And impact energy squares with velocity.
Ken
On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 9:44 PM BrianK ABQ <cielobenazul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A little closer to earth, an inadvertent kinetic weapon.
When I lived in Penang Malaysia in 2013 we were hit with a wild storm. The
main disaster was that the 110 ton top of the 21 story UMNO building broke
off and fell to the ground. Inverted with the lightning rod leading the
way. And in a horrible coincidence the rod perfectly hit a car right above
the driver! They never found the unlucky driver, a local Chinese man. It
was estimated what was left of him was 40m or so beneath the road. They
found the axle about 10m down and verified it was his car.
https://says.com/my/news/umno-penang-building-breaks-off-what-happened
Imagine all that force directed to a point and then hitting that driver.
UMNO is the main political party in Malaysia.
Gravity, it's not just a good idea...
Brian