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To: TexasCowboy

Wow, pretty spectacular, and frightening.


6 posted on 01/10/2005 3:51:51 PM PST by ladyinred (Monthly donors don't have to think.)
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To: ladyinred
These derricks look very strong, and they are in some respects. They can stand over a million pound load.

When fire hits them, though, they crater in a hurry.

I'll bet the time sequence we're looking at here is less than ten minutes.

20 posted on 01/10/2005 5:45:36 PM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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