good enough. You can empload 137 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: this this thing. So they draw on their experience. Um. Sometimes, 138 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: if they don't have the blueprints, or if it's a 139 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: little more complicated, they may even do three D computer 140 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: model and try it out ahead of time. Yeah. I 141 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: would guess that that's pretty standard these days. Yeah you 142 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: think so. Yeah. Um, I I read this awesome article 143 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: about people who I think it was maybe be wired 144 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: people who salvage huge huge like um ships that haven't 145 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: sunk yet, that are but are about to these people 146 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: like figure out how to keep them from sinking, and 147 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: um even in that case, like they'll have some some 148 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: guy fly with them and build a computer three D 149 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: model on the on the fly. I think everyone's just 150 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: get playing with three D models, right exactly, you know. 151 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: But so I'm sure if they're doing that to like 152 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: salvage tankers, they're doing it for like demolition too, you know, 153 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: if for no other reason than as children we all 154 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: love to build destroy models. I get to press in 155 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: her next. Um. So, like we said, we're cover implosions 156 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: in a second. If you don't have to implode, and 157 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: you can just knock this thing over in an empty 158 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: parking lot, you're gonna do it kind of like you 159 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: would a tree. You're gonna if it's you want it 160 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: to fall north, you're gonna weaken it and blasted on 161 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: the north side. And sometimes you might even have cables 162 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: pulling it that way, just like you would that oak 163 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: tree in your front yard. Pretty basic stuff. If there 164 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: is a bunch of junk around there that you have 165 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: to protect you need it to follow in its own footprint, 166 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: then you're gonna have to go the implosion route, right, 167 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: which is kind of cool. I think everyone likes watching 168 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: these videos. Oh yeah, that's a really fun way to 169 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: spend the day. Yeah, And there are enthusiast even as 170 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: we learned in this article, that get a little too 171 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: close sometimes to see these things in person. Like building 172 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: implosions are like the mic rib of the demolition world. 173 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: Like it's got groupies and like people go around the country. 174 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: Doesn't happen that often. You gotta take it while it's there. Um, 175 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: and it could kill you. Yeah, so um, if you're imploding. 176 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: They set these blasters and they look at the building 177 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: basically as a series of towers instead of a one building. 178 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: And what I gathered from this is that each tower 179 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: quote unquote is like a support structure. Is that is 180 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: that right? Yeah? Like, if you're looking at just like 181 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: a um rectangular building, yeah, I would guess you probably 182 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: break it up into four quadrants and then go after 183 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: the support structures in each quadrant, and then the aim 184 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: is to bring them all down towards the center. So, 185 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: like you said, if you wanted to bring a building 186 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: down to the north. You put some blasts, some charges 187 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: on the north side to weaken it. Well, if you 188 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: had four quadrants that you were trying to bring down 189 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: towards the center, you would weaken the side closest to 190 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: the quadrant and then have them all fall in towards 191 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: the center and then collapse the building downward, right. Or 192 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: another option is to actually weaken the center of the building, 193 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: and uh, that would cause everything to fall in word 194 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,599 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, but if you if you broke it 195 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: into quadrants and then collapse everything towards the center, you 196 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: would want to time it because you don't want everything 197 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: just collapsing towards the middle and just holding one another up. 198 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: You know that that's theays the blasters worst nightmare. Then 199 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: you have the Transamerica building, Oh yeah, exactly in that 200 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: triangular Yeah, at the in San Francisco. Yeah. Um, So 201 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: let's say, for example, you have a twenty story building. 202 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: You're not just gonna up set charges all on the 203 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: first floor and I hope that gravity does its work. 204 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: You're gonna set charges on the first floor and then 205 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: maybe like some on the twelfth floor, and then maybe 206 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 1: some on the six floor. Yeah, and typically like just 207 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: a couple or just blowing up the first and second 208 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: floor and then adding just a little bit of gravity. Uh, well, 209 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: that will demolish the whole building. But you're doing the 210 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: twelfth and say the fifteenth floor to to kind of 211 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: break up the material that's coming down the rubble, to 212 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: make clean up a little easier, right, because you know, 213 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: you watch the video on YouTube and it takes five 214 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: seconds and then you click on you know, guy gets 215 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: kicked in the groin or sports bloopers next, and then 216 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: