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Al Cowens: Aug 11, 2004; by WE B Bourgeois

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# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:27

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 15:54

monkeytennis: Apr 26, 2007; Toilet Rascal

RabbitWizard posted:

nope.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:33

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Al Cowens posted:

*garbage*

stay safe poverty ghost

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:35

Three-Phase: Aug 5, 2006; by zen death robot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgNpcdCntgA

These guys are lucky as hell to have walked away from this. Considering the fact that this was powerful enough to blow chunks out of the concrete.

TwoGuys1Scaffold.mpg

# ? Aug 6, 2015 00:05

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:19

DiHK: Feb 4, 2013; by Azathoth

Three-Phase posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgNpcdCntgA

powerful enough to blow chunks out of the concrete.

TwoGuys1Scaffold.mpg

Is that not what saved them? The rebar in the concrete grounding it?

Wheres that one with the four Chinese guys that definitely don't walk away?

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:32

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

Say Nothing posted:

Third world traffic/drivers

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:37

Uthor: Jul 9, 2006; Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Say Nothing posted:

It feels like this video until the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufK2XRGUjuc

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:38

chitoryu12: Apr 24, 2014

DiHK posted:

Is that not what saved them? The rebar in the concrete grounding it?

Wheres that one with the four Chinese guys that definitely don't walk away?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc3_1345975509

This also includes the story behind it and the survivors.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:39

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

Darth123123 posted:

Third world traffic/drivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joTeFAhEIj4

both of those bus drivers were idiots because neither had clear right of way (my fender is in front of your bumper) and they both kept barreling along

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:42

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Some firefighters from my home county who'd been deployed to fight fires in central California almost got hit by a load of retardant. The video has been removed from YouTube but somebody made a gif of it.

http://i.imgur.com/lAXV5yl.gifv

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:43

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

C.M. Kruger posted:

Some firefighters from my home county who'd been deployed to fight fires in central California almost got hit by a load of retardant. The video has been removed from YouTube but somebody made a gif of it.

http://i.imgur.com/lAXV5yl.gifv

~~doesnt look like they got hit at all, and~~ if the fire was on the other side of that retardant the pilot did them a solid

e: missed the word almost

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:46

Some of the Sheep: May 25, 2005; POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

Samuel posted:

Please mass report this guy.

Too obvious, poo poo bait.

A worthy endeavour. You should call up your boss and tell him you're taking the day off to concentrate on this, it's so important!

# ? Aug 6, 2015 02:58

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

Some of the Sheep posted:

A worthy endeavour. You should call up your boss and tell him you're taking the day off to concentrate on this, it's so important!

ill start the wiki

# ? Aug 6, 2015 03:53

goodness: Jan 3, 2012; just keep swimming

C.M. Kruger posted:

Some firefighters from my home county who'd been deployed to fight fires in central California almost got hit by a load of retardant. The video has been removed from YouTube but somebody made a gif of it.

http://i.imgur.com/lAXV5yl.gifv

Does this stuff have any effect on the wildlife?

# ? Aug 6, 2015 04:01

Arrath: Apr 14, 2011

goodness posted:

Does this stuff have any effect on the wildlife?

A slower, more cancer filled death than burning alive in a firestorm.

Probably.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 04:13

DiHK: Feb 4, 2013; by Azathoth

chitoryu12 posted:

This also includes the story behind it and the survivors.

Two of those dudes lived? Whoa.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 04:33

glink: May 30, 2013

Carbon dioxide posted:

Yeah, the Russians are really pissed off about the MH17 thing. They are running a campaign to say that the investigation wasn't done properly. And they used some stupid excuse to implement annoying extra border controls for Dutch flower imports.

Aaaanyway, that comment seems to be removed. Let's get back on topic here.

So they started an independent investigation to what caused this collapse. They want to be thorough, so they'll expect it'll be several months before a report is published. People and companies involved in the case don't want to say anything about it until that time.

Journalists then decided to interview some independent engineering experts, such as an engineering professor at some Dutch university. They seemed to agree that several mistakes were made:

- This should never have been done with two floating cranes. When they did a similar thing at the same place a few years ago, one of the two cranes was on solid ground. This gives the crane operator much more control. Operations like this are never done with two floating cranes and this shouldn't have been an exception.
- A year ago, a complete safety investigation was done by people hired by the city. They described the possibility of cranes falling over, and suggested those buildings should be evacuated for this procedure. This didn't happen, and at this point nobody knows if any recommendations from the safety report were followed.

Now, the thing is that the construction and crane companies weren't just some backwater idiots. They're apparently well-known and they were trusted by the government for doing good work. So I don't know what happened this time. Maybe they got sloppy with safety procedures over the years.

The company responsible for this also decided to start working on a bridge during a storm a few weeks ago and managed to drop about 5 tons of concrete on the legs of one of their workers. Safety is definitely not something they're good at.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 04:42

goodness: Jan 3, 2012; just keep swimming

Arrath posted:

A slower, more cancer filled death than burning alive in a firestorm.

Probably.

Many of them run from the fire, but they can't from the powder being rained upon them.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 05:24

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

goodness posted:

Does this stuff have any effect on the wildlife?

Apparently it's a slurry of water and ammonium phosphate fertilizer. From what I can find the main concern seems to be if it gets in waterways it can cause a fish kill, so they try to avoid dropping it within 300-600 feet of creeks, rivers, etc.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 05:30

Tony Homo: Oct 30, 2014; by zen death robot

Our gently caress up is fighting the fires. Fires are natural and if allowed to happen would mean less devastating fires. Instead we fight them and allow the underbrush to grow which adds fuel to the fires.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 06:36

Don Pigeon: Oct 29, 2005; Great pigeons are not born great. They grow great by eating lots of bread crumbs.

