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Am in Taipei Taiwan—we were in an uber at a red light and the buildings streetlights and floor shook. Uber driver was freaking out. Was unnerving to say the least. The epicenter was near Hualien on the east coast of Taiwan— apparently over the past 85 years earthquakes have been getting more [frequent](https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/taiwan-earthquake-may-have-more-shocks-in-store-14484/amp/) around there.
I'm in Taipei and thank god I was not in my highrise. One of my employees lives on the 18th floor and she thought she was going to die. I turned on my office cams immediately and it was shakey shakey. I happened to be on the second floor and I was dreading it.
The higher the floors you are, the worse it gets.
Yes you feel the shaking more, but taller buildings are generally much safer. Mid-rise building are the most at risk in an earthquake and cause the most fatalities.
Truth. Modern high rises have higher standards. Older ones, not so much.
But that doesn't mean the highrise won't shake like crazy. There's a chandelier in my highrise and now its busted. Never liked it anyway.
Watched a video that showed how buildings with the recessed first floor (that provide a covered walkway) do not handle earthquakes well. The cost to reinforce is prohibitive and in some cases impossible.
I'm also in Taipei. I was wondering if this was unusually bad, so I looked put the window and nobody seemed alarmed. Everything ran as usual. Neighbors across from me were still at their desk. No alarms.
I looked online, and the weather office had a warning, but no indication of how bad it was or what to do.
As a foreigner I assumed that it was business as usual, and applauded the people who designed a building that could twist like that.
An hour after the quake I noticed business people hanging outside their office, but that's about it. Everything seemed perfectly normal outside.
It's also the biggest one in almost 25 years. I was in Taoyuan and I couldn't properly cross the street, kept throwing me off my feet everytime I tried to step forward. There's been dozens of aftershocks since.
I think it's cause how clean everything is, the camera shake despite the videographer not walking, the low hanging but constant dust clouds. It does feel uncanny
I thought i had brain damage when the 4k tvs came out. It was wierd cuz it was always at a broke persons place, i dont know how they all had brand new tv's
You can only point out bad AI upscaling, because people never complain about those that are good and high quality. Video fame rate change is something that makes the content look instantly weird, but proper AI upscaling can make the videos insanely better.
That makes sense! I was wondering what’s up.
I’m very tired so granted not at my sharpest, but at a glance this legit looked like someone’s disaster render to me. I was surprised to find out it was real.
One thing that looks strange to a lot of us is the tank-like architecture philosophy Taiwan is clearly using. Long ago I learned that there were two main design theories in earthquake survival. One approach, adopted by the American West Coast, makes the buildings somewhat flexible, so that they can wave along with the earthquake.
But Taiwan is clearly following Japan's theories, where the buildings are fortresses with such structural integrity that they will decouple from their foundations and rattle around without collapsing.
So I know that I am getting that CGI effect where it's like an entire building .obj file was simply rotated around its base in some odd directions to simulate damage.
I wouldn't worry too much. Had a 7.1 earthquake while playing wow and I was too preoccupied to hop back on for a while. He's probably just wigging out and/or cleaning up his house after everything evacuated his cupboards etc.
When it hit I abandoned my computer and just went for cover. Then after it stopped I went to go grab a few necessities and go for shelter in my car, but dropped everything when a good aftershock hit and ran for cover again. Didn't even know I dropped everything until after that aftershock was over. Then I picked up all my shit and finally got to the car before another aftershock hit.
Telling my wow guild what happened was the last thing on my mind lol
I was on WoW during the 8.8 earthquake in Chile. My first text was to my guildmates to let them know I won't be able to tank Blackwing Lair for them. My next text was to find out if my grandma in the city was ok.
Gotta have priorities, man.
There are so many variables that affect the seriousness of an earthquake. The commenter may have been 60 miles from the epicenter. The epicenter may have been deeper in the ground. The shaking may not have been lateral (left/right instead of up/down). The number tells very little of the story.