you don't think about the fact that, yeah, guy's gotta 217 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: clean the stuff up, right exactly? You want small pieces, 218 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: is my long winded way of saying that. But in 219 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: the blasters like, hey, I put some charges on floor 220 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: twelve and fifteen, you can thank me later. In the 221 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 1: cleanup guts thanks and the I told you to thank 222 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: me later, he says kind of I'll trade you an 223 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: apple for that tuna sandwich. He's like, you're kidding me. 224 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: My wife's tuna. Give me the apple and bane and 225 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: that cookie. And then the third one comes up and 226 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: he's like, hey, you got the mots. Remember those ads? 227 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: Remember like a little little kid motsa apple sauce like 228 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: the little single served ones. There's a kid who looked 229 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: like his name should be Spike or something and be like, hey, 230 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: you got the mots. It was a really dumbad campaign. 231 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: A bully. Yeah, he looked like a bully, but I 232 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: don't think he was actually supposed to be a bully. 233 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: Weird casting decision. Yeah, man, I didn't realize. I was 234 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: walking around with that one, and I thought you were 235 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 1: about to say, and that kid grew up to be 236 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: shy la buff Okay, where were we? Okay? Was that 237 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: a Paul Harvey reference? No? No, So they've got their 238 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: plan in place, that the detonators, this blasting company has 239 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: the plan in place, and now they have to actually 240 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: prep the building. Yes, first step in prep is um 241 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: they wash it. Well, they don't watch it. They survey 242 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: the site, they walk through the building several times because 243 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: you don't want to just make a cursory glance. You 244 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: want to do your due diligence. Well, you need to 245 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: clean everything out of there. Even before that, like some 246 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: crew has come through and gotten all the drywall and 247 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: all that stuff out, Like everything you want to as 248 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: empty as possible, take out any non low bearing walls. 249 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: You want to make it easier to tumble this thing. 250 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll even uh cut into uh some of these 251 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: support structures to give it a bit of a head start, 252 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: hit it with sledgehammers. Yeah, release a little uh pin 253 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: up frustration, you know, exactly. So then the blasting crew 254 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: comes through, is making note of all this stuff. That's right, 255 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: because they've already looked at the blueprints. But blueprints are 256 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: those are just pictures for college boys. You want to 257 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: get in there and really see what's going on firsthand. Yeah, yeah, exactly, 258 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: because the blueprint, I mean, you know, there could be derivations. 259 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: You never know. Um So, then once you have everything 260 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: cleaned out, maybe weekend, some of the support columns with sledgehammers. 261 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: It's sort of it's not teetering, but mentally it's teetering. 262 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: It's beginning to think about teetering. The building knows like 263 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: a boy, time to come down. My my time is 264 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: limited here. I was accounting achievement once. Um So, then 265 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: the blasters come in. They start loading these columns with explosives, 266 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: um dynamite. If you're using concrete, it's a good way 267 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: to go. Um They drill these holes, they bore holes. 268 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: It's really kind of rudimentary and stuff explosives into them. Yeah, 269 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: and we should say also, um, it's not just a 270 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: guessing game. In most demolitions, from what we understand, they 271 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: will say I picked the support column, maybe probably up 272 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: on like the twentieth floor something like that, rather than 273 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: down low, and they will blast it. They'll attach some 274 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: explosive to and do like a test blast. Yeah. I 275 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: don't think they're trying to blow it up. They're just 276 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: trying to They're trying to do a small charge to 277 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: see how much damage that small charge does and then 278 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: they can predict how much a larger how much amount 279 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: of a larger charge they will need to use to 280 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: like blow the columns up right, or they might blow 281 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: a column, but they'll wrap it in like chain link 282 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: fence and a shield to kind of keep it in 283 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: place and so it doesn't go everywhere and you know 284 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: hurt people obviously. And um, what they want to do 285 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: is and this is covering to know. They want to 286 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: use the minimum amount of explosives that it takes to 287 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: bring this thing down. They don't just go in there 288 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: willy nilly and just say loaded up boys. You know, 289 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: they want to use the smallest amount to still get 290 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: the job done exactly, because if they use too much, 291 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: then you've got a bunch of chunks flying everywhere and 292 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: there's damage the surrounding buildings and people get hit in 293 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: the heads, bad news, lawsuits. Used too little, you've got 294 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: that building still kind of standing, and that's extremely dangerous 295 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: as well, because you have to bring in a crew 296 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: