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Cars damaged by wave of grain after silo collapses (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 9 months ago by Dave to c/southisland

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A dozen vehicles at a car dealership in Christchurch have been damaged by a wave of grain when a silo collapsed at a neighbouring flour mill.

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[–] eagleeyedtiger 4 points 9 months ago

Viral marketing for Grain Waves gone too far

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Was it at least an amber wave of grain?

[–] Dave 2 points 9 months ago

That's a pretty obscure reference for a post in a regional community on a New Zealand instance 😆. I had to look it up.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Square-based pyramids would be far more stable.

[–] deadbeef79000 5 points 9 months ago

That just sounds like a low-poly cone. Upgrade your GPU (Grain Piling Unit).

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From the pictures, it is clear that the silo didn't fall over, the walls collapsed. The base of the silo appears fully intact, something has caused the wall to fail some distance above the lower cone.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Some guy thought the pyramids were ancient grain silos, I was being silly.

[–] absGeekNZ 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah I see.

That loud wooshing sound, was your joke flying over my head. 😄

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I take responsibility for the shit joke, it's not really topical anymore.