Skyscraper swimming pool during Myanmar earthquake

[u/porcupine9]

[u/NeedsMoreCow]

Focusing on the city background just shows how much the building is moving, must feel terrifying.

[u/nobodyfucksmebutlife → u/NeedsMoreCow]

Look at railing breaking

[u/evillurks → u/nobodyfucksmebutlife]

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

[u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul → u/evillurks]

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.

[u/peppermint_nightmare → u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul]

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.

[u/fedora_and_a_whip → u/peppermint_nightmare]

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.

[u/thetarm → u/peppermint_nightmare]

That sounds very unsafe for any bystanders below

[u/Tamer_ → u/thetarm]

Welcome to Bangkok!

[u/bufordt → u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul]

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