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If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake

 
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If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Any structural engineers here care to elaborate?

Any guesses?
Truth is seldom welcome

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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Any structural engineers here care to elaborate?

Any guesses?
 Quoting: LessThanZero


That charge was an extremely stout charge.

It would have stayed up had the massive fucking explosion not very much done it's jo
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
that was an excavator, which is designed to break rocks.
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
that was an excavator, which is designed to break rocks.
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Gotcha..thanks.
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Any structural engineers here care to elaborate?

Any guesses?
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the capstone kept the structure stable.

once one side is gone, the capstone was easy to knock off.

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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Any structural engineers here care to elaborate?

Any guesses?
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the capstone kept the structure stable.

once one side is gone, the capstone was easy to knock off.

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Symbolic... their days are numbered
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Only took the gun tooting big ol yanks 40years! Be a new set laid next week with half the original figures.


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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Any structural engineers here care to elaborate?

Any guesses?
 Quoting: LessThanZero


the capstone kept the structure stable.

once one side is gone, the capstone was easy to knock off.

.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 83814120


Symbolic... their days are numbered
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hesright
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
did you say black hoe?

https://imgur.com/aR5Elgc


Last Edited by smellycrab on 07/07/2022 02:46 PM
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Any structural engineers here care to elaborate?

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 Quoting: LessThanZero


THEY WERE STONE PILLARS MOST LIKELY SET IN CONCRETE.

UNLESS THE EARTHQUAKE SPLIT RIGHT THERE IM SURE THEY WOULD OF HELD UP...

DYNAMITE, WELL PLACED ON THE OTHER HAND...
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Re: If the Georgia Guidestones were taken down so easily by a backhoe, I wonder if they would have survived a strong earthquake
Yeah, kind of like this really... lol.

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