Cape Times takes simplistic approach to Athlone Tower implosion explanation.
Predicting the rate and direction of a just-imploded falling structure is notoriously difficult. In fact, until the advent of computer simulation software from the likes of Applied Science International (ASI), it was something of a black art, known to only a handful of experts who passed their knowledge down through the generations.
South Africa’s Cape Times newspaper apparently doesn’t have access to the high tech ASI software; nor was it able to call upon the incisive and experienced mind of a lifelong blaster. So, in order to explain the technical issues facing the demolition engineers charged with felling the Athlone Towers on 22 August, it resorted to that tried and tested simulation method of large photo and red marker pen.
It will be interesting to see just how closely the descent of the two towers matches the low-tech predicted path.
