When is an implosion not an explosion? When there’s an expert involved!
When thousands of area residents line the sidewalks at 9 a.m. Sunday to watch the 1515 Tower crumble to the ground, they won’t be watching an implosion. Or an explosion.
“An implosion would indicate that there was a vacuum created in the process and that, of course, does not occur,” said Ron Lynn, director of development for Nevada’s Clark County, who has overseen 12 “implosions” of Las Vegas casinos and hotels.
But don’t call it an explosion, either, Lynn said. “Explosion people think about something blowing up. That does not occur. What happens is, you use explosive materials in critical structural connections to allow gravity to bring it down.”
Still, Lynn said, implosion has become the term of convenience for arguably the most fascinating feat in demolition.
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