Eye of
Unk wrote:
I wonder what would happen if it was found to be cutting torch marks at the critical stress points,
anybody can buy a portable cutting torch.
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While it’s true that anyone can rent a torch, cutting steel isn’t a low profile operation, and you don’t just whisk through three quarter or inch thick plates like a knife through butter either.
It takes a good while to get a puddle of molten steel going, and then mishandling of the jet or residual water in adjacent concrete can blow that puddle in all directions like a Fourth of July sparkling fountain.
Except once, when I was headfirst down a Sonitube light standard concrete form cutting rebar, I don’t think I’ve ever cut steel that the whole jobsite didn’t know about. It’s not something you’re likely to get away with on the sly.
How about if somebody used thermite? (nice video here )
What if you were dressed to look as if you belonged to a construction/pot hole repair crew, and because of that, no one gave you a second thought?
I know TPTB *KNOW* terrorism wasn’t ‘involved’ in this (”Rigggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhttt!”/Dr. Evil off), but my tinfoil hat is still firmly in place. Too many ‘coincidences’ for my liking. :-(
May God watch over those involved in the recovery effort and keep them safe, and may God give comfort to those who lost loved ones or were injured in this. :*(