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To: jazusamo

The whole “no steel structure building ever collapsed by fire” line just shows how stupid they were. I can’t remember who it was, but we have one FReeper who was a fire investigator and posted links to dozens upon dozens of similar structured buildings collapsing in a fire, including one church where you can see the metal rafters twisted and warped by the heat of the fire- a regular structure fire mind you, nothing as dramatic as the jet fuel fire at the twin towers.


2 posted on 06/19/2010 10:41:02 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring
There was also an article in Popular Mechanics back in 2007 that disputed many of the 9/11 Truthers claims, including the structural component...
4 posted on 06/19/2010 10:47:04 AM PDT by bcsco (First there was Slick Willie. Now there's "Oil Slick" Barry...)
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To: mnehring

Yes, the stupidity of the truthers was laughable. Anyone who knows anything about the fire service, structural integrity or properties of steel knew right away what took place. I’ve seen very large steel roof beams twisted like pretzels after a major fire, retired from fire service.


5 posted on 06/19/2010 10:47:12 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: mnehring
where you can see the metal rafters twisted and warped by the heat of the fire- a regular structure fire mind you,

The heat does not twist or warp the steel. It's the stress from gravity on the weight of the structure and what it carries that does that. The heat simply reduces the stress the steel can carry.

18 posted on 06/19/2010 11:16:48 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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