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To: Alberta's Child
--Hey, guess what . . . believe it or not, that's exactly how tall buildings collapse -- controlled demolition or not.

In the report he shows the upper portion twisting and beginning to fall. What happened to that angular momentum?

36 posted on 02/01/2006 8:59:57 PM PST by Anthem (One can not lie their way to the truth.)
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To: Anthem

Angular momentum isn't enough to make a building that size fall sideways. In order for a building to collapse any way but on itself, there must be sufficient lateral force to move the building's center of gravity far enough horizontally that it is outside the "footprint" of the building. I can't think of anything other than perhaps a 1,200-foot tidal wave that would be capable of exerting that kind of force on a structure that weighs about 500,000 tons.


76 posted on 02/01/2006 9:14:24 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
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