r/WTF • u/porcupine9 • 9d ago

Skyscraper swimming pool during Myanmar earthquake

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u/nobodyfucksmebutlife 9d ago

Look at railing breaking

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u/polojet 9d ago

Jeez I didn't even notice the railing breaking on the first watch, that's terrifying. Things could have been very different if the guy wasn't hanging on and floating close to the edge of the pool

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u/evillurks 9d ago

It really did, they were so correct to get out of the pool

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 8d ago

well, there is probably a ledge just beneath the railing to collect the water that splashes or leaks out of the pool, so it's not like they would have fallen all the way to the ground. Would still have been scary either way though.

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u/peppermint_nightmare 8d ago

Not really, or it stopped working because of the quake.theres other videos from buildings across from this one that shows hundreds of gallons of water pouring down onto the street below.

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u/fedora_and_a_whip 8d ago

Those ledges are often about the same size as the drain tunnel around a community pool. It's not gonna be big enough to keep a person from going over the side.

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u/thetarm 8d ago

That sounds very unsafe for any bystanders below

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u/Tamer_ 8d ago

Welcome to Bangkok!

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u/bufordt 8d ago

Maybe, but often not. The Palms has in suite swimming pools that jut out over nothing. No ledge under them.

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u/Tack122 8d ago

Nah you'll not match that force by bouncing people off it. The frame came off the building after multiple hits of half+ face coverage.

Humans and water weigh similarly but not many humans are that thick and blobby over such a large surface area.

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u/atrich 8d ago

I see you haven't met OP's mom

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 8d ago

it taking the force of a large truck slamming into it was "breaking too easily" for you? I think you underestimate the force and weight of a wall of water slamming into something.

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u/Thefrayedends 8d ago

Right after the guy manages to get out of the water, they probably saw it, right as they got knocked on their asses by another sway.

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u/Wheeliegirl 8d ago

I had to rewind it twice to see it. I never noticed there was even anything there. Good eye!

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u/Amosral 6d ago

Ohhh man fuck that