by newtonnjd
Let me ask you this - why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes? <br>Reply by Scotts...
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | by newtonnjd
Let me ask you this - why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes? <br>Reply by Scotts...
I have already answered this twice.See Mar 2 2006 or Apr 5th posts
<br>Scott-Shill - you are a BSer. You have NOT answered the question at all. You have circumvented any attempt to answer by simply cut/pasting periphery issues from the 'official story' which does NOT address the question.
Please try again to state your 'belief' as to...
"why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes?" Pool, sag foor giving way bit by bit. Some aluminum was seen earlier nerby (Silver color) at 9:27 coming out. Poor sad fool... giving way... bit by bit.???
| QUOTE | Some aluminum was seen earlier nerby (Silver color) at 9:27 coming out. <br>nerby?
Man... and I've had a few of them hi-test BC brewskies. What are you on?
No aluminum was "seen coming out at 9:27"... bullshipper.
Sleep it off, and do some research in the morning.
Manyana (IF... I find some time to waste with you.)
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 08:27 AM
QUOTE (Foxx+Apr 8 2006, 08:22 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:08 AM) QUOTE (Foxx+Apr 8 2006, 08:00 AM) | QUOTE | by newtonnjd
Let me ask you this - why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes? <br>Reply by Scotts...
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | by newtonnjd
Let me ask you this - why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes? <br>Reply by Scotts...
I have already answered this twice.See Mar 2 2006 or Apr 5th posts
<br>Scott-Shill - you are a BSer. You have NOT answered the question at all. You have circumvented any attempt to answer by simply cut/pasting periphery issues from the 'official story' which does NOT address the question.
Please try again to state your 'belief' as to...
"why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes?" Pool, sag foor giving way bit by bit. Some aluminum was seen earlier nerby (Silver color) at 9:27 coming out. <i>Poor sad fool... giving way... bit by bit.???
| QUOTE | Some aluminum was seen earlier nerby (Silver color) at 9:27 coming out. <br>nerby?
Man... and I've had a few of them hi-test BC brewskies. What are you on?
No aluminum was "seen coming out at 9:27"... bullshipper.
Sleep it off, and do some research in the morning.
Manyana (IF... I find some time to waste with you.) See figure 9-32 please 9:27:04 78th floor from the NIST report. CBS Broadcasting Inc.
Closer inspection of Figure 9-32 shows what appears to be a shiny silver string (indicated by red arrow) passing from the top to the bottom of one of the windows, 78-238, on the 78th floor. In this video from which this image was taken, the material actually appeared to be liquid pouring intermittenly from the top of the window and splashing at the window base. The liquid looked as if it was glowing. It was only observed for six seconds that this video recorded of the area. In section 9.5, a flow of similar material from windows 80-255 and 80-256 on the 80th floor of the north face will be described. It will be later hypothesized that the material was most likely aluminum from the aircraft that had meltedand was pouring down through an opening from the floor above. This is also a plausible explaination for the current observation. If correct it suggest that the pire of debris located on the 79th floor above this window may have contained aluminum from the aircraft. Recall that a pire of debris in this area on the 79th floor was present immediately following the aircraft impact. An intense fire had been buring on the debris since the impact that would have provided the heat necessary to melt the aluminum.
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 08:34 AM
QUOTE (astaire+Apr 7 2006, 05:18 PM) QUOTE (Rove's shill+Apr 7 2006, 10:37 AM) | QUOTE | No, I don't "believe" Steve Jones. I haven't finished reading his report. I too was turned off when I discovered his motivations were recruiting people to his religion. Even so, if any of his math is valid I won't reject it. Right now I am concentrating on Greenings report. <br>Hey Astaire, how did you discover Jones is recruiting for the Mormans, do you have a link? Just curious. Might be interesting. Hi Rove's shill,
I'm having trouble finding where I got the video from since I just downloaded the whole thing. This is the title of it, it is 256 Megabytes.
Title: Professor.Steven.E.Jones.BYU.24.January.2006.LatterdayConservative.com.and.911TruthSeekers.org.avi
Here is a link to the utah video that is on the official web site ST911.org
http://www.911podcasts.com/files/video/Ste...Seekers.org.wmv
I don't really know if its the same lecture. It doesn't look like the same video. The mormon stuff came at the end approximately 1 hour into the 1.5 hour video.
I switched it off when I got to that part.
I still have the video on my machine if no one is able to locate this section.
-Astaire Hey Astair, I listened to the podcast. I think the lecture was open for Q n A the last half hour. The lecture was given at UVCC, Utah Valley Community College in Orem, Utah. I'm not sure if it is fair to call that segment 'rectuiting'. Orem, Utah is basically a suberb of Provo, Utah, home to BYU. This is ground zero for the LDS religion. If he were recruiting, he wouldn't be in a place that is already 80-90% Mormon. I'm inclined to believe the Dr.s motives are sincere, given the fact the religion and state are staunchly Republican (70%+ consistantly). For him to step out of line like this, is shocking for the whole region. I think Clinton finished third behind Bush Sr and Perot in the 92 Pres. Election. I hope you will debunk his hypothesis and not who he prays to.
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 08:40 AM
| QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go?
Foxx - thanks for the pic of the Bankers Trust. I had seen it before, and it seems to show that you can have a gash covering quite a few floors without it penetrating deep into the building.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 08:47 AM
QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 08:40 AM) | QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go? Its in your post, "The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit."
