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Now THAT would be something right? I might need to read that eye witness account again.
I just reviewed a video with some close-up shots. That building looks rough. I bet it just fell apart. Painting it may have been the straw the broke its back. May have trapped water in and expedited the deterioration. Lightning is as good a story as any. I'm surprised they haven't blamed cow farts.
You got half way there. Lighting vaporizes water... steam builds up between walls. Interior wall has support on other side because of roof, support beams, etc, etc, but the outside is just a weak ass thin little wall so it exploded outwards. That's why trees split open when lighting hits them. The water vaporizes and the steam has nowhere to go.
Lightning strikes the highest conductive point though.
There could easily been old aluminum or copper wiring inside that wall that provided the path of least resistance the lightning was following. Or the water itself might have provided that. Pure water doesn't conduct electricity very well but dirty water filled with conductive minerals is one of the best conductors around. With the added bonus that the water under such a massive jolt heats up and turns into steam.
So yeah it doesn't take much water turned into steam to fill up a small space like that gap between those walls. Too much and it would look like a bomb went off. Just enough and all it would do is apply pressure to an already weak wall and make it pop outwards just like what we see in these pictures.
The paint probibly sealed it up nice and tight so the pressure had nowhere to go.
Joe Xiden says global warming makes buildings fall down. Must be hot in Toledo.