1 posted on
10/21/2004 6:38:52 PM PDT by
snopercod
To: snopercod
The report says the region of dislodged fireproofing was determined from the predicted path of the debris. This was the initial findings of the 2002 investigation as well. Makes sense.
2 posted on
10/21/2004 6:40:14 PM PDT by
Prime Choice
(The Leftists think they can tax us into "prosperity" and regulate us into "liberty.")
To: snopercod
According to S. Shyam Sunder, NIST’s lead investigator for the study, an ordinary office fire would likely have resulted in burn-out, not collapse. Relatively few ordinary office fires are ignited by Boeing 757s crashing at 500 MPH.
3 posted on
10/21/2004 6:41:00 PM PDT by
Sloth
("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
To: snopercod
While they were designed against fire, nobody could have thought about what the buildings would do when soaked in jet fuel burning for hours.
4 posted on
10/21/2004 6:42:04 PM PDT by
nascartex
To: snopercod
The World Trade Center's support columns were destroyed by the airplane crash and the resulting fire, which further damaged the building. No building cannot survive both an airplane crash and the resulting fire from jet fuel. It burns at a high temperature. Sadly, the World Trade Center is gone.
6 posted on
10/21/2004 6:46:13 PM PDT by
Ptarmigan
(Proud rabbit hater and killer)
To: snopercod
If I remember my history right, the north tower used asbestos for fire proofing and the south tower did not. The south tower collapsed in half the time. Trail lawyers killing people in so many ways...
9 posted on
10/21/2004 6:52:27 PM PDT by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: snopercod
who have questioned whether the design by Skilling Helle Christiansen Robertson in some way contributed to the collapse.
No, I'm pretty sure it was Islamic Terrorists.
11 posted on
10/21/2004 6:55:04 PM PDT by
lmr
(John Kerry, Favorite of World Leaders: Castro, Arafat, Kim Jong IL,Chavez and Bin Laden)
To: snopercod
who have questioned whether the design by Skilling Helle Christiansen Robertson in some way contributed to the collapse.
No, I'm pretty sure it was Islamic Terrorists.
13 posted on
10/21/2004 6:55:28 PM PDT by
lmr
(John Kerry, Favorite of World Leaders: Castro, Arafat, Kim Jong IL,Chavez and Bin Laden)
To: snopercod
Another problem was that when the second tower was hit, the water demand from the sprinkler systems in the two buildings kept either sprinkler system from working properly.
16 posted on
10/21/2004 7:56:21 PM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(...and Freedom tastes of Reality)
To: snopercod
Had the steel not failed, the buildings would have burned for days or weeks until the entire buildings and remaining occupants had been consumed. The fires would have climbed all the way up, and the falling flaming debris would have gone through each floor all the way down to the bottom.
21 posted on
10/22/2004 5:07:51 AM PDT by
HighWheeler
("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato)
To: snopercod
I had assumed the South Tower collapsed faster primarily because it was hit lower - there was more weight on the weakening structure than on the North Tower.
23 posted on
10/22/2004 5:10:55 AM PDT by
Toskrin
(War least of all goes according to plan.)
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