How not to bring down a smokestack | The Columbus Dispatch

The former Ohio Edison Mad River Power Plant's 275-foot smokestack crushes buildings and tears down power lines as it falls the wrong way during demolition.

[Indiana Buckeye]

"It was like the end of the world..." Come on now, the only reason things like this attract the media in the first place is 'cause it's dangerous enough something MIGHT go wrong. Who'd watch NASCAR if there were no wrecks?

[cmon now]

I like this line "it was like the end of the world". That one made me laugh. Wish I could have been there.

[will blacklick]

Should have had the lines temp. removed from the area in case something went wrong. Maybe it cost to much $$$ to do it. Trying to save some $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[Ted Erick]

YEEEEPP!! Kill th lines just in case .. Install a saftey / guy cable to coax the stack in the right direction .. Would have cost too much they were lucky .

[Caveman]

They should have tied a rope to it, and had someone pull in the direction they wanted it to fall. So basic even a Caveman could have done it.

[Reader]

Anyone notice that the little girl was the first one to start running?

[Chirpie]

Well, Worst Energy, uh, I mean, First Energy does it again!

[Chirpie]

cmon now wrote:

I like this line "it was like the end of the world". That one made me laugh. Wish I could have been there.

Tell me you would not have been nervous if you'd been under those live wires when hey started flying around?

[Mary]

Oops!

[moronh8r]

Notice they stood directly under the power lines that the stack could have/did fall on, Makes you wonder if they were offered the option to stand in a spot that was expected to be clear, which would have been where the thing landed. And how do these people know what the end of the world seems like? Sounds like an all around group of intellignet people running and observing this thing. I agree the little girl seems to be the true genious here.

[Dirk]

ROFL @ this FAIL

[u dummys]

they can`t do anything right in springfield,the whole town is a joke.

[Mary]

the video is scary.
those lines must have been powered down. Cause with all those flying all over, a lot more bad could've happened. Thankfully nobody got hurt.

[Alex]

Low bidder?

[maybemovingtocol umbus2012]

Reader wrote:

Anyone notice that the little girl was the first one to start running?

Yes I did! I thought that was very perceptive of her! LOL!

[mike]

and these guys go to college to learn how to demolish things they most likely played football for the suckeyes also.

[C Montgomery Burns]

Mr. Burns: "Who was in charge of this project?"

Smithers: "Homer Simpson, sir."

Mr. Burns: "Simpson, eh?"

D'oh!

[Whooops]

Hey Boss, we have a bit of an issue out here at the job site. You mind sending a few more guys out.

[Mark]

Strickland has apparently found a new job already.

[wow]

hmmmm...'FirstEnergy'? Aren't they the same ugly energy outfit that was caught door to door soliciting high priced gas rates to unsuspecting, undereducated consumers?

If so.... says plenty on this morass. Seems they might need to recheck the creds of whomever the demolition project 'supervisor' is (was?). Obviously, less than stellar.....