Blown at the docks

petemc · 27-04-2008, 18:54

Oh yeah. I was up at 6am this morning to get photos of 2 very large cranes being demolished at Birkenhead docks. The demolition didn't happen till 8am but they were closing the roads off at 7am so I had to be there before then. I stood around for an hour in the rain waiting for the bang. It was really impressive to watch. 1 minute before they sound a siren, then 30 seconds before a flare went up followed by a 10 second countdown. The woman filming for the Discovery channel warned us it would be loud. She wasn't kidding. There was a BANG and the BOOOOOOOM. I could feel the boom and the shockwave as it hit me. Then these 2 giant cranes just fell over. Video here

27-04-2008, 18:54	#1
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Blown at the docks Oh yeah. I was up at 6am this morning to get photos of 2 very large cranes being demolished at Birkenhead docks. The demolition didn't happen till 8am but they were closing the roads off at 7am so I had to be there before then. I stood around for an hour in the rain waiting for the bang. It was really impressive to watch. 1 minute before they sound a siren, then 30 seconds before a flare went up followed by a 10 second countdown. The woman filming for the Discovery channel warned us it would be loud. She wasn't kidding. There was a BANG and the BOOOOOOOM. I could feel the boom and the shockwave as it hit me. Then these 2 giant cranes just fell over. Video here __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

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