hereward
8th April 2006 - 08:49 AM
QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 02:40 AM) QUOTE (hereward+Apr 8 2006, 12:36 AM) QUOTE (Guest_ScottS+Apr 7 2006, 02:30 PM) QUOTE (hereward+Apr 7 2006, 12:30 PM) QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 7 2006, 11:51 AM) QUOTE (hereward+Apr 7 2006, 11:17 AM) Hello, I just had another read of this article: http://www.911myths.com/html/fire_engineering.htmlWords fail me in expressing the disgust that this article induces. Now I know I sound like one of those "National Review" journalists - but the above article angers me with its outrageous misuse of logic and false constructs. It is clever - I grant you. Written by a pro - someone with training in dialectics etc - and written with the deliberate intention of deceiving you. There is no way the person who wrote that believes what he is saying. He is merely using the forms of argument and the forms of language to frame lies. There is indeed no basis to the argument being put forward. The writer has employed the form of a reasoned argument, but his propositions are contradicted by his own evidence! This is a tactic used by OCT'ers on this very forum: it's a kind of Orwellian 1+1=3 argument that is shoved in your face with the presumed intention of disabling your brain. Anyway - I can't be bothered going through a detailed debunking of the article. Put simply - the article Burning Questions...Need Answers by Bill Manning is deliberately mis-represented, even as he accuses Jones of misrepresenting it. His attributions of Jones' position are wrong and his interpretation of Manning's argument is total bullshit. Just read it with an alert mind and you'll see how ridiculous it is. But you have to be alert - many people with a sluggish intellect might read it and be swayed. These are exactly the people who are being targeted by it. These are people who watch TV every day - whose minds are weak - who are susceptible to various forms of brainwashing - in this case the distortion of meaning through misuse of language. The article is a masterpiece of its genre, agreed. Written by a pro. With the intention of paralysing your brain. It's a kind of linguistic neurotoxin. Does anyone NOT grasp what I'm saying here? (: hereward Just saying it's deceptive isn't very convincing. Is asking for evidence too much to ask? Cite some examples of where the author was being misleading. The whole artilce is misleading - read it for yourself. Read the Fire Engineering article in its entirety - I gave the link. Bill Manning is not putting forward a theory of controlled demolition. Anyone can see that. And anyone can see that he is doing his best to tow the line. And anyone can see that he is outraged at the lies, half truths, half baked reasoning, breaches of procedure in the way the whole WTC affair is dealt with by various government agencies. This is what Dr. Jones is highlighting in saying "I agree with this urgent yet reasoned assessment of expert fire-protection engineers, as boldly editorialized in the journal Fire Engineering"He quotes from Manning: "Clearly, there are burning questions that need answers. Based on the incident's magnitude alone, a full-throttle, fully resourced, forensic investigation is imperative. More important, from a moral standpoint, [are considerations] for the safety of present and future generations"And he goes on to state: "This editorial does not mention the controlled-demolition hypothesis, but rightfully objects to the rapid destruction of the structural steel which would provide crucial evidence from the crime scene. We agree that such destruction of evidence is wrong, and that a thorough investigation is imperative."Jones is making an argument , and he cites Manning in support of the argument. He doesn't cite Manning as a "conspiracy theorist" because Manning is not a "conspiracy theorist" - he is a professional who is angry with his government. The 911myths psyop writer is using a false argument - stating that Jones is not "entitled" to cite Manning simply because Manning is not a full blown controlled demolition conspiracy freak. What a load of shiiiite. The 911myths pysops writer exaggerates minor points which have no real value in terms of his argument, such as: | QUOTE | Problem #1: Jones version replaces the original word "theory" to read "result". Does that seem reasonable to you? And is that behaviour excused by enclosing his new word in square brackets?
Problem #2: He's left in Mannings question about what's enough to "bring down the towers", but left out what he's saying (even if not supporting) as one possible answer: questionable fireproofing and lightweight trusses. Do you think that leaves the reader with a true picture of Mannings views?
<br>These "problems" are deliberate red herrings. They do not address the central thesis. They are just filler text snippets designed to paralyse your brain.
here's a couple more:
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | Problem #1: Jones version replaces the original word "theory" to read "result". Does that seem reasonable to you? And is that behaviour excused by enclosing his new word in square brackets?
Problem #2: He's left in Mannings question about what's enough to "bring down the towers", but left out what he's saying (even if not supporting) as one possible answer: questionable fireproofing and lightweight trusses. Do you think that leaves the reader with a true picture of Mannings views?
<br>These "problems" are deliberate red herrings. They do not address the central thesis. They are just filler text snippets designed to paralyse your brain.
here's a couple more:
Problem #3: This quote appeared earlier in the original article, and actually relates to the fire safety issues that Jones ignores. By re-ordering it, then leaving out Mannings earlier line about the truss theory, he changes the emphasis completely. Please, go read this for yourself at the above link, then decide if you believe Jones account is fair and accurate.
Problem #4: Jones version of Mannings editorial omits the words that might tell the reader that the investigation was actually run by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Can you think of a good reason why only those words , which might suggest a degree of independence to the investigation, have been left out? Is it sufficient to include an ellipsis in their place?
<br>And he keeps saying "does this seem reasonable to you?" again another bullshit tactic designed to mess with your head.
So, what DON'T you understand about this? That was all information later added. After 911myths wrote the article. His flaws had been exposed, so he had to change his format. This was covered pages ago. Ask Hard E. about this. <b>ScottS - you are a deceitful little prick.
I have never seen any topic "covered" on this forum - just endless reams of bullshit.
Your comment is a typical disinformation ploy - "we covered that topic already - so shut up!"
Here is the original version of Jones article (Draft 0):
| QUOTE | 8. I totally agree with the urgent yet reasoned assessment of expert fire-protection engineers, as boldly editorialized in the journal Fire Engineering: Respected members of the fire protection engineering community are beginning to raise red flags, and a resonating [result] has emerged: The structural damage from the planes and the explosive ignition of jet fuel in themselves were not enough to bring down the towers.
Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA… is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure. Except for the marginal benefit obtained from a three-day, visual walk-through of evidence sites conducted by ASCE investigation committee members- described by one close source as a "tourist trip"-no one's checking the evidence for anything.
Some citizens are taking to the streets to protest the investigation sellout. Sally Regenhard, for one, wants to know why and how the building fell as it did upon her unfortunate son Christian, an FDNY probationary firefighter. And so do we.
Clearly, there are burning questions that need answers. Based on the incident's magnitude alone, a full-throttle, fully resourced, forensic investigation is imperative. More important, from a moral standpoint, [are considerations] for the… present and future generations… (Manning, 2002; emphasis added).
<br>--------------------------------------------------- Here is the most recent version: ---------------------------------------------------
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | 8. I totally agree with the urgent yet reasoned assessment of expert fire-protection engineers, as boldly editorialized in the journal Fire Engineering: Respected members of the fire protection engineering community are beginning to raise red flags, and a resonating [result] has emerged: The structural damage from the planes and the explosive ignition of jet fuel in themselves were not enough to bring down the towers.
Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA… is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure. Except for the marginal benefit obtained from a three-day, visual walk-through of evidence sites conducted by ASCE investigation committee members- described by one close source as a "tourist trip"-no one's checking the evidence for anything.
Some citizens are taking to the streets to protest the investigation sellout. Sally Regenhard, for one, wants to know why and how the building fell as it did upon her unfortunate son Christian, an FDNY probationary firefighter. And so do we.
Clearly, there are burning questions that need answers. Based on the incident's magnitude alone, a full-throttle, fully resourced, forensic investigation is imperative. More important, from a moral standpoint, [are considerations] for the… present and future generations… (Manning, 2002; emphasis added).
<br>--------------------------------------------------- Here is the most recent version: ---------------------------------------------------
I agree with this urgent yet reasoned assessment of expert fire-protection engineers, as boldly editorialized in the journal Fire Engineering:
Respected members of the fire protection engineering community are beginning to raise red flags, and a resonating theory has emerged:
The structural damage from the planes and the explosive ignition of jet fuel in themselves were not enough to bring down the towers....
Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure. Except for the marginal benefit obtained from a three-day, visual walk-through of evidence sites conducted by ASCE investigation committee members- described by one close source as a "tourist trip"-no one's checking the evidence for anything.
Some citizens are taking to the streets to protest the investigation sellout. Sally Regenhard, for one, wants to know why and how the building fell as it did upon her unfortunate son Christian, an FDNY probationary firefighter. And so do we.
Clearly, there are burning questions that need answers. Based on the incident's magnitude alone, a full-throttle, fully resourced, forensic investigation is imperative. More important, from a moral standpoint, [are considerations] for the safety of present and future generations… (Manning, 2002; emphasis added).
This editorial does not mention the controlled-demolition hypothesis, but rightfully objects to the rapid destruction of the structural steel which would provide crucial evidence from the crime scene. We agree that such destruction of evidence is wrong, and that a thorough investigation is imperative. For more than three months, structural steel from the World Trade Center has been and continues to be cut up and sold for scrap. Crucial evidence that could answer many questions about high-rise building design practices and performance under fire conditions is on the slow boat to China, perhaps never to be seen again in America until you buy your next car.
Such destruction of evidence shows the astounding ignorance of government officials to the value of a thorough, scientific investigation of the largest fire-induced collapse in world history. I have combed through our national standard for fire investigation, NFPA 921, but nowhere in it does one find an exemption allowing the destruction of evidence for buildings over 10 stories tall. (Manning, 2002; emphasis added).
In an editorial in Fire Engineering, September, 2004, Bill Manning criticizes the 9/11 Commission report and renews his call for a new investigation, the major goal of this paper also:
The recommendations contained within Chapter 9 of the 9/11 Commission Report, the chapter dealing with emergency response, are disappointingly sparse in details. Surely, the largest and most tragic emergency response in history demands a more intensive, more critical investigative effort, especially since the 9/11 Commission touts its effort as the "definitive account" of the incident. More importantly, the response community, the public, and the fallen heroes and their families deserve the naked truth, whatever that may be.
To obscure the truth for political motivation is contemptible in itself. To use our fallen brothers to accomplish that political sleight-of-hand is nothing short of monstrous.
The 9/11 Commission's treatment of the emergency response component is a disgrace. The fire service and the public must demand that a new investigative body be assembled to launch a full, complete, and politically impartial investigation into the emergency response issues leading up to and including the 9/11 disaster. Or don't we have the stomach for it? To do anything less would be a disservice to the 343 brothers and all the other good people who perished that day, a disservice to our nation, and a disservice to ourselves. (Manning, 2004)
<br> The second version gives more information and clarification - it does not correct a "flaw" - that is your deceitful interpretation. The first version is totally fine by me - no flaws there at all.
The fact that Dr. Jones was willing to clarify is a sign of good faith, something you possibly know nothing about. It was unnessary however, as we already knew that Bill Manning was not a conspiracy theorist - I "covered" that in my previous post ... did you read it?
Hereward. It’s amazing, some CT’s are so detached from reality (at least as 9/11 is concerned) some times they give evidence that undermines their case without meaning to. I also remembered reading a version of Jones’ paper without the disclaimer but had no evidence other than my own recollection. The original version clearly gives the misleading impression that Manning did not believe the “collapse theory”. The reader might even suppose that he suspected explosives were used. It’s hard for me to believe this was not intentional. The disclaimer is not merely additional “information and clarification” but rather a half-way step to correcting a deceptively written section of the paper. I said half-way step because he still doesn’t mention that Manning referred to the collapse as “fire induced” but only says that “the editorial does not mention the controlled-demolition hypothesis” so the reader could still be left with the impression that is what the author suspected. As such I’m not sure if the changes were “good faith” as much as he was caught being misleading and partially corrected that.
Another problem is that Manning is a journalist not a fire engineer so saying the editorial is the “urgent yet reasoned assessment of expert fire-protection engineers” would already have been inaccurate if were written in the singular.
One point that none of the CDT’s have addressed is Jones’ misattributing to Leslie Robinson a statement about molten steel which I think is still included in the paper. Is this simply another “mistake”? Maybe those of you who are in contact with him should tell him to remove it. Thanks, Len from Brazil for your thoughtful bullshit.
Here's some things for you to think about:
1) Bill Manning is described as "Fire Engineering's editor in chief" - so I would assume he is not just some hack journalist.
2) You said: "The original version clearly gives the misleading impression that Manning did not believe the “collapse theory”. The reader might even suppose that he suspected explosives were used. "
My response to point 2): you are a prick.
Normally I would not use such language on a forum, but it is clear that you are posting here under false pretences. So I will not mince my words. I have read the entire article by Manning, and it's blindingly clear that he does not believe the official story.