to knock it down like you would a lower, smaller building. Um, 297 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: but it's a tall building that's just kind of half standing, 298 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: and it's it's like a Jenga tower. Now, yeah, that's 299 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: no good. No, that's very dangerous. So you want to 300 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: use the minimum amount, put the right amount. Yeah, Well 301 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: that's one reason the World Trade Center was so dangerous afterward, 302 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: because it obviously it wasn't some controlled implosion, unless you're 303 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: Charlie Sheen and you you know, get on the internet 304 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: and say that it's a government conspiracy. Well he was 305 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: an uncontrolled implosion himself. Wasn't exactly. Uh, but you know, 306 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: nine level is so dangerous to clean up because it 307 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: wasn't done on purpose, so they didn't know what was 308 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: weak and what wasn't and it was pretty precarious getting 309 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: in there and trying to clean anything out, super dangerous work. 310 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: So uh stating obvious, Well we've got the test plast done. Yeah, 311 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: we've got them. Now they're going around and they're they're 312 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: drilling bore holes. Let's say we're doing a concrete building. 313 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: So you got your dynamite. Yeah, And what is dynamite 314 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: is just basically like a kind of a paper material 315 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: soaked in combustible, highly explosive liquid chemicals. Yep. That it 316 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: takes actually am an explosion to explode dynamite. So you 317 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: you might have a fuse. I think if you're demolishing 318 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: and building in N two, you've got a fuse going 319 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: to the stick of dynamite. But in between the fuse 320 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: and and the dynamite is a blasting cap. It's a 321 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: small charge of explosive material that's lit by a fuse. 322 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,719 Speaker 1: That's right, it's a primary charge. And the point of 323 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: using dynamite and why you want to use it in 324 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: um concrete structure column um is that it expands, creates 325 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of hot gas all of a sudden, really quickly, 326 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: and when it's doing that inside a concrete column, it 327 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: explodes the concrete column into rubble. Now that will work 328 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: for concrete. But you got yourself a steel structure, you're 329 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: gonna have to use something else called r d X. 330 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: That's right. And I'm not even gonna say the long name. 331 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: I'll try. I don't want to try it, all right, 332 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: you're ready cyclo, try methylene, trying naitramin. Damn, dude. I 333 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: stumbled a little bit in the middle, but I still 334 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: got it done. No, that was that was perfect. I 335 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: mean you look at it and it looks like the alphabet. 336 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: It's such a long word, you know. UM. But yeah, 337 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: r d X will call it r d X, and 338 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: that's what you want to use if you have steel 339 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: supports and UM. If dynamite explodes at a rate of 340 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: about six dred tons per square inch, r d x 341 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: um explodes at about twenty seven thousand ft per second. 342 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: That is like some serious stuff. And you're not exploding 343 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: steel because you can't explode steel. What they're actually doing 344 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: there is they are cutting through the steel, splitting it 345 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 1: in half thereby weakening it. Yeah, it's like um using 346 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 1: a lub or a scalpel. Yeah, exactly. Uh. To easy 347 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: to one of these, though, like you said, you need 348 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: a blasting cap. That primary charge the fuse, and the 349 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: fuse is just explosive junk inside of a chord, like 350 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: when you see like the old timey fuses, you know, 351 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: like a sparkler. That's explosive material just packed inside like 352 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: you know, a tight chord. Right, And the whole point 353 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: of the fuse is it's a delays the blast. So 354 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: depending on how you want to sequence your blast, UM, 355 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,479 Speaker 1: you're gonna use varying links of fuses. Again, if it's 356 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: nineteen o two, that's right, Um, And that fuse eventually 357 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: will reach the point where it sets off the primary 358 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: charge and that's where the action happens. UM. These days, 359 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: they use electrical detonators mainly, UM, probably exclusively, don't you 360 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: think I would think so? And that is, you know, 361 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: sort of like a fuse, except it's just it's a 362 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: lead line made of electrical wire, or it is electrical wire. Um, 363 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: You've got your debtonator end where the wire surrounded by 364 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: this explosive material and then that's attached directly to the 365 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: primary charge and then the main explosives and they you know, 366 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: they have some sort of battery device heats up the 367 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: wire and eventually it'll get hot enough to set off 368 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: that junk on the detonator end sets off the primary 369 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: charge triggers the main show, right, Like you know the 370 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: old plunger that they use like in in Bugs Bunny 371 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 1: cartoons to blow up stuff. You mean when the when 372 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: the mocking bird lands on Italy behind coyotes back and 373 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: it slowly depresses. Um. Apparently that is an electrical um 374 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: detonator where you would have a charge going and then 375 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: