Vdara hotel 'death ray' claiming victims in the Las Vegas Strip - Neatorama

The tall, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is beautiful. However, the south-facing tower is turning out to be problem for visitors at the hotel’s swimming pool. The curved mirrored surface of the hotel acts as a massive parabolic mirror that concentrates solar heat into a specific target area.

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Hm ... The full story is on the Las Vegas Review-Journal, not your Amaze and Amuse blog - that should be the via link.

I think this is a big part of why your submissions haven't gotten much traction, Pat. The topics have all been very interesting (so you've definitely got talent for finding interesting stuff).

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Hi Alex, I just posted something ('The world's coolest marathon'). Have I got the source correct now? As mentioned, I'm new at this and maybe 66 year old people should stick to what they know best! Hehe Please comment on that post with your answer. Thanks once again!

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This is kind of like the Walkie-Talkie building in London:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-23930675

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Didn't that concert hall in Los Angeles have the same problem?

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It was a problem...8 years ago...
https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/29/vdara-hotel-death-ray-claiming-victims-in-the-las-vegas-strip/

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"Unforeeseen and unpredicatable"? No, the result of bad decision making. It faces south, what did they expect? Clearly the appearance of the building was more important than the 'unexpected side-effects'.

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someone needs to death ray that amazeandamuse website

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Quality of the content of going down hill

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