I'VE GOT THE POWER: Not quite Kansas City, 1981, but but frightening.
"Korean scientists think they have determined what caused a 39-story Seoul skyscraper to shake violently for 10 minutes, causing the building to be evacuated for two days. Earthquake? Nope. Gale-force winds? Sorry. Volcanic activity? Unh-uh. No, the culprit, they say, was 17-middle-aged gym rats working off the midriff bulge in a Tae Bo class. Apparently, while dancing and boxing to "The Power" by Snap on July 5, the exercisers not only shook their booties, they shook the building."
Man, if they didn't have some body dysmorphic issues before, I bet they do now.
ReplyDeleteI'm (literally!) no structural engineer, but I have three reactions:
ReplyDelete1) no effing way
2) if effing way, then shouldn't they be calling in the Fringe Unit?
3) if Broyles won't deploy the Fringe Unit to another country, then I expect CSI: Miami will take this on, leading to an opening stinger with Caruso taking off the shades to quip: "There must have been a whole lotta shaking going on."
Man, I need to remember to use the "If/Then Effing Way" construction. That's delightful.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure Mythbusters tried this and...not so much.
ReplyDeleteAssuming they've correctly identified the cause, what's the fix? Move the gym to a different floor? Implement an aggregate weight limit for the tae bo class? Use "Rhythm is a Dancer" instead of "The Power" to avoid hitting that improbable resonant frequency?
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