User blog comment:Woohoot/Things that totally could happen, but won't cause... Manga.../@comment-24568337-20150523111146/@comment-5690257-20150528201429

Basically what they say it's not 1 minute for the birdcage to actual reach it's center, it's 1 minute before people start to actually get hurt and suffer and having many many casualties. Of course some would survive but in 1 minute the population would be halved in a matter of seconds