you press the plunger and it would release that charge. Um. 376 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: That's the same thing, except we we don't use that 377 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: old timing box and plunger any longer. Um, But it's 378 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: still the same change. It's very gratifying. But yeah, I 379 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: would imagine. I think I wonder if they have fake ones, 380 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: just sort of like a ribbon cutting like that you 381 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: like connect your I phone. Well that actually works though, 382 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: well I'm sure this works to know, but if you 383 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: just have a fake when you like the owner of 384 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: the company is very old school. We have to set 385 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: this up for him so you can push it down. Yeah, 386 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: he loves giant scissors. Yeah, but no, I mean, like 387 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: maybe there's like the little uh, the little remote control 388 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: is in the box and when you press the plunge 389 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: on it pokes the button and the owner of the 390 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: company is like, yeah, exactly, do it again. Wow, that's funny. 391 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: I guess we're both three year olds a part um. Okay, 392 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: So they have to control this sequence sometimes, like maybe 393 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: they don't want the first floor in the twelfth floor 394 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: going off at the same time. Maybe there's a delay 395 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,719 Speaker 1: so they can actually have a delay in the fuse 396 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: areas where the fuse burned slower than others, right, or 397 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: you just like I said, you use longer lengths of fuse, 398 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: you know, um, but yeah, you can put a a 399 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: little you can put say, uh, you could charge a 400 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: fuse and then add a little extra fuse between the 401 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: original fuse that you just delivered the charge too, and 402 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: like a delay fuse and the blasting cap and then yeah, 403 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: you can time it, and you want to time it again. 404 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: You don't want everything falling down on top of itself 405 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: and ending up supporting itself. You want like columns coming 406 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: down and then columns coming down all on top of 407 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: each other and they're pushing one another down. Remember in 408 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: the World Trade Center episode that we did it, it's 409 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: called pancaking. It's where the rubble on one floor hits 410 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: the rubble on another floor with enough force that that 411 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: floor comes down and it again and again and again. Yes, 412 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: and it picks up speed as well. That's right. And 413 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: you know once that happens, like there's there's no going back. Yeah, 414 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: and sadly, as we all saw a nine eleven. And 415 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: if you've ever watched the internet videos, it only takes 416 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: a few seconds and it's done. Yeah, it's very quick process. 417 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: Apparently people are surprised by how fast happens, Like who 418 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: people who have never watched these videos. It says in 419 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: the article that the people people, it's the one thing 420 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: they're surprised by most is how quickly a building collapse. 421 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: Show me these people. I love it when I think 422 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: when people write these articles like that, they just sort 423 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: of say I was surprised. So people are full Yeah 424 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: to do in journalism? Um, all right, So let's say 425 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna take down a building in a neighborhood. You 426 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: might want to hire a consulting firm to come in. 427 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: And the idea I get is that they sort of 428 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: document the process, maybe work with the neighbors, um in 429 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: a little pr sense to assure them that everything's gonna 430 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: be okay, Yeah, they're gonna film it, of course, because 431 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: you can learn a lot from watching it. Yeah, not 432 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 1: only put it on YouTube, Yeah, you can put it 433 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: on YouTube, but also like that's also how one of 434 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: the ways you're going to figure out how to take 435 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: down the building you're working on now is going back 436 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: and looking at how you've taken down similar buildings. So 437 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: the owner would come in and say, hey, pull the 438 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: the bank in Houston from eight. That one was perfect 439 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: and it looks just like this one. Yeah. Um, so 440 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 1: you've called in your consulting firm, they've done all their 441 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: due diligence, they're working before things hit go time. You're gonna, 442 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 1: of course do a really thorough check to make sure 443 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: no one's in there. Um, you don't want to. Like 444 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: in Heathers, remember that movie, Hea, there's uh there's a 445 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: riveting Magnum p I episode where Magnum and Higgins are 446 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: in not only in a building it's about to be demolished, 447 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: trapped in an elevator in a building. That's about it. 448 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: It was almost unwatchable, it was so tense. I don't 449 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: remember that one. Yeah, and Heathers, I think the dad 450 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: was an implosion expert and like killed the mother that way, right. 