Read this, knuckle head:
QUOTE FROM BILL MANNING'S ARTICLE:
| QUOTE | "However, respected members of the fire protection engineering community are beginning to raise red flags, and a resonating theory has emerged: The structural damage from the planes and the explosive ignition of jet fuel in themselves were not enough to bring down the towers. Rather, theory has it, the subsequent contents fires attacking the questionably fireproofed lightweight trusses and load-bearing columns directly caused the collapses in an alarmingly short time. Of course, in light of there being no real evidence thus far produced, this could remain just unexplored theory. " <br>I have emphasised the last sentence to make it easier for you to grasp the fact that this guy is skeptical of the official story, just like Dr. Jones and me.
3) You said:
"The disclaimer is not merely additional “information and clarification” but rather a half-way step to correcting a deceptively written section of the paper. I said half-way step because he still doesn’t mention that Manning referred to the collapse as “fire induced” but only says that “the editorial does not mention the controlled-demolition hypothesis” so the reader could still be left with the impression that is what the author suspected. As such I’m not sure if the changes were “good faith” as much as he was caught being misleading and partially corrected that."
As I said before there is nothing deceptive about the original article. It is you who are being deceptive. The original version was just fine. Got that?
In rebuttal of your outrageous lie that Manning accepts unconditionally the theory that the collapse was “fire induced” - I repeat again the same quote I hilighted above:
"Of course, in light of there being no real evidence thus far produced, this could remain just unexplored theory. "
OK, I've wasted enough of my valuable time today on the sisyphean task of re-stating the bloody obvious.
adieu Hereward
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 09:00 AM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:47 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 08:40 AM) | QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go? Its in your post, "The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit." Impediment from debris etc. They say the floor sagged until the pool found an opening from which to escape. What stopped all of it flowing out in one go as soon as that happened?
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 09:02 AM
QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 09:00 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:47 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 08:40 AM) | QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go? Its in your post, "The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit." Impediment from debris etc. They say the floor sagged until the pool found an opening from which to escape. What stopped all of it flowing out in one go as soon as that happened? It was giving way bit by bit. I don't understand the problem here. sag... deeper.....sag deeper... bit.... flow bit... flow
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 09:22 AM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:02 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 09:00 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:47 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 08:40 AM) | QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go? Its in your post, "The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit." Impediment from debris etc. They say the floor sagged until the pool found an opening from which to escape. What stopped all of it flowing out in one go as soon as that happened? It was giving way bit by bit. I don't understand the problem here. sag... deeper.....sag deeper... bit.... flow bit... flow Yes, clearly you don't get it. I think only a visual depiction is going to help..

What is to stop it all flowing out as soon as the opening is reached by the sagging floor?
metamars
8th April 2006 - 02:01 PM
QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 8 2006, 12:16 AM) Yellow hot steel found at the bottom of elevator shafts (see Byles, "Rubble") --- Assuming steel is approximately a blackbody radiator, these segments were at about, and I do mean about, 3000K. Assuming the heat capacity of the steel is about 0.5 J/gK (Iron is 0.444 J/gK) and room temperature is about 300K, the temperature of these segments was raised about 2000K, for ease of calculation. Then per tonne (t, metric ton), approximately 1 gigaJoule (1 gJ) is required. The estimated potential energy (PE) of each of WTC 1 & 2 is about 1,000,000,000 gJ. So a mere one-billionth of the available PE suffices for each tonne of yellow hot metal. This seems to me to be easily available, yes? The fact that it stayed hot for 6 weeks is in complete agreement with geologic observations: At the Craters of the Moon National Monument (maybe Park by now), one can traverse a segment of a lava tube where the molten rock, protected by the basalt above, ran through the tube to...elsewhere. Columnar basalt forms when the melt cools very slowly. I know of nearby locations where nearly surficial melt cooled sufficiently slowly to form columnar basalt. In a spectacular display about 100 km from here, the hexagonal columns are about 1.2 m across, indicated extremely slow cooling. In summary, basalt is a good insulator. So is crushed concrete, provided there is no ventilation. I must agree with Common Sense that there is simply no point in attempting to determine exactly how 1 gJ/t of heat energy came to be concentrated in each of the yellow hot steel segments pulled from the ruins. For me, that such a small fraction of the total available energy is required suffices, given that there remain much more pressing questions... About molten aluminum --- Let me remind you that I earlier posted regarding molten aluminum and concrete. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary, I will continue to assert that molten aluminum does not explode upon contact with concrete. Go back and read my post, or else do your own web trawling using, for example, 'molten aluminum concrete' as search terms.  I think your considerations are too limited. Your argument is basically a plausibility argument, wherein even though there's a fantastic differential in temperature, in the scenario you present, the energy differential association with an inhomogenous system is easily enough to be a source of the energy for that temperature differential However, FirstlyWhat percentage of PE is "available" to be turned into heat? If you drop steel, concrete, or even your mother in law off of a building 1000 feet in the air, won't most of the PE be converted into mechanical work - bending steel, breaking concrete, compacting the earth, etc? (I was only kidding about the mother-in-law, so I'm not going to elaborate how PE would be converted, in her case, which is gruesome to think about). Of course some will turn into heat, but how much? My guess is that if you took concrete at room temperature and dropped it from 500 feet, then measured it's temperature, it would be very close to the temperature after dropping from 1000 feet (where it would have double the PE) . In other words, it would still be close to room temperature. Hailstones fall from a lot higher than 1000 feet, yet they don't seem to heat up at all when they impact the ground... Just guessing, but I would think the maximum PE which would be converted to heat is maybe 3%. SecondlyYou are ignoring the mass of non-steel. Schneibster gave a weight of the WTC building as 4.5 x 10^8 kg, which is considerably more than his figure for the steel frame, which was 3.96 x 10^7. (However, his estimates for the "office contents"included a lot of steel. You'll have to search the thread for a more complete breakdown.) ThirdlyYour "one billionth" figure only involves one ton of steel. While your general assumption of inhomogeneous heat distribution has to be correct, I see no compelling argument to believe in "concentrations" of heat which are thousands of degrees greater than their non-"super hotspot" debris regions. The collapses exhibited a good amount of symmetry, and appeared to occur floor by floor (the enveloping dust cloud obscures things after a while) . The parsimonious expectation (well, my parsimonious expectation) is that heat didn't vary much, across a given "layer", since the collapse didn't vary much across a given layer. So, we are left to ponder variations in the z-axis. And here, I confess to not having any particulary interesting intuition (much less refences or calculations), except to say that I still don't think the temperature would vary all that much, not only on average, but even in regions of peak inhomgeneity. I would guess that a reasonable yardstick of ihomogeneity (in the z direction) is 3%. But that gives a mass 5-6 orders of magnitude more than you take as a baseline. FourthlyIn terms of mechanism, you don't offer any plausible suggestions as to what could create these huge differential in heat distribution. That, in and of itself, doesn't mean there can't be one, but if you are trying to convince skeptics of your argument (such as myself), one would have hoped that you would research avalanches, e.g., and produced one example, in the history of mankind wherein a 3000 degree "hotspot" was created. Then, you could make a statement like "while I don't know a mechanism and/or can't calculate the frictional forces (etc.) involved, we can see other examples, with similarly massive PE conversions, that led to super hotspots"
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 03:02 PM
QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 09:22 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:02 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 09:00 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:47 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 08:40 AM) | QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go? Its in your post, "The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit." Impediment from debris etc. They say the floor sagged until the pool found an opening from which to escape. What stopped all of it flowing out in one go as soon as that happened? It was giving way bit by bit. I don't understand the problem here. sag... deeper.....sag deeper... bit.... flow bit... flow Yes, clearly you don't get it. I think only a visual depiction is going to help..

