Viral videos show Fox Theatre balcony bouncing, officials say no sweat
Videos gained millions of views in just a few hours.
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What the fuck
View: https://twitter.com/thewavecheckk/status/1787695588382835061
In Hella Nope news: Video shows theater balcony bouncing during concert
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What the fuck
View: https://twitter.com/thewavecheckk/status/1787695588382835061
Flex in structures to stresses is good.
You folks would freak out if you saw skyscrapers during an earthquake.
edit - fuckit you need to watch this and lose sleep over it until your brain accepts structural flex is good structure
View: https://youtu.be/7Zw-BvKo0pI?feature=shared
You folks would freak out if you saw skyscrapers during an earthquake.
edit - fuckit you need to watch this and lose sleep over it until your brain accepts structural flex is good structure
View: https://youtu.be/7Zw-BvKo0pI?feature=shared
I mean… sure? But also earthquakes are innately potential natural disasters and are literally unavoidable/uncontrollable, so the best you can do is build things as resistant as possible and hope for the best, because there's always going to be the potential that the earthquake exceeds the safety features. I'm not sure that's the best comparison to convince people this is fine in this context.
okay but it's pretty rude of you to post this when I'm going to a punk show tonight and gonna be on a balcony of another ancient theater
THis is waiting for mechanical resonance to occur at some point with ppl jumping/dancing on it just at the right frequency.
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This is interesting because there's a venue here where you are literally not allowed to dance on the balcony, presumably for this reason.
Its okay, there will be a lot of soft and cushiony people underneath the balcony to help break the fall.
Are they even putting anymore stress on the balcony? They've already put all the force that's gonna be acting on it by just being on the balcony. The only thing that's changes is by jumping they're reliving the force that's already there when everybody is just sitting/standing. Its slowly flexing when people make their way to their seats and more people are added.
Am I mistaken about physics?
Not sure if releasing then reapplying the force rapidly would damaging the balcony through stress.
Am I mistaken about physics?
Not sure if releasing then reapplying the force rapidly would damaging the balcony through stress.
WELL ACKSHULLY…
…you're probably right.
But what reasonable person wouldn't freak out if the platform they're standing on three floors up starts flexing?
The "reasonable" response is based on misunderstanding though. We can know better than to trust our lizard brain.
Its like comparing George Washington's response to a plane to mine. He's gonna think its falling, I know its designed to do that and don't freak out.
Google "stadium bounce"
that's like a typical South American football match
View: https://www.tiktok.com/@onefootball/video/7091739619494006021?lang=en
View: https://www.tiktok.com/@onefootball/video/7091739619494006021?lang=en
Almost every venue I've gone to is this way. Want to dance or jump around or mosh? Get a floor ticket.
Not knowing whether a venue has been well-maintained or not, I am comfortable with my lizard brain taking precautions haha
Same thing happened when I was at a concert at the Fox in St Louis, that was 24 years ago. Pretty sure those things can handle it.
I appreciate you posting this as a Eintracht supporter!
Buildings flexing is pretty normal.
large ships do this too!
if you're in choppy seas and feeling frisky, look for seams on the inner hull
if you're in choppy seas and feeling frisky, look for seams on the inner hull
As opposed to doing... what? Looking for the nearest phone booth to change into their Superman costume?
If you ever get the opportunity, this is one of the most beautiful theatres in the country. Detroit has some beautiful theaters from the days of Detroit being the "Paris of the West"
You think that is scary, go to a Coldplay concert in a full size stadium that moves like that.
I'm not a fan, but it's my wife's favorite band. Went with her to see Coldplay at Mercedes-Benz in Georgia. There's a song where the entire arena starts jumping up and down. My best friend and I were just standing there and we were literally bouncing 2 to 3 inches without even trying to jump. The entire stadium from the lower bleachers to the upper decks were bouncing. Freaked us out.
Never felt anything like that in a stadium.
I'm not a fan, but it's my wife's favorite band. Went with her to see Coldplay at Mercedes-Benz in Georgia. There's a song where the entire arena starts jumping up and down. My best friend and I were just standing there and we were literally bouncing 2 to 3 inches without even trying to jump. The entire stadium from the lower bleachers to the upper decks were bouncing. Freaked us out.
Never felt anything like that in a stadium.
I want to know who actually goes back and watches these videos? They're almost never worth watching after the fact.
Yes; jumping on something (ie impacting it at speed) imparts more force than just standing on it.
I'll defer to balcony architects and similar enthusiasts on the facts...but you ain't gonna catch me testing those math equations by jumpin up and down on it with 300 other people. Or standing under it while 300 people are doing that
You are absolutely correct.
But I am still 10000% team Slayven of this one. Absolutely fucking noooooooope
Don Pato spitting out violent truths here 🙏
I come from a country in which earthquakes are pretty usual. Most people here would freak out and probably pass out (and rightfully so!) if the earth started shaking while they were on the 19th floor of a building. It's scary, but normal and quite easy to get used to after a couple of years.
I get that buildings are flexible, but was the fox theatre made for massive concerts of people jumping up and down in sync? Id imagine there would be a lot of this kind of video of the same or similar theatres.