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this morning at 7:30am xcel energy imploded a 570ft smokestack. it was abandoned after they built the new plant. it's been a landmark in st. paul since it was built in 1972.
thousands of people came out to see it fall down. it's very close to my house so i got up early to go see it too. there was a festival atmosphere as people waited and many of us had our cameras with us.
here is my home video footage of it (i apologise for the poor sound quality) :
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v633/in-dis-guise/?action=view&current=indisguise_NEW.flv

and here is the local news report with all the angles and decidedly more professional video and sound (i apologise for the 15 second ad. also - enlarge the video, it's worth it.) :
http://wcco.com/video/?id=43638@wcco.dayport.com

when the blast went off we could feel the shockwave. biggrin and another when it hit the ground. it was very intense and a great cheer went up from the crowd after it was over.

biggrin so that's what i did this morning. biggrin