What is to stop it all flowing out as soon as the opening is reached by the sagging floor? Why are you drawing a straight line like that on sagging floors? Also as I mentioned before there can be other factors that can impeade the flow,... like other debris in the way.
Also as shown there was aluminum seen at 9:27.
lenbrazil
8th April 2006 - 03:33 PM
QUOTE (hereward+Apr 8 2006, 08:49 AM) Thanks, Len from Brazil for your thoughtful bullshit.
Here's some things for you to think about:
1) Bill Manning is described as "Fire Engineering's editor in chief" - so I would assume he is not just some hack journalist. <br>Why do you CTists constantly engage in strawman arguments? Where did I say or imply Manning was a “hack journalist”? My view of him is quite to the contrary he is editor-in-chief of one of the top fire engineering magazines in the US and has specialized in the field for many years. But he is a journalist well versed in fire engineering issues and NOT a fire engineer as Jones falsely claimed he was. | QUOTE | 2) You said: "The original version clearly gives the misleading impression that Manning did not believe the “collapse theory”. The reader might even suppose that he suspected explosives were used. "
My response to point 2): you are a prick.
Normally I would not use such language on a forum, but it is clear that you are posting here under false pretences. So I will not mince my words. I have read the entire article by Manning, and it's blindingly clear that he does not believe the official story. <br>BS – You can’t imagine anyone honestly disagreeing with you so doubt the integrity of anyone who does and you lash out at them, your posts over the last couple of days make that abundantly clear.
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | 2) You said: "The original version clearly gives the misleading impression that Manning did not believe the “collapse theory”. The reader might even suppose that he suspected explosives were used. "
My response to point 2): you are a prick.
Normally I would not use such language on a forum, but it is clear that you are posting here under false pretences. So I will not mince my words. I have read the entire article by Manning, and it's blindingly clear that he does not believe the official story. <br>BS – You can’t imagine anyone honestly disagreeing with you so doubt the integrity of anyone who does and you lash out at them, your posts over the last couple of days make that abundantly clear.
Read this, knuckle head:
QUOTE FROM BILL MANNING'S ARTICLE:
| QUOTE | "However, respected members of the fire protection engineering community are beginning to raise red flags, and a resonating theory has emerged: The structural damage from the planes and the explosive ignition of jet fuel in themselves were not enough to bring down the towers. Rather, theory has it, the subsequent contents fires attacking the questionably fireproofed lightweight trusses and load-bearing columns directly caused the collapses in an alarmingly short time. Of course, in light of there being no real evidence thus far produced, this could remain just unexplored theory. " <br>I have emphasised the last sentence to make it easier for you to grasp the fact that this guy is skeptical of the official story, just like Dr. Jones and me. <br>Clearly if you comb Manning’s editorial you can find a few lines which if taken out context and twisted fit your beliefs note that in the sentence you highlighted he said “ this could remain just unexplored theory”. It “could” “remain just unexplored theory” if not properly investigated. He was calling for a more thorough investigation.
If we look at other comments he made its clear he doesn’t suspect controlled demolition but rather he wanted a proper investigation to be carried out in order to protect people who work and live in high-rises and firemen when “disaster strikes”. His concern is fireproofing and building codes NOT CTs. As the author of the 911myths site pointed out this is made clear by his subsequent statements on the issue http://www.911myths.com/html/fire_engineering.html.
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | "However, respected members of the fire protection engineering community are beginning to raise red flags, and a resonating theory has emerged: The structural damage from the planes and the explosive ignition of jet fuel in themselves were not enough to bring down the towers. Rather, theory has it, the subsequent contents fires attacking the questionably fireproofed lightweight trusses and load-bearing columns directly caused the collapses in an alarmingly short time. Of course, in light of there being no real evidence thus far produced, this could remain just unexplored theory. " <br>I have emphasised the last sentence to make it easier for you to grasp the fact that this guy is skeptical of the official story, just like Dr. Jones and me. <br>Clearly if you comb Manning’s editorial you can find a few lines which if taken out context and twisted fit your beliefs note that in the sentence you highlighted he said “ this could remain just unexplored theory”. It “could” “remain just unexplored theory” if not properly investigated. He was calling for a more thorough investigation.
If we look at other comments he made its clear he doesn’t suspect controlled demolition but rather he wanted a proper investigation to be carried out in order to protect people who work and live in high-rises and firemen when “disaster strikes”. His concern is fireproofing and building codes NOT CTs. As the author of the 911myths site pointed out this is made clear by his subsequent statements on the issue http://www.911myths.com/html/fire_engineering.html.
Crucial evidence that could answer many questions about high-rise building design practices and performance under fire conditions is on the slow boat to China…
Such destruction of evidence shows the astounding ignorance of government officials to the value of a thorough, scientific investigation of the largest fire-induced collapse in world history…
I have called experts to ask if the towers were the only high-rise buildings in America of lightweight, center-core construction. No such luck. I made other calls asking if these were the only buildings in America with light-density, sprayed-on fireproofing. Again, no luck-they were two of thousands that fit the description.