451 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: I don't remember that because you said something about Christians 452 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: later since about yeah mom, I saw a mom in 453 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: the window or something, and oh yeah that's right. Yeah yeah, 454 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: I think the mom kill herself was the implication. Oh 455 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: by being in there. Yeah, I love my dead gay son. 456 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: Yeah that was man, that's a good movie. That's a 457 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: great line. Um, so they've calculated the perimeter obviously as well. 458 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: Not only going to check inside the building, you're also 459 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: gonna to make sure that you have a safety zone 460 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: around the thing allowed implosion enthusiasts like to sneak a 461 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: little closer, shaking his head in dismay. Right now, why 462 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: just do you have a computer? Do you have access 463 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: to the internet. I guess there's nothing like seeing it 464 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: in person, maybe you know, Oh yeah I can. I 465 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: can understand people who go around and like check that out, 466 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: but to get closer, to get within the blast zone, 467 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 1: which has been carefully calculated by the blasting company. And 468 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: then they have said this is a dangerous area. Yeah, 469 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: this is a safe area. You can see it from 470 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: the safe area, so just stay in the safe area. 471 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: Uh So what you want is a very controlled situation. Um, 472 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: you don't want, like we said, over over blasting. You 473 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: don't want underblasting. You want to do it just right. Um. 474 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: The impression I get is times out of a hundred, 475 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: it goes according to oil and it's just you know, 476 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: it works out great, No one gets hurt. You might 477 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: blast out a few windows of businesses around there to 478 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: be expected. Yeah, of course with this kind of stuff 479 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: if if you're close enough to it. So wait a minute. Now, 480 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: there's been a ten minutes siren, a five minutes siren. Yeah, 481 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: the air is totally still. It to crisp day. This 482 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 1: guy is blue, Maybe a bird flies by. You have 483 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: the higher up, Michael Buffer to do your ten eight countdown? 484 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: Who's that? He's the looks get ready to room d 485 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: D D D d D. Do you know which money 486 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: he gets paid for doing that? I imagine a lot. 487 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: So you get the one minute siren and then the countdown. 488 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 1: That's right. If you're using an electrical detonator, you your 489 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: guy has had his finger or her finger on the 490 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: charge button, and it's very much like charging a camera 491 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: to the camera flash. Yeah, you can't stop one after 492 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: the other. Just gotta build up that charge it's like 493 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: anybody's seen Um Silence to the Lambs at the end 494 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: when Jodie Foster is being approached by Buffalo Bill, one 495 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: of the greatest. Yeah, but remember that high pitched sound. 496 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: That's the camera flash charging again. That's what you're doing 497 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 1: with the electrical Debtonary's got the finger on the charge 498 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 1: and then they get to one and you press fire 499 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: and the electrical charge is released and the building goes kaboom. 500 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 1: That's right. Have you ever played the camera flash game? No, 501 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: I need to say this because it's really one of 502 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: the more fun things you can do, and I don't 503 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: think it can hurt you. I'm gonna look this up after. 504 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: I think it's very safe. Go. Uh. If you have 505 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 1: an old fashioned camera flash that you can charge and 506 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: pop off like that, get into a pitch black room 507 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: with your buddy, you know, find where your faces are, 508 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 1: so you're a couple of feet apart like we are, 509 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: and UM point the flash towards your own face, have 510 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: them looking at you, and you pop it off and 511 00:27:55,480 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: immediately you get this perfect black and white in you know, 512 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: it registers with your brain and you can see it. 513 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: It's like right in front of you and it's really 514 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: really cool and creepy. My brother and I used to 515 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: do it all the time. It's a lot of fun. 516 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: So you get a perfect image of the other person's face. Yeah, 517 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 1: Like they're pointing it like I would point it at 518 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: my face. You're looking at me when the complete dark. Uh, 519 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: And I popped the thing off and then you see 520 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 1: like this, weird It's almost like a lithograph of my face. 521 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: It's very very cool. Did you know that if you 522 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: if you write that, that ultimately damages your eyes permanently. 523 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: I don't think so. If you if you take a 524 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: flashlight and you look like you hold the flashlight up 525 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: to your face with the beam pointing away from you, 526 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: and you look right over the top of it, like 527 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: right over your knuckles, and just basically down the beam 528 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: and just shine it around on the ground, you can 529 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: see spider's eyes. I'm not sure what that means. You 530 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: can see the eyes of little spiders that you could 531 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: never see in the dark, but you can see their 532 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: eyes reflecting back at you. It's really neat and unnerving, 533 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: but there you you get you all of a sudden 534 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: start to grasp just how many spiders there are around 535 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: you at all times, so just like on your kitchen floor, yeah, 536 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: or outside better wow? Yeah, I mean you just just 537 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: take a take a flashlight and hold it up to 538 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: your face and just look down the barrel of the 539 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: flashlight under the ground between that and just shining a 540 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: flashlight on the angle of reflection. It doesn't work. You 541 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: have to look right, and I'm not This isn't like 542 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: an old listen snipe hunting or anything I've done to myself. 