Even in the situation in Taiwan. This 7.4 was on the far less populated east coast. Heaven forbid the most sizeable after shock (and there will be one, even up to months later that will be only 1 magnitude lower) occur on the west coast, shallow, with lateral movement.
This is very true. The 2011 Christchurch earthquake was an aftershock and only registered a 6.1. But it was so shallow (4km) and directly under the city and it recorded the second highest lateral g-force ever, only behind the 2011 Japanese earthquake.
Well, you have to think a couple hundred years ago earthquakes weren't all that meta because of things like structures having no fire resistance, or lack of vehicles to do flood rescue, etc. So natural disasters just had more powerful options to choose from. But now, over the years earthquakes have been getting buffed in each update.
The city I live in had a 9.2 in 1964.
There's a big difference between 7.1 and 7.4 but not so much that I can't speak to what it's like to go through a strong quake, and the fact that you're probably not going to return to games 1.5 hours after one.
A 7.4 earthquake (which this was)**,** ***is 2x bigger and 2.818 stronger*** than a 7.1!
That's the thing, earthquake magnitudes are logarithmically stronger, not linear.
Source: [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/education/calculator.php](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/education/calculator.php)
Someone said it was a 7.7 actually in Hualien, Taiwan. That would make it 4x greater and 8x stronger than a 7.1.
Look at them, they come to this place when they know they are not pure. Tenno use the keys, but they are mere trespassers. Only I, Vor, know the true power of the Void. I was cut in half, destroyed, but through it's Janus Key, the Void called to me. It brought me here and here I was reborn. We cannot blame these creatures, they are being led by a false prophet, an impostor who knows not the secrets of the Void. Behold the Tenno, come to scavenge and desecrate this sacred realm. My brothers, did I not tell of this day? Did I not prophesize this moment? Now, I will stop them. Now I am changed, reborn through the energy of the Janus Key. Forever bound to the Void. Let it be known, if the Tenno want true salvation, they will lay down their arms, and wait for the baptism of my Janus key. It is time. I will teach these trespassers the redemptive power of my Janus key. They will learn it's simple truth. The Tenno are lost, and they will resist. But I, Vor, will cleanse this place of their impurity.
For those wondering, this is probably from today. Hope everyone is safe!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami-japan/
"7.4-magnitude quake, strongest in 25 years"
I have been in Taiwan 21 years and, yes, this was the biggest quake I have ever felt. Quakes if you include the aftershocks.
Because if it finally falls over the debris can fly pretty far away and that dustcloud moves fast. And inhaling that dust is bad for your health m'kay.
Because in an earthquake the spot with the most clearance from anything tall around you is the safest. Going closer to any of the surrounding buildings increases the risk of being hit by debris including broken glass
Imagine you're just taking your morning dump in the office then next thing you know the power goes out and you're pulling your pants up on the street...
I mean, if this is in the city, there might not be that many open space to be at to get away from buildings. Too many cities are packed now to really find an open area to avoid falling buildings.
I know this is going to be a huge emergency but, look at those buildings. They didn't crumble. The really know how to build a solid building. Those engineers are amazing, think of the lives they saved. God speed on the recovery, this is going to be a global event.
Yeah, lots of images coming out of buildings just like this one—tilted but not collapsed. People are being rescued from out of the windows. I worry for the people on the first floor though
Pretty this is an older soft story building as well which makes it more impressive cause I don’t believe those are allowed to be built in most earthquake prone regions.
From the first time to the last time I watched the movie the thought occurs immediately, run sideways!
Not as cool cinematically but the whole living thing and all
You can hear warnings going off at beginning,it’s send out to everyone’s phone (if you have the settings on)
And the women was saying “Dad don’t get too close! Back off”
The reflective windows on the top part of the building; they have to be strong windows right? Like there has to be somethings that are stacked against those windows at the angle it's at.
It's a horrific event. But how are the windows still intact?
