Much of building remains after planned implosion at Loring Air Force Base

[Maine-ah]

video of demolition at link

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/08/13/news/aroostook/much-of-building-remains-after-planned-implosion-at-loring-air-force-base/


LIMESTONE, Maine — In a perfect world, Jennifer Gregor, operations manager and marketing coordinator for Engineered Products Co. Inc. said Saturday afternoon, t he 64-year-old heat plant at the former Loring Air Force Base would have been reduced to a pile of rubble by 11:05 a.m.

But that is not what happened, and project officials behind the controlled building implosion said Saturday evening that despite the fact that the company that placed the explosive charges used a higher than normal amount because of the number of steel beams and columns in the building, it was still not enough to level the plant.

“Unfortunately, the results were not what we anticipated,” Gregor said Saturday evening.

“This weekend, we will be formulating a plan to take down the remainder of the building, and we will begin doing that next week. The plan will not include more explosives.”

[indurancevile]

1. they should have flown a plane into it, that will start fires that melt steel.

[sakabatou]

2. ...

:spank:

[indurancevile]

4. just being in the general vicinity of such events collapses buildings to rubble. what were they

thinking?

[AngkorWot]

7. Or they should have used the earthquake machine.

Or a series of miniature nukes.

[CleanGreenFuture]

5. Well, you beat me to it, lol.

[SidDithers]

8. Truthers are funny...nt

Sid

[dionysus]

3. i saw Phish there in 97. great times.

[MADem]

6. That's some quality MILCON, there! The headline is a bit misleading.

Loring AFB hasn't been Loring AFB for years. You see that in the body of the article, but a headline skimmer might think the place was still a military asset.