543 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: Like you, you just look down the barrel of the 544 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 1: flash lighting and check out the little spider's eyes looking back. 545 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: It's terrifying. It is. It's surprising it for it's not 546 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: like that, but it's it goes from like not seeing 547 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: anything all of a sudden you're like you realize, okay, 548 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: there's a spider and look there's another spider. And I 549 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: didn't even realize that I could do this. And they're 550 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: green and tiny to all the ones I've ever seen 551 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: with little green eyes. Totally trying that tonight. And if 552 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: I'm telling you it doesn't work, don't be like Josh 553 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: got me, Like, just keep trying and just the angle 554 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: or something. You'll you'll see it. Okay, boy, that was 555 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: along us sorry about that. Um, so we've we've detonated, 556 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: you've detonated. The building has imploded. It's gonna send a 557 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: huge dust cloud up, as you've seen on uh YouTube, 558 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: as we've said two thousand times, and uh it may 559 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: be a bit of a pain for the neighbors. But um, 560 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: they will argue, the blaster guys will argue that it 561 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: beats like a month of slow demolition, like this cloud 562 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: will dissipate pretty soon and then it's gone forever. Apparently, 563 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: if you have allergies in the area, they say, just 564 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: go away for the day and when you come back 565 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: it'll probably be fine. So, Josh, I want to be 566 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: a blaster? Can I go to Blast University? Yes, it's 567 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: uh Blasters, right, it's an adjunct of Brown University. Um, 568 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: and uh, you just go and roll there. They'll let 569 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: anybody in. It's free and you'll be a blaster the 570 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: day you get out after two weeks of training. Bamn. 571 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: Not there is no such program at all, no organized school. Um. 572 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: The best way to get involved in this business is 573 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: to get a job. Um, probably sweeping up I would imagine, 574 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: at first for one of these companies, and work your 575 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: way to the top. And um, like we said, there's 576 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: only about twenty well established ones in the world or 577 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: in the United States, probably in the world. And uh, 578 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: you know, work your way up if you're into it, 579 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: and maybe one day you can start Josh and Chuck 580 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: Demolition LLC. Maybe, but yeah, you probably do better to 581 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: try and warm your way through the company. Plus you 582 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: will also owe it's royalties if you name your company 583 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: Josh and Chuck Demolition, LLC. That's right. Okay, well, I 584 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: guess it's implotions, right, I got nothing else. We nailed 585 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 1: that one, didn't we, I think so. I hope you 586 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: guys didn't skip this. Obviously you didn't if you're hearing 587 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: me say this right now, and if not, then they 588 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: never knew. But good for you for for getting into it, 589 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: because it's pretty neat stuff. Uh. If you want to 590 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: learn more about building implosions, you can type building implosions 591 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: in the search part how stuff works dot com. Uh. 592 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: And that means, of course it's time for message break 593 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: listener mail please listen to mail time. Okay, I'm gonna 594 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: call this, um. Leeching still happens real. Yeah, So this 595 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: is from Annie. His husband leeches. He works for the 596 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 1: Mayo Clinic. So this is legit. Well, what does he 597 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: do for the movie? He sneaks leeches into people's beds. Hey, guys, 598 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: just listen to the E c T podcast. At the end, 599 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: you guess what would be the next archaic medical procedure 600 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: to make a comeback, and you specifically mentioned leeching. News 601 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: for you, leeching is still totally happening. Don't call her comeback. 602 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: My husband isn't. Uh, boy? What is he in? Otor 603 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: oh Oto laryng Jola jollagist Oto laryngologist. Never heard of that. 604 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: He does a surgery on patients that need facial tumors removed. 605 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: I would call myself a facial tumor remover LLC. That's right, uh. 606 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: And they take tissue from other places on the body 607 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: to repair the site. And if the flap doesn't have 608 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,719 Speaker 1: good circulation after the repair, they will stick leeches on 609 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: it to get the blood flowing and um. The medical 610 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: grade leeches are huge and greenish and they fall off 611 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: when they're full, so the nurses have to keep an 612 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: eye on them in the hospital. Isn't that crazy? I 613 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: had no idea that that went on, honestly, So that's 614 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: still going on, and she ends by saying, so gross 615 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: leeches and more love Annie, that was a great listener mail. 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