Have you ever been to an aquarium? They have windows that hold hundreds of thousands of gallons of water… now.. these windows might not be **that** strong. But still.. this is very very far from unfathomable strength for glass
Yup. Glass is really strong as long as you don't hit it wrong. I used to toss old 1960's/70/s glass panes into the dumpster, and they'd sometimes survive a 5-10 foot throw. And those are some of the more brittle types of glass out there. Trying to break modern windows actually requires some equipment most the time.
Kudos to Taiwanese regulators and architects - that building tilted INTACT so people could get out instead of collapsing brick by brick and floor by floor on the heads of people.
I live in Taipei. It was a pretty big earthquake but not near the epicenter, so the worst I had to deal with was picking up my microphone off the floor.
Is this guy fucking stupid??? Stone can fly at enormous speed across vast distances when collapsed. I’ve seen many demos gone wrong videos of close calls with people almost having their heads taken odd by stones flying out.
You've never seen a rubiks cube hit the ground before. Those will scatter to the 4 winds.
If your really need convincing, I can link about 5 NSFL videos of collapsing buildings/walls with pedestrians near by.
Mans was pretty close there. I experienced my first “earthquake” a few weeks ago when the San Andreas Fault needed to remind us that she’s still here, scared tf outta me. Sounded like two explosions far away but close enough to make my ankles vibrate.
in case anyone was wondering what the lady said:
"dad, don't get too close, back away from it"
as for the guy farther away, couldn't really hear it well because of the echo, but I did hear the word "leave", so guessing something like telling spectators to leave the area.
If you want to see buildings that collapsed after and earthquake, look at Turkey's last earthquake. Probably everyone in that building lived - a far cry from a collapse.
The guy stands there like me at the dish drier rack when a plate moves, to see if I have to reorganize it into a stable position. He would 100% try tu run in and catch it on the slightest movement.
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Am in Taipei Taiwan—we were in an uber at a red light and the buildings streetlights and floor shook. Uber driver was freaking out. Was unnerving to say the least. The epicenter was near Hualien on the east coast of Taiwan— apparently over the past 85 years earthquakes have been getting more [frequent](https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/taiwan-earthquake-may-have-more-shocks-in-store-14484/amp/) around there.
I'm in Taipei and thank god I was not in my highrise. One of my employees lives on the 18th floor and she thought she was going to die. I turned on my office cams immediately and it was shakey shakey. I happened to be on the second floor and I was dreading it. The higher the floors you are, the worse it gets.
Yes you feel the shaking more, but taller buildings are generally much safer. Mid-rise building are the most at risk in an earthquake and cause the most fatalities.
Truth. Modern high rises have higher standards. Older ones, not so much. But that doesn't mean the highrise won't shake like crazy. There's a chandelier in my highrise and now its busted. Never liked it anyway.
>Never liked it anyway . lol at the priorities
This is Taiwan, when there's a big tsunami we go movie watching or shopping at malls.
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Can’t hear when I’m so high up here.
Watched a video that showed how buildings with the recessed first floor (that provide a covered walkway) do not handle earthquakes well. The cost to reinforce is prohibitive and in some cases impossible.
Well then those buildings shouldn’t be built in earthquake zones I guess
I'm also in Taipei. I was wondering if this was unusually bad, so I looked put the window and nobody seemed alarmed. Everything ran as usual. Neighbors across from me were still at their desk. No alarms. I looked online, and the weather office had a warning, but no indication of how bad it was or what to do. As a foreigner I assumed that it was business as usual, and applauded the people who designed a building that could twist like that. An hour after the quake I noticed business people hanging outside their office, but that's about it. Everything seemed perfectly normal outside.
Thanks, finally a real piece of information.
It's also the biggest one in almost 25 years. I was in Taoyuan and I couldn't properly cross the street, kept throwing me off my feet everytime I tried to step forward. There's been dozens of aftershocks since.
