March 4, 2008 00:42

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downed-tower-section.jpg

Wrong again!

This photo shows that the tower was probably bolted together on a flange rather than slipped together. I don’t know as much about bolted joints as I do about slip joints, but I’m pretty sure this invalidates my “squirting” hypothesis. More likely: some of the bolts got sheared off from the initial impact and the rest failed from the torque resulting from the tower starting to bend over.

Photo by Valdemar Jørgensen at epn.dk.


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March 4, 2008 08:20

ah, damn. i was rooting for the squirting hypothesis.

March 4, 2008 14:12

…which would be an awesome name for an emo band.

March 4, 2008 16:49

We should just crank that website out. It couldn’t take more than a day, right?

Perhaps it’s related somehow to this concept?

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