Willow Island cooling tower collapse
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:56 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Island_disaster
Apr 27, 1976, about (just after) 10:00 AM, Willow Island, WV (39N22'02'', 81W17'29'')
A cooling tower, "under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, WV," collapsed killing 51 construction workers. "Thought to be the deadliest construction accident in U.S. history." Details of the "dominoes falling" collapse are given in the article.
This may not fall in the usual category of "structural collapses.": It occurred during construction and, at the very least, is quite different from any of the other "structural collapse" events in the collection. It's important anyway because it's the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, but I'm not clear how to categorize it. I'm going to keep it around for a while to dig more into it.
The collapse occurred as Neptune squared MC, with Moon near square to Mars but - closest of all - an exact Sun-Jupiter conjunction.
Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter Moon-Pluto.
Year: Cansolar (Dormant.)
Bridge {+2}
t Neptune op. Cansolar MC Dec 5 to Jul 15
Quarter: Arisolar {+2}
Venus sq. Asc 0°25'
Saturn on WP 0°32'
Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto more widely angular
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°02' in mundo
-- Su/Me on IC 0°14'
-- Mars-Uranus sq. 1°36' in mundo
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 1°10'
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 1°54'
-- Mercury-Uranus op. 2°04'
-- Venus-Pluto op. 2°43'
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 2°47'
-- -- -- Pl = Ve/Ma 0°02'
-- Mercury-Jupiter conj. 3°15'
Moon-Pluto conj. 1°30' in mundo
Moon-Sun op. 3°33'
Month: Caplunar {+2}
Mercury on MC 1°53'
Moon-Saturn op. 0°34' in mundo
Day: Capsolar Quotidian {-2}
p Asc conj. t Jupiter 0°17', t Sun 0°27', sq. s Mercury 1°18', op. s Uranus 1°03'
-- t Sun-Jupiter conj. 0°10'
p MC sq. t Venus 1°49'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
t Mercury op. p Moon 0°10'
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t Neptune op. s MC 0°05'
Apr 27, 1976, about (just after) 10:00 AM, Willow Island, WV (39N22'02'', 81W17'29'')
A cooling tower, "under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, WV," collapsed killing 51 construction workers. "Thought to be the deadliest construction accident in U.S. history." Details of the "dominoes falling" collapse are given in the article.
This may not fall in the usual category of "structural collapses.": It occurred during construction and, at the very least, is quite different from any of the other "structural collapse" events in the collection. It's important anyway because it's the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, but I'm not clear how to categorize it. I'm going to keep it around for a while to dig more into it.
The collapse occurred as Neptune squared MC, with Moon near square to Mars but - closest of all - an exact Sun-Jupiter conjunction.
Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Jupiter Moon-Pluto.
Year: Cansolar (Dormant.)
Bridge {+2}
t Neptune op. Cansolar MC Dec 5 to Jul 15
Quarter: Arisolar {+2}
Venus sq. Asc 0°25'
Saturn on WP 0°32'
Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto more widely angular
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°02' in mundo
-- Su/Me on IC 0°14'
-- Mars-Uranus sq. 1°36' in mundo
-- Jupiter-Uranus sq. 1°10'
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 1°54'
-- Mercury-Uranus op. 2°04'
-- Venus-Pluto op. 2°43'
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 2°47'
-- -- -- Pl = Ve/Ma 0°02'
-- Mercury-Jupiter conj. 3°15'
Moon-Pluto conj. 1°30' in mundo
Moon-Sun op. 3°33'
Month: Caplunar {+2}
Mercury on MC 1°53'
Moon-Saturn op. 0°34' in mundo
Day: Capsolar Quotidian {-2}
p Asc conj. t Jupiter 0°17', t Sun 0°27', sq. s Mercury 1°18', op. s Uranus 1°03'
-- t Sun-Jupiter conj. 0°10'
p MC sq. t Venus 1°49'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
t Mercury op. p Moon 0°10'
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t Neptune op. s MC 0°05'