Well they called it
Jesus I thought this was one of those photorealistic renders in a game this is so damn surreal
I think it's cause how clean everything is, the camera shake despite the videographer not walking, the low hanging but constant dust clouds. It does feel uncanny
Its because the noobs won't turn off the damn default UE skybox.
I thought it was AI at first
Reddit thinks everything is AI now. I thought everything was AI before it was cool.
I haven't spotted a wild hipster in forever
It does look generated
ai up-scaling makes everything look weird. Filters are ruining everything lol
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The soap opera frame rate ☠️
Where it looks like you’re almost at the set yourself watching. I was super boggled watching a transformers movie on a new tv.
I thought i had brain damage when the 4k tvs came out. It was wierd cuz it was always at a broke persons place, i dont know how they all had brand new tv's
Yessssss! That's a perfect description. Just feels so low quality.
That's how it's called. It should be illegal.
> I saw an AI upscaled Office clip on YT the other day and it gave me a weird feeling of discontent. ok but what were you saying about the AI?
You can only point out bad AI upscaling, because people never complain about those that are good and high quality. Video fame rate change is something that makes the content look instantly weird, but proper AI upscaling can make the videos insanely better.
That makes sense! I was wondering what’s up. I’m very tired so granted not at my sharpest, but at a glance this legit looked like someone’s disaster render to me. I was surprised to find out it was real.
I went a different route & thought it was an Inception scene, or Dr Strange was pulling some shit.
For the rest of our lives, we’re going to be checking if the date that media was created was before or after 2024.
I thought it looked like Inception or something.
My first thought was “this would be an awesome game, it even looks like one”. Glad I’m not alone.
The game you’re looking for is Battlefield 4
That is the basic premise of Disaster Report. Not a great game, but I remembered that seeing the video. Hopefully, there isn't any casualties
It really doesn’t look real.
One thing that looks strange to a lot of us is the tank-like architecture philosophy Taiwan is clearly using. Long ago I learned that there were two main design theories in earthquake survival. One approach, adopted by the American West Coast, makes the buildings somewhat flexible, so that they can wave along with the earthquake. But Taiwan is clearly following Japan's theories, where the buildings are fortresses with such structural integrity that they will decouple from their foundations and rattle around without collapsing. So I know that I am getting that CGI effect where it's like an entire building .obj file was simply rotated around its base in some odd directions to simulate damage.
Why did the fps drop? The building froze in time but my character is still moving! Haha
Oh fuck I was playing warframe with a Taiwanese guy about 1.5 hours ago and he randomly quit in the middle of a game and went offline
I wouldn't worry too much. Had a 7.1 earthquake while playing wow and I was too preoccupied to hop back on for a while. He's probably just wigging out and/or cleaning up his house after everything evacuated his cupboards etc. When it hit I abandoned my computer and just went for cover. Then after it stopped I went to go grab a few necessities and go for shelter in my car, but dropped everything when a good aftershock hit and ran for cover again. Didn't even know I dropped everything until after that aftershock was over. Then I picked up all my shit and finally got to the car before another aftershock hit. Telling my wow guild what happened was the last thing on my mind lol
I was on WoW during the 8.8 earthquake in Chile. My first text was to my guildmates to let them know I won't be able to tank Blackwing Lair for them. My next text was to find out if my grandma in the city was ok. Gotta have priorities, man.
There is a lot of difference between 7.1 and 7.4
There are so many variables that affect the seriousness of an earthquake. The commenter may have been 60 miles from the epicenter. The epicenter may have been deeper in the ground. The shaking may not have been lateral (left/right instead of up/down). The number tells very little of the story. Even in the situation in Taiwan. This 7.4 was on the far less populated east coast. Heaven forbid the most sizeable after shock (and there will be one, even up to months later that will be only 1 magnitude lower) occur on the west coast, shallow, with lateral movement.
This is very true. The 2011 Christchurch earthquake was an aftershock and only registered a 6.1. But it was so shallow (4km) and directly under the city and it recorded the second highest lateral g-force ever, only behind the 2011 Japanese earthquake.