Comprehensive disaster investigations mean increased safety. They mean positive change. NASA knows it. The NTSB knows it. Does FEMA know it?
[…]
Maybe we should live and work in planes. That way, if disaster strikes, we will at least be sure that a thorough investigation will help find ways to increase safety for our survivors. […]
The frequency of published and unpublished reports raising questions about the steel fireproofing and other fire protection elements in the buildings, as well as their design and construction, is on the rise. The builders and owners of the World Trade Center property, the Port Authority of New York-New Jersey, a governmental agency that operates in an accountability vacuum beyond the reach of local fire and building codes, has denied charges that the buildings' fire protection or construction components were substandard but has refused to cooperate with requests for documentation supporting its contentions.
[…]
Clearly, there are burning questions that need answers. Based on the incident's magnitude alone, a full-throttle, fully resourced, forensic investigation is imperative. More important, from a moral standpoint, for the safety of present and future generations who live and work in tall buildings-and for firefighters, always first in and last out-the lessons about the buildings' design and behavior in this extraordinary event must be learned and applied in the real world. <br>Why would he be concerned with “high-rise building design practices and performance under fire conditions”, “light-density, sprayed-on fireproofing”, “steel fireproofing and other fire protection elements in the buildings, as well as their design and construction” “charges that the buildings' fire protection or construction components were substandard” etc. if he thought explosives were used? He said “a full-throttle, fully resourced, forensic investigation is imperative… for the safety of present and future generations who live and work in tall buildings-and for firefighters” I doubt it would be economically viable (IF at all possible) to construct a building that would be immune to CD so that clearly isn’t what he was referring to.
| QUOTE | 3) You said:
"The disclaimer is not merely additional “information and clarification” but rather a half-way step to correcting a deceptively written section of the paper. I said half-way step because he still doesn’t mention that Manning referred to the collapse as “fire induced” but only says that “the editorial does not mention the controlled-demolition hypothesis” so the reader could still be left with the impression that is what the author suspected. As such I’m not sure if the changes were “good faith” as much as he was caught being misleading and partially corrected that."
As I said before there is nothing deceptive about the original article. It is you who are being deceptive. The original version was just fine. Got that?
In rebuttal of your outrageous lie that Manning accepts unconditionally the theory that the collapse was “fire induced” - I repeat again the same quote I hilighted above:
"Of course, in light of there being no real evidence thus far produced, this could remain just unexplored theory. " <br>I thoroughly debunked your contention that Jones’ citation of Manning was highly misleading as originally written and still misleading in its current version. Can you find anything besides that one phrase that supports you fantasy that it wasn’t?
I’m off to the beach again!! Jealous Newton?
brian
8th April 2006 - 04:02 PM
Only by applying the most twisted logic can anyone assert that Mannings statements do not indicate that a cover up of historic proportions was taking place.
The man accuses in the most pointed terms those in charge of criminal negect at best. The fact he does not claim CD is neither here nor there, at least to those not actively involved in aiding and abetting the self same cover up.
"Did they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire? Did they throw away the gas can used at the Happy Land social club fire?... That's what they're doing at the World Trade Center," the editorial says. "The destruction and removal of evidence must stop immediately."
"Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure."
When the obfuscation and twisted reasoning is removed from the scientific arena where many, including myself, are more easily bamboozled, it is all too apparent the lengths the OCTs are willing to go to deny what is sticking out like a sore thumb -
"It is already possible to know, beyond a reasonable doubt, one very important thing: the destruction of the World Trade Centre was an inside job, orchestrated by terrorists within our own government."
adoucette
8th April 2006 - 04:02 PM
QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 05:22 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:02 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 09:00 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:47 AM) QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 08:40 AM) | QUOTE | As I posted NIST stated: that it was allowed to pour out of the building when this floor either pulled away from the outer spandrel or sank down to the point where the window was exposed. The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit. <br>I'm not sure if this makes sense. As soon as the floor sagged low enough for the molten pool to find an opening, why would it not have flowed out all in one go? Its in your post, "The fact that the material appears intermittently over a several minute period suggests that the floor was giving way bit by bit." Impediment from debris etc. They say the floor sagged until the pool found an opening from which to escape. What stopped all of it flowing out in one go as soon as that happened? It was giving way bit by bit. I don't understand the problem here. sag... deeper.....sag deeper... bit.... flow bit... flow Yes, clearly you don't get it. I think only a visual depiction is going to help..

What is to stop it all flowing out as soon as the opening is reached by the sagging floor?
Newtonjd claims he doesn't want to taint his mind by reading the NIST report, so we are quoting pieces of it to him as he makes one wrong assumption after another.
Yet he claims he has little time to post as he has to devote his time to Scholars for Truth.
IS THIS FUNNY OR WHAT?
He doesn't have time to read the OFFICIAL explanation but he has time to make up these CARTOON drawings of a PRISTINE LEVEL floor that apparently is HINGED at the core.
Had he bothered to look at the NIST report he would realize that the sagging of the floor creates the greatest deflection at the CENTER of the truss.
Now why not try drawing it the way it might have looked in a DAMAGED building that was on FIRE with sagging trusses.
Arthur
adoucette
8th April 2006 - 04:06 PM
QUOTE (brian+Apr 8 2006, 12:02 PM) Only by applying the most twisted logic can anyone assert that Mannings statements do not indicate that a cover up of historic proportions was taking place.
The man accuses in the most pointed terms those in charge of criminal negect at best. The fact he does not claim CD is neither here nor there, at least to those not actively involved in aiding and abetting the self same cover up.
"Did they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire? Did they throw away the gas can used at the Happy Land social club fire?... That's what they're doing at the World Trade Center," the editorial says. "The destruction and removal of evidence must stop immediately."
"Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure."
And had Manning been talking about the NIST report, you would have a point. No one thinks FEMA was doing a great job. NIST, on the other hand did. Got a Quote where Manning is lambasting NIST? Arthur
gordon
8th April 2006 - 04:24 PM
According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon
brian
8th April 2006 - 04:31 PM
QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 04:06 PM) QUOTE (brian+Apr 8 2006, 12:02 PM) Only by applying the most twisted logic can anyone assert that Mannings statements do not indicate that a cover up of historic proportions was taking place.
