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Our chat with Andy continued...  A bunch of things are discussed, including Andy being a "Trekkie" and a "Star Warsian"... Unit conversions... Andy's cats... and his dead squirrel, Gunter (RIP), and a bunch of collapse info.  We reached a friction point where Andy questioned, "is this date over?"...but we reconciled and finished the podcast.  Below is the structural collapse physiology graphic Andy and I discuss...

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This is the first part of our talk with Andy from Recon Response, on all things structural collapse.  Andy is a shy, but caring structural engineer (who will tell you about his education in this podcast), who assists USAR teams in the areas of education and rapid structural triage.  We've known Andy for awhile, and his vast knowledge of the science / nonlinear physics of structural collapse has greatly enhanced our programs of instruction when organic assets are at a minimum.