Tony Homo posted:

Our gently caress up is fighting the fires. Fires are natural and if allowed to happen would mean less devastating fires. Instead we fight them and allow the underbrush to grow which adds fuel to the fires.

gotta save those multi-million dollar houses in the hills though

# ? Aug 6, 2015 07:09

Some of the Sheep: May 25, 2005; POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

goodness posted:

Does this stuff have any effect on the wildlife?

It makes them retarded obviously.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 07:27

Samuel: Nov 5, 2011

Some of the Sheep posted:

A worthy endeavour. You should call up your boss and tell him you're taking the day off to concentrate on this, it's so important!

It's a worthy endeavour to take time off to fight the Russians. :420:

# ? Aug 6, 2015 08:15

Jusupov: May 24, 2007; only text

Tony Homo posted:

Our gently caress up is fighting the fires. Fires are natural and if allowed to happen would mean less devastating fires. Instead we fight them and allow the underbrush to grow which adds fuel to the fires.

Got to get more pine beetles somehow, easiest way is to not burn the forest and just let it turn brown.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 08:52

Powerful Two-Hander: Mar 10, 2004; Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.

Jusupov posted:

Got to get more pine beetles somehow, easiest way is to not burn the forest and just let it turn brown.

Dead pine trees are insanely flammable though. Years ago some friends burned an old christmas tree in a tiny courtyard garden and it went up in seconds. This was obviously a stupid idea but someone poured water on it so the real problem was how do you get a soaking wet half burned christmas tree out through your flat without covering everything in poo poo.

Answer: you don't.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 12:37

smackfu: Jun 7, 2004

Apparently this self-propelled saw of death they are using in our complex doesn't actually need the operator next to it to move. That seems safe.

Also, I thought it was hydraulic or pneumatic, but the line to the truck is actually just water for cooling the blade.

smackfu fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Aug 6, 2015

# ? Aug 6, 2015 14:46

exmachina: Mar 12, 2006; Look Closer

Man Freeclimbs 1700 foot tower: https://youtu.be/MlVxRdTnNqI

# ? Aug 6, 2015 15:48

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

exmachina posted:

Man Freeclimbs 1700 foot tower: https://youtu.be/MlVxRdTnNqI

nope

# ? Aug 6, 2015 15:58

Sponge Baathist: Jan 30, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

smackfu posted:

Apparently this self-propelled saw of death they are using in our complex doesn't actually need the operator next to it to move. That seems safe.

Also, I thought it was hydraulic or pneumatic, but the line to the truck is actually just water for cooling the blade.

This shouldn't be in the thread. Clearly that working man is standing a safe distance away from the dangerous machinery.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 16:29

Syncopated: Oct 21, 2010

exmachina posted:

Man Freeclimbs 1700 foot tower: https://youtu.be/MlVxRdTnNqI

Thats pretty scary, although he takes the elevator to 1600.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 16:30

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

http://i.imgur.com/qlWmyus.gifv

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:11

IndianaZoidberg: Aug 21, 2011; My name isnt slick, its Zoidberg. JOHN F***ING ZOIDBERG!

exmachina posted:

Man Freeclimbs 1700 foot tower: https://youtu.be/MlVxRdTnNqI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlVxRdTnNqI (skip to 2:20)

Uh, yeah, no. This guy is SO stupid and he or his company will be facing a major fine if OSHA catches him doing this. Free climbing is NOT permitted for tower workers. He might think it is because some old gray beard told him it was cool when he used to climb towers 30 years ago, but not today.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:25

falz: Jan 29, 2005; 01100110 01100001 01101100 01111010

He's hooking himself in a lot. How else are you supposed to get up there?

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:27

smackfu: Jun 7, 2004

falz posted:

He's hooking himself in a lot. How else are you supposed to get up there?

I think he's only hooking in to take rests, and doesn't have a safety line the rest of the time.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:42

Carbon dioxide: Oct 9, 2012

I would guess that the correct way to do this is to have two hooks and have at least one connected at all times. Connect hook above you, climb a few steps, connect 2nd hook above you, remove the hook that's now below you, and so on.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 19:05

OrthoTrot: Dec 10, 2006; Its either Trotsky or its Notsky

falz posted:

He's hooking himself in a lot. How else are you supposed to get up there?

The commentary says he isn't hooking himself in - he's hooking the tool bag in every now and then in case he drops it.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 19:05

JB50: Feb 13, 2008

IndianaZoidberg posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlVxRdTnNqI (skip to 2:20)

Uh, yeah, no. This guy is SO stupid and he or his company will be facing a major fine if OSHA catches him doing this. Free climbing is NOT permitted for tower workers. He might think it is because some old gray beard told him it was cool when he used to climb towers 30 years ago, but not today.

Heh major OSHA fine huh :laugh:

Im sure theyre quaking in their boots.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 19:29

jetz0r: May 10, 2003; Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. This is not a figment of the imagination, but a fact. Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing.

Carbon dioxide posted:

I would guess that the correct way to do this is to have two hooks and have at least one connected at all times. Connect hook above you, climb a few steps, connect 2nd hook above you, remove the hook that's now below you, and so on.

Or something like an ascender on a fixed wire ripe.

Aside from the general insanity of being on 1700ft tower, not clipping in for the transition points where he has to haul himself around around a big flanged plate were the insane parts to me. Not clipping in every 3 feet while going up a ladder or truss? Sure. You're well supported and are making the same motions to repeating holds over and over. Not clipping in when you're searching for new grips and don't have your center of gravity close to the tower? No. Bad.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 19:38

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spacetoaster: Feb 10, 2014

Azhais posted:

http://i.imgur.com/qlWmyus.gifv

wtf is that?!?

# ? Aug 6, 2015 19:53

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