The man accuses in the most pointed terms those in charge of criminal negect at best. The fact he does not claim CD is neither here nor there, at least to those not actively involved in aiding and abetting the self same cover up.
"Did they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire? Did they throw away the gas can used at the Happy Land social club fire?... That's what they're doing at the World Trade Center," the editorial says. "The destruction and removal of evidence must stop immediately."
"Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure."
And had Manning been talking about the NIST report, you would have a point. No one thinks FEMA was doing a great job. NIST, on the other hand did. Got a Quote where Manning is lambasting NIST? Arthur Mannings statements by necessity apply equally to NIST, it was impossible to conduct the investigation Manning was calling for when the evidence had been removed and destroyed. Good to see you agree, albeit without thinking you did. Another chancer, nay, mass murderer by proxy - Thomas Kean, the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, gave a lecture at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas last Friday, March 31st. I was there covering the event for my local TV talk show - --I also asked him why there is not even one word about the mysterious collapse of World Trade Center building 7 in the 9/11 Commission Report. I basically read him the riot act on building 7...no plane it it, perfectly symmetrical collapse, the FEMA report not matching Larry Silverstein's "admission" that he and the New York Fire Department control demolished it on the spur of the moment and forgot to tell anyone about it, the video evidence of explosive charges going off, the molten metal found in the basement...and Mr. Kean blew off the question! He claimed he saw no evidence of what I was saying - http://jonesreport.com/articles/030406_kean_commission.html
metamars
8th April 2006 - 04:36 PM
QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 6 2006, 01:28 PM) QUOTE (metamars+Apr 6 2006, 04:04 AM) QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 5 2006, 10:39 PM) QUOTE (ScottS.+Apr 5 2006, 10:33 PM) Concrete CAN explode with aluminum pouring on to it. This is a possibility. Depends on how much water is in it and otehr factors. I'll be happy to continue researching. If it can explode that is irrelevant, he said it would explode as if were a certainty. If exploding concrete were only a possibility it proves nothing. Len Well, this is a scream! You've glossed over the the not insignificant detail that science fundamentally deals with probabilities, and the goal is to approach probability 1.0, and stay away from probability 0.0. I've noticed this trait in popes (as well as the unscientific, thought it seems to be deliberate with most of the popes) again and again. So what probability would you guess that molten aluminum, pooling on top of concrete of the type that was present in the part of the WTC tower, in question, would not explode the concrete? .001? .0000001? Do tell. More importantly: You do understand the significance of the question, don't you? Please provide a citation indicating that such a fire almost certainly would have exploded the concrete. I imagine you believe this was a thermite reaction, correct me if I'm wrong but don't thermite reaction produce temperatures (2500 C) much higher than the melting point of aluminum (660 C)? Other metals IIRC have lower melting and flame points. As for the shape of the flame the resolution of the image isn't good enough to draw many conclusions. Also all we can see is the profile of the flame. Foxx seems to assume a round object burning would produce a cylindrical flame and a square or rectangular object a parallelepiped one. The 2 dimensional profile of a cylinder and a parallelepiped are the same. In other words, you don't understand the significance of the question. The significance was not in the specifics of molten metal / concrete interaction, nor an exact probability of same, but rather the principle of science being fundamentally about mathematical probabilites in some areas (like quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics), but more generally, it's about non-mathematical "probabilities" in principle, in that all theories and hypotheses are tentative, but better theories and hypotheses are said to be "more probable". In other words, your statement QUOTE If exploding concrete were only a possibility it proves nothing. is foreign to the mindset of a scientist (and presumably an engineer, also) . The question in the mind of a scientist is "What is the likelihood (probability ) that molten metal would have caused concrete to explode.?" It's not that dichotomous thinking is completely wrong, always, but a hypothesis that has zero chance of being correct (e.g., that putting jello on top of concrete would cause it to explode) is simply not discussed. Practically speaking, theories with probabilities that are believed very close to 0 are not discussed either, or are readily understood as speculative if they are. Maybe I'm reading too much into your statement, and thus nit-picking, but I read the sentence QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | | If exploding concrete were only a possibility it proves nothing. |
is foreign to the mindset of a scientist (and presumably an engineer, also) . The question in the mind of a scientist is "What is the likelihood (probability ) that molten metal would have caused concrete to explode.?"
It's not that dichotomous thinking is completely wrong, always, but a hypothesis that has zero chance of being correct (e.g., that putting jello on top of concrete would cause it to explode) is simply not discussed.
Practically speaking, theories with probabilities that are believed very close to 0 are not discussed either, or are readily understood as speculative if they are.
Maybe I'm reading too much into your statement, and thus nit-picking, but I read the sentence
If exploding concrete were only a possibility it proves nothing. <br>as indicative of a general habit of mind, which is unscientific, applied to this particular discussion. If, OTOH, you were merely implying that you believed it had very low probability, and thus didn't prove anything, then I don't see anything particularly wrong with your sentence, except that it could be written more clearly.
Foxx
8th April 2006 - 04:37 PM
Read the post by gordon above, and see how easily adoucattes nonsense is exposed - (this also applies to Scotts theory of sagging floors and pouring of molten "aluminum").
NIST (like all the NIST supporters) are masters of self contradictory hypothesis.
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 04:40 PM
Manning writes this...
| QUOTE | Firefighters, this is your call to action. Visit WTC "Investigation"?: A Call to Action, then contact your representatives in Congress and officials in Washington and help us correct this problem immediately. <br>http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Dis...TICLE_ID=131225
Which then links to this...
Yes, it was the terrorist pilots who slammed two jetliners into the Twin Towers. It was the ensuing fire, however, that brought the towers down. Make no mistake about it: This high-rise collapse was no "fluke." The temperatures experienced and heat release rates achieved at the World Trade Center could be seen in future high-rise fires.
http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Dis...TICLE_ID=130026
Then he goes on to explain what needed investigation...
