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    Default Blowing stuff up... or down!

    I got up early and videoed the demolition of the Jacksonville JEA conventional power plant cooling towers this morning at 08:00 EDT. I'll post a youtube link here shortly. The video was about 5.5 minutes and the demo starts right at 4:00 with sound arrival at about 4:22 or so... from 25,000 fett away to the North. I was at the extreme west end of the seawall in the little boatramp park behind my house, though I could see the towers from my front yard.

    The tower demolition starts at about 4:00 with sound arrival about 22 seconds later... from about 5 miles away. 1,500 pounds of dynamite and 12,000 linear feet of detonation cord

    The picture is using my very old and dropped oftern Canon SD780iS using about 7.5 or more zoom from a tripod on the seawall.

    https://youtu.be/L09elIWjr5I
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    Local closeup video with ad in front https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video...les/77-8162002
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    Frédéric Bastiat’s essay, The Law: http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf

    Thomas Jefferson said

    “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
    and

    "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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    Cool stuff!
    Thanks.
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    Wow!

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    I still can’t believe we don’t “need” that power plant. It’s not that old. The city has grown tremendously in thirty-odd years but thay tell us our electric needs haven’t. Ok, if you say so!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnR View Post
    I still can’t believe we don’t “need” that power plant. It’s not that old. The city has grown tremendously in thirty-odd years but thay tell us our electric needs haven’t. Ok, if you say so!
    That sure doesn't make sense…..but then that's government!

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    I last drove by the towers a few years ago and they looked pretty rough with spalling and parts falling off. They will rebuild, but different plant, I think. I didn't read or listen to the whole JEA spiel, just wanted to see s#!t blown up... or down, in this case!
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    Frédéric Bastiat’s essay, The Law: http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf

    Thomas Jefferson said

    “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
    and

    "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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    As Popeye would say, “Well, blow me down!”

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