Posted on 02/01/2006 8:42:15 PM PST by Anthem
Now, now, even though the 9-11 conspirators just eliminated the art of blacksmithing, don't let that get in the way of the truth getting out!
This dude really needs to find a life
Occam's razor slit his throat.
Yeah...lol.
This is such crap as to be laughable.
Hey, guess what . . . believe it or not, that's exactly how tall buildings collapse -- controlled demolition or not.
"But there cannot be genuine resolution as long as such critical information remains concealed."
We saw the 'critical' information. Case solved.
It's called pancaking.
There are a couple of legitimate questions here. For example, I've long suspected that the design of the buildings was one of the contributing factors in their collapse. The external lattice frame that was used in their construction was an innovative design element back then, and I suspect the buildings would have stood a much better chance of surviving the impact and fire if they were constructed with a standard internal column/beam frame.
Not at all difficult to fly into a specified altitude. The computers can land the planes these days. We don't know what survived the collapse becuase it was hauled away under tight security.
There's no investigation since the root cause of 9/11 is because of Clinton's inaction against terrorism suring his administration.
All this other planned demolishing nonesense is just that.
No way are you getting this from your article. Find out the facts from a structural engineer first and come back, with some real facts. Let the experts tell you what happened and what couldn't possibly have happened. Why can't you believe people who actually put buildings up and bring them down for a living instead of conspiracy theorists?
Check the poster's signup date before you start that crap.
How did the Twin Towers fall?
1. Impact from the Terrorist Planes
When Boeing jets piloted by terrorists struck the Twin Towers, some 10,000 gallons (38 kiloliters) of jet fuel fed an enormous fireball. But, the impact of the planes and the burst of flames did not make the Towers collapse right away. Like most buildings, the Twin Towers had redundant design. The term redundant design means that when one system fails, another carries the load. Each of the Twin Towers had 244 columns around a central core that housed the elevators, stairwells, mechanical systems, and utilities. When some columns were damaged, others could still support the building.
2. Heat from the Fires
The sprinkler system was damaged by the impact of the planes. But even if the sprinklers had been working, they could not have maintained enough pressure to stop the fire. Fed by the remaining jet fuel, the heat became intense. Most fires don't get hotter than 900 to 1,100 degrees F. The World Trade Center fire may have reached 1,300 or 1,400 degrees F. Structural steel does not easily melt, but it will lose about half its strength at 1,200 degrees F. The steel structure of the Twin Towers was weakened by the extreme heat. The steel also became distorted because the heat was not a uniform temperature.
3. Collapsing Floors
Most fires start in one area and then spread. The fire from the terrorist planes covered the area of an entire floor almost instantly. As the weakened floors began to collapse, they crashed into the floors below. With the weight of the plunging floors accelerating, the exterior walls buckled.
Why did the collapsed towers look so flat?
Before the terrorist attack, the Twin Towers were 110 stories tall. Constructed of lightweight steel around a central core, they were about 95% air. After they collapsed, the hollow core was gone. The remaining rubble was only a few stories high.
No, in fact at 1300o it loses 80% of its strength. Jones dealt with that. Read the report.
The terrorists didn't take lessons in landing the planes. They didn't know how to use the comptuters in the planes to land them. Those are proven facts. We don't know what survived the collapse becuase it was hauled away under tight security.
And a thousand news cameras.
In the report he shows the upper portion twisting and beginning to fall. What happened to that angular momentum?
Why did the collapsed towers look so flat?
Before the terrorist attack, the Twin Towers were 110 stories tall. Constructed of lightweight steel around a central core, they were about 95% air. After they collapsed, the hollow core was gone. The remaining rubble was only a few stories high.
Back in the day, Michael Rivero was a regular poster on FreeRepublic.
When he turned into a jew hating kook, he was banned. He's still out there if you want to find out what really happened.
Your really into this aren't you? Until Jones gets a degree in structural engineering and about 10 years of pratical work under his belt, my cursory read will have to do.
Well I'm going to bed.
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