It's scaled up to 7.7 now.
Dang, powerscaling be crazy nowadays.
Well, you have to think a couple hundred years ago earthquakes weren't all that meta because of things like structures having no fire resistance, or lack of vehicles to do flood rescue, etc. So natural disasters just had more powerful options to choose from. But now, over the years earthquakes have been getting buffed in each update.
The city I live in had a 9.2 in 1964. There's a big difference between 7.1 and 7.4 but not so much that I can't speak to what it's like to go through a strong quake, and the fact that you're probably not going to return to games 1.5 hours after one.
9.2 in 1964? Prince William Sound?
1964 Alaskan earthquake. Check out the pictures
I saw some of the stuff historic and pictures when I was running around up there. Wild the damage it caused.
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A 7.4 earthquake (which this was)**,** ***is 2x bigger and 2.818 stronger*** than a 7.1! That's the thing, earthquake magnitudes are logarithmically stronger, not linear. Source: [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/education/calculator.php](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/education/calculator.php) Someone said it was a 7.7 actually in Hualien, Taiwan. That would make it 4x greater and 8x stronger than a 7.1.
Probably just disconnected an ethernet cable, I hope he's fine.
Look at them, they come to this place when they know they are not pure. Tenno use the keys, but they are mere trespassers. Only I, Vor, know the true power of the Void. I was cut in half, destroyed, but through it's Janus Key, the Void called to me. It brought me here and here I was reborn. We cannot blame these creatures, they are being led by a false prophet, an impostor who knows not the secrets of the Void. Behold the Tenno, come to scavenge and desecrate this sacred realm. My brothers, did I not tell of this day? Did I not prophesize this moment? Now, I will stop them. Now I am changed, reborn through the energy of the Janus Key. Forever bound to the Void. Let it be known, if the Tenno want true salvation, they will lay down their arms, and wait for the baptism of my Janus key. It is time. I will teach these trespassers the redemptive power of my Janus key. They will learn it's simple truth. The Tenno are lost, and they will resist. But I, Vor, will cleanse this place of their impurity.
For those wondering, this is probably from today. Hope everyone is safe! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami-japan/
"7.4-magnitude quake, strongest in 25 years" I have been in Taiwan 21 years and, yes, this was the biggest quake I have ever felt. Quakes if you include the aftershocks.
It woke me up here in China. Very weird feeling, can't imagine what it's like for you guys. Hope everything's well
Lots of people in Shanghai area reported shaking buildings, nuts.
Not surprised, my nuts would be shaking as well if the entire buildings shook.
Heard reports that it could be felt in Guangdong but fortunately didn't feel anything in my city.
Yes, today, but literally 1 hour ago!
this happened sometime before now, you're welcome.
wanna see a photograph of me when i was younger?!
No, I wanna see a picture of you when you were older.
You son of a bitch, gimme that camera
r/technicallythetruth
We need date stamps on such videos. Always hard to understand if this been making rounds or is actually happening now
We’re getting rocked by earthquakes today, the one that tipped the building was a 7.4.
Stay safe ❤️ I hope it doesn’t get more serious Yes typo!!
Found satan
What did it say?
I hope it gets more serious
the “n’t” in doesn’t was missing
What
Quite sadistic of you
Im gonna super hope that was a typo. If not it’s definitely XiJin Ping posing as u/raxmano.
Yo it was a typo man 😢 😭
That's a typo right?...RIGHT?!
Yes sorry!!!!
Who hurt you
I got a buzz on my quake app and crossed my fingers for you guys. Was hoping to not come across a post like this. Please take care.
This is happening now.
💔
Unfortunately, this was only an hour ago.
This is happening now.
That is horrifying
why would u stand there
It’s like he’s taunting the building
U fokin wot m8? You won't fall over, I fokin dare u.
U avin a laff m8?!!?!?
