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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:44 AM Original message |
UL questions the "steel softened" theories re. WTC collapsing |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Explosives took down the WTC. There is no doubt of that among intelligent |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Its amazing |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Not melt |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. But the guy from UL says it should not have even softened. |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Try it in your garage.. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Regardless of what I do in my garage with a blow torch, |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
95. and yet |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Do you have any concept of the type and placement of explosives |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, I have a concept of what would be required |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Got one |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Then answer me one question friend |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. To complex for explosive demo |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Nice try, but still not on the money |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I believe they were all taken to |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. For a person who claims to "know my way around explosives and metal." |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Sorry |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Now you are wandering waaay off course friend |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Temperature |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. And yet you are ignoring some basic facts that I pointed out earlier |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I don't have a theory |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. And again I ask you, how do these and other documented discrepancies |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. The burden |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. LOL friend, you can't answer, you can't explain away the discrepencies |
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Fusions_Minion (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. They never do |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Statistically Equivalent? |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The plane or its mass |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No Problem |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. 100K pounds heavier, LOL friend, stop pulling figures out of thin air |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I checked boeing's |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Then stop calling me out on false issues |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Wrong poster |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Before and after the 93 attacks... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Might account for the structural weakness of one tower, |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Whats with the friend? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Actually there is a video study that has been done |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Beg to differ friend |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. Good Lord |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Simple experiment for you friend |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Bad example |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. But not the solid core, which is what they're trying to sell us on |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
96. That's not correct |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
98. From A to B in 10 seconds |
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SomthingsGotaGive (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
64. 3 times in one day. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
97. So did the OKC building collapse straight down. |
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Quill Pen (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. Indeed, perhaps I am oversimplifying things, but... |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. not to oversimplify things |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
99. No, because they are NOT rigid. N/T |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. That's not the case from what I have read. |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-14-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
103. .. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. So You Have Visual Evidence of the Overpressure Wave? |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
87. Me? |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hot Damn! |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. 2000F degrees? |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Does glass begin to soften before it turns into a liquid?(nt) |
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RaulGroom (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Actually, glass is a highly viscous liquid |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. well it's about damn time . . . |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Ok, so the steel din't fail... |
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ever_green (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The sandwich theory is not plausible |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Do yo know anything about explosives? |
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JackieO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. oh *snap* |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. the 'iron' could withstand the heat- but, the gov's case can not! |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. kick n/t |
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oldlady (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. keep in mind WHO ran the WTC |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The Bush Crime Family strikes again. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. What this man also fails to point out |
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donhakman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. All three WWT buildings fell in the same manner. What are the odds? |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. check out this video |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. sorry |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I see the jets of smoke in the video |
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Chelsea Patriot (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. I saw the Towers come down. |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Explosives |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. latency, wrong signal |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Like I said |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
83. reply: |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Disagree |
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Dancing_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. You are very observant, Chelsea! |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Crackish |
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Dancing_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Nice to hear you have such faith in the Bush Regime! |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. No |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
94. You're not the only one CP. |
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short bus driver (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. All aboard! |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've never heard an engineer argue that the steel melted. |
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Dancing_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. The problem is that "steel giving" way doesn't cause |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Well, there is this interesting force called "gavity?" "gravty?" |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. The day of reckoning has come. |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. sorry, I don't understand all that engimineering hoohah |
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TO Kid (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Not only that |
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Dancing_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That still doesn't cause the mushroom cloud |
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Dancing_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. Great to hear it!!! |
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Chelsea Patriot (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
68. No One Answers My Questions, Dancing Dave! Wonder Why? |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Loaded Questions |
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RBHam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Marvin Bush was in charge of the WTC's security... |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Then what was John O'Neil doing? |
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Chelsea Patriot (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-13-04 01:24 AM Response to Reply #71 |
102. Why will no one answer my questions? |
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Quill Pen (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Saw post-9/11 cleanup efforts in Battery Park City, Feb '02 |
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RBHam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. Truth Will Out... |
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RBHam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Some of YOU know better... |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
84. As an architect I believe the steel softened and failed |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Yep. Buckling would cause collapse, IMHO. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. a structural engineer confirmed the slenderness ratio factor to me |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Yep. It's been years since I looked at that stuff, but... |
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PBX9501 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Voice of reason, thanks (nt) |
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Fusions_Minion (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-13-04 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
101. Kickin |
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