Posted on 02/12/2018 1:11:39 PM PST by Eddie01
It began with the familiar dramatic scene: A series of bright flashes chased each other around the condemned stadium, emitting dozens of plumes of smoke.
And then ... nothing. As the smoke cleared, Detroit's famed Silverdome was still standing.
Explosions went off Sunday at 8:30 a.m. The mayor's office in Pontiac, where the Silverdome is located, said it had been informed by the company responsible for the demolition that only the kicker charges detonated, meaning the implosion did not take place.
"Although we're waiting for a final assessment from the Adamo Group, we have been informed by them that eight shape charges didn't go off on the main columns," Mayor Deirdre Waterman said in a statement.
Waterman praised the camaraderie of those who had gathered to share their memories of the Silverdome. "It was great to see so many people who came out to witness what was expected to be a partial implosion of the upper metal ring of the Silverdome as the start of an estimated 9 -- 12 month process of demolition," she said.
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I laughed so hard when it failed.
The local reportette was their for her biggest story ever. You could tell. This was her baby.
The charges went off and silence.
Then this smart ass yells in mic range, "it didn't work!"
Wife and I rolled laughing. Literally not figuratively.
I thought the demolition had been done many years ago, including the failed attempt. Or is this a ‘blast from the past’?
How much longer until the rest of sh*thole Detroit implodes?
All of Detroit is being demolished, its just the time scale is different!
both - Dec 2017 - blast from past
I like digging around in the memory hole for interesting updates.
“What ever happened too...?” stuff, like Mike Nifong or Crystal Mangum or Jill Stein, or Marion Barry or Tom Daschell or Dick Gephardt ...
I want to be the first to report out on their downfall.
The Silverdomw is located in the mayor's office in Pontiac?
Must be a really big office. :=)
The Motor City takes a certain skill set to survive.
What you may find shocking is how well the races get along in this town if you put it out there.
Interesting thing: when the explosion occurred, traffic did not slow down one bit, in either direction. No one pulled over to watch it from the shoulder.
I was working in San Diego in the mid nineties.
This was shared throughout the office.
I honestly never laughed so hard in my life.
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