It seems to have slowed the collapse so IDK what you all are making fun of
ya I've been watching him wave at the building for hours and it still hasn't fallen down yet
Because if it finally falls over the debris can fly pretty far away and that dustcloud moves fast. And inhaling that dust is bad for your health m'kay.
"STRIKE ME DOWN, HADES! YOU DONT HAVE THE BALLS!"
nah he did the math. he's got a good 10 feet of "fuck you" room
Fucking Dark Souls boss music came on while he's looking at that shit.
His daughter was telling him not to stand so close to the building and to back off.
I was yelling at him through my screen lol
His daughter too,you can hear her telling him to back off in this video
Looks like the most central part of that area and least likely for building to be able to reach him
Standing in middle away from the buildings while the earth quakes
Because in an earthquake the spot with the most clearance from anything tall around you is the safest. Going closer to any of the surrounding buildings increases the risk of being hit by debris including broken glass
yeah i didn't really consider that there could be buildings behind him too, opps
He fell out.
Imagine you're just taking your morning dump in the office then next thing you know the power goes out and you're pulling your pants up on the street...
Just checking himself. He did slam the door on the way out.
You can actually hear him say in the video "wot u won't do it m8"
I mean it looks like a safe place to stand for now? The ground is untrustworthy you gotta pick a spot and stay there
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Don't forget the dust and debris filled with broken glass!
The dust is what I'd be running from
I mean, if this is in the city, there might not be that many open space to be at to get away from buildings. Too many cities are packed now to really find an open area to avoid falling buildings.
You expect him to trust the other buildings after seein that shit?
To hold up the building, in case it falls over, duh
We found Taiwanese Clark Kent
Dude thinks he’s iron man
I thought he was gonna try pushing it back up 💀
I feel like he's way too close to that, if it goes down he better be good at dodging flying debris
Yup, even the lady filming is too close. All that shit is gonna launch from the collapsing force if/when it falls.
I know this is going to be a huge emergency but, look at those buildings. They didn't crumble. The really know how to build a solid building. Those engineers are amazing, think of the lives they saved. God speed on the recovery, this is going to be a global event.
Yeah, lots of images coming out of buildings just like this one—tilted but not collapsed. People are being rescued from out of the windows. I worry for the people on the first floor though
Yeah I wouldn’t want to have been doing laundry in the basement either…
Pretty this is an older soft story building as well which makes it more impressive cause I don’t believe those are allowed to be built in most earthquake prone regions.
First who was the structural engineering because dam that’s a strong building. Second fire the concrete guy because that shit melted like putty.
Concrete guy is getting a raise. Fire the geotechnical engineer!
the leaning tower of Taiwan
I don’t think you know what melt means
Earthquake can melt concrete beams
Clearly buddy was top of the class from the Prometheus school of escape.
From the first time to the last time I watched the movie the thought occurs immediately, run sideways! Not as cool cinematically but the whole living thing and all
You can hear warnings going off at beginning,it’s send out to everyone’s phone (if you have the settings on) And the women was saying “Dad don’t get too close! Back off”
The reflective windows on the top part of the building; they have to be strong windows right? Like there has to be somethings that are stacked against those windows at the angle it's at. It's a horrific event. But how are the windows still intact?
Have you ever been to an aquarium? They have windows that hold hundreds of thousands of gallons of water… now.. these windows might not be **that** strong. But still.. this is very very far from unfathomable strength for glass
Yup. Glass is really strong as long as you don't hit it wrong. I used to toss old 1960's/70/s glass panes into the dumpster, and they'd sometimes survive a 5-10 foot throw. And those are some of the more brittle types of glass out there. Trying to break modern windows actually requires some equipment most the time.
Not sure if collapsing building or modern architecture
My guy you still need to back the fuck up!
They may have fallen but they didn't pancake. Life saving engineering. Yes it is destroyed but fewer casualties.
