Incredible timelapse of Dubai skyscraper in flames

[jsroberts]

@anon41977465

wow, this gives me a great idea for a movie. Some people are caught inside this big skyscraper as it catches fire and the diverse group have to learn to work together to get out.

This actually reminds me of a conversation with @shaddack a couple of years ago:

Why did the 9/11 'falling man' image disappear?

What strikes me the worst is that there was not even a single attempt by any of the jumpers to retard the fall somehow. No attempt to use clothing as improvised parachute. Not anything else. Just… dumb jumping. And there are enough accidents in aircraft mishaps and parachuting to provide evidence a high-altitude fall can be survived with some luck and some effort and some injury on impact. A back-of-the-envelope calculation using equations for model-rocket streamers shown that a few meters len…

@LDoBe

Not interested. I’m interested in science. Not conjecture.

I’m not an expert, but I play one on the internet.