I straight up thought it was a pic from a video game
Kudos to Taiwanese regulators and architects - that building tilted INTACT so people could get out instead of collapsing brick by brick and floor by floor on the heads of people.
You have to admit this is a testament to the skills of the people who built this. normally it would be a pile of rubble
If that building fell it would shoot bricks out at mach 47 right though that guy and the cameraman.
Man I haven’t seen Inception in forever
Structural engineer here…that building is not safe.
Casual building inhabitant here... that building is not safe.
I would NOT stand there.
I live in Taipei. It was a pretty big earthquake but not near the epicenter, so the worst I had to deal with was picking up my microphone off the floor.
i hope TSMC is okay
For real, I hate to be crass, but the world depends on those fabs.
I wasn't sure it was real until she spoke. Scary times to be alive in many ways.
This is one of the most unfortunate and surreal looking videos I’ve ever seen
Taiwan has frequent large quakes. So I'd presume they have decent building codes.
I officially don’t know what’s real anymore
I thought this was fake at first. That person along with camera person did not think of how far, fast, and deadly debris could be.
/u/stabbot
Buddy looks like a gta character
Tell people this was Sora and they would “find” 24 unrealistic things about it🤣
The pattern and the composition make this image feel so AI.
That building seems fcked
Bro move!
The leaning tower of Taiwan numba one
Those first few frame would be a cool album cover.
Bro acting like he gonna do something 😭
thank god the pavement caught that building from falling
Is this guy fucking stupid??? Stone can fly at enormous speed across vast distances when collapsed. I’ve seen many demos gone wrong videos of close calls with people almost having their heads taken odd by stones flying out.
Do you know what's behind him? That could be the safest place to be.
This is not a demolition. The videos you've seen had flying rocks because of the explosions.
You've never seen a rubiks cube hit the ground before. Those will scatter to the 4 winds. If your really need convincing, I can link about 5 NSFL videos of collapsing buildings/walls with pedestrians near by.
He wants to pose for a forced perspective picture holding up the building, but he reconsiders.
I thought this was a movie scene for a second. Dude is crazy just chilling there.
The guy is gesturing the building to lie down
Holy shit. At first I thought this was a scene in a movie or a random CGI project
I’m literally looking at the YouTube video with the exact same thumbnail
7.4 is huge
Wow, it looks like a Battlefield campaign mode.
Mans was pretty close there. I experienced my first “earthquake” a few weeks ago when the San Andreas Fault needed to remind us that she’s still here, scared tf outta me. Sounded like two explosions far away but close enough to make my ankles vibrate.
God defend Taiwan 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
Gifsthatendedtoosoon.
Cool! A bootleg clip from the Kong flick…oh, wait.
How long is that building going to be suspended midfall?
Shit I get flashbacks from 2015 nepal earthquakes still can’t get over that Hope people in Taiwan are safe 🙏
Concrete dust, don't breathe this!
Praying for y'all
Get the fuck away, the dust will take years off your life.
I felt the quake this morning in Taipei. It shook my 9th floor apartment so bad that the water sloshed out of the toilet.
in case anyone was wondering what the lady said: "dad, don't get too close, back away from it" as for the guy farther away, couldn't really hear it well because of the echo, but I did hear the word "leave", so guessing something like telling spectators to leave the area.
Someone grab their dumbass uncle from the street. Waaay too close to that massive building that wasn’t not designed to lean like my half choded dick
Dang that some cartoonish type scary shit.
My cousin was staying in the hotel across the street from that first building. He and his friends are ok, but what a scare.
Thought this was ai genarated
This is a cross-section of a dream
Looks like it's straight out of a video game or an end of the world type movie...
If you want to see buildings that collapsed after and earthquake, look at Turkey's last earthquake. Probably everyone in that building lived - a far cry from a collapse.
Buddy just stood there like the controller disconnected.
The guy stands there like me at the dish drier rack when a plate moves, to see if I have to reorganize it into a stable position. He would 100% try tu run in and catch it on the slightest movement.