* Beware the truss! Frank Brannigan has been admonishing us for years about this topic. It has been reported that the World Trade Center floors were supported by lightweight steel trusses, some in excess of 50 feet long. Need we say more?
* Modern sprayed-on steel "fireproofing" did not perform well at the World Trade Center. Haven't we always been leery about these materials? Why do many firefighters say that they would rather fight a high-rise fire in an old building than in a modern one? Isn't it because of the level of fire resistance provided? How much confidence do we have in the ASTM E-119 fire resistance test, whose test criteria were developed in the 1920s? ASTM E-119 is an antiquated test whose criteria for fire resistance do not replicate today's fires.
* The defend-in-place strategy was the wrong strategy at the World Trade Center. Many of those who ignored the directions to "stay where you are" are alive today because they self-evacuated. Do you still use defend-in-place strategies for large high-rise fires? When should you use them, and when should you not?
* We can see live broadcasts from Afghanistan, but we can't communicate via radios in many high-rise buildings. What gives?
To say they thought it was explosives using this quote is another example of "Scholars for misrepresenting 911 truth"
adoucette
8th April 2006 - 04:51 PM
QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 12:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts?
Gordon Well Gordon, the fuel went down the lift shafts because that happened at the MOMENT OF IMPACT the first sign of metal flowing out the windows is MUCH LATER. The MAXIMUM SAGGING, as shown in the NIST report is at the CENTER of Floor truss, over 30" IIRC, which would be greater than any shortening of the center columns. Arthur
brian
8th April 2006 - 04:55 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 04:40 PM) Manning writes this...
| QUOTE | Firefighters, this is your call to action. Visit WTC "Investigation"?: A Call to Action, then contact your representatives in Congress and officials in Washington and help us correct this problem immediately. <br>http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Dis...TICLE_ID=131225
Which then links to this...
Yes, it was the terrorist pilots who slammed two jetliners into the Twin Towers. It was the ensuing fire, however, that brought the towers down. Make no mistake about it: This high-rise collapse was no "fluke." The temperatures experienced and heat release rates achieved at the World Trade Center could be seen in future high-rise fires.
http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Dis...TICLE_ID=130026
Then he goes on to explain what needed investigation...
* Beware the truss! Frank Brannigan has been admonishing us for years about this topic. It has been reported that the World Trade Center floors were supported by lightweight steel trusses, some in excess of 50 feet long. Need we say more?
* Modern sprayed-on steel "fireproofing" did not perform well at the World Trade Center. Haven't we always been leery about these materials? Why do many firefighters say that they would rather fight a high-rise fire in an old building than in a modern one? Isn't it because of the level of fire resistance provided? How much confidence do we have in the ASTM E-119 fire resistance test, whose test criteria were developed in the 1920s? ASTM E-119 is an antiquated test whose criteria for fire resistance do not replicate today's fires.
* The defend-in-place strategy was the wrong strategy at the World Trade Center. Many of those who ignored the directions to "stay where you are" are alive today because they self-evacuated. Do you still use defend-in-place strategies for large high-rise fires? When should you use them, and when should you not?
* We can see live broadcasts from Afghanistan, but we can't communicate via radios in many high-rise buildings. What gives?
To say they thought it was explosives using this quote is another example of "Scholars for misrepresenting 911 truth" Mannings name is not on that article. So HE does not go on to say -
A minor point but just another showing a disregard for the facts.
American Chronicle revues Loose Change 2 -
9/11 questions explored in new documentary 'Loose Change – 2nd Edition'
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/...?articleID=7556
metamars
8th April 2006 - 04:58 PM
QUOTE (frater plecticus+Apr 7 2006, 11:44 AM) | QUOTE | Military Reloads with Nanotech
Smaller. Cheaper. Nastier. Those are the guiding principles behind the military's latest bombs. The secret ingredient: nanotechnology that makes for a bigger boom.
By John Gartner
Nanotechnology is grabbing headlines for its potential in advancing the life sciences and computing research, but the Department of Defense (DoD) found another use: a new class of weaponry that uses energy-packed nanometals to create powerful, compact bombs.
With funding from the U.S. government, Sandia National Laboratories, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are researching how to manipulate the flow of energy within and between molecules, a field known as nanoenergentics, which enables building more lethal weapons such as "cave-buster bombs" that have several times the detonation force of conventional bombs such as the "daisy cutter" or MOAB (mother of all bombs).
Researchers can greatly increase the power of weapons by adding materials known as superthermites that combine nanometals such as nanoaluminum with metal oxides such as iron oxide, according to Steven Son, a project leader in the Explosives Science and Technology group at Los Alamos.
"The advantage (of using nanometals) is in how fast you can get their energy out," Son says.
Son says that the chemical reactions of superthermites are faster and therefore release greater amounts of energy more rapidly.
"Superthermites can increase the (chemical) reaction time by a thousand times," Son says, resulting in a very rapid reactive wave.
Son, who has been working on nanoenergetics for more than three years, says that scientists can engineer nanoaluminum powders with different particle sizes to vary the energy release rates. This enables the material to be used in many applications, including underwater explosive devices, primers for igniting firearms, and as fuel propellants for rockets.
However, researchers aren't permitted to discuss what practical military applications may come from this research.
Nanoaluminum is more chemically reactive because there are more atoms on the surface area than standard aluminum, according to Douglas Carpenter, the chief scientific officer at nanometals company Quantumsphere.
"Standard aluminum covers just one-tenth of one percent of the surface area (with atoms), versus fifty percent for nanoaluminum," Carpenter says.
Carpenter says the U.S. military has developed "cave-buster" bombs using nanoaluminum, and it is also working on missiles and torpedoes that move so quickly that they strike their targets before evasive actions can be taken.
"Nanoaluminum provides ultra high burn rates for propellants that are ten times higher than existing propellants," says Carpenter.
The military is also trying to make sure that its bullets kill quickly.
The U.S. Army Environmental Center began a program in 1997 to develop alternatives to the toxic lead that is used in the hundreds of millions of rounds that are annually fired during conflicts and at its training ranges. Carpenter says that although bullets using nanoaluminum are ready to be field tested, the government has been slow implement the technology.
<br>more....
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/0...r012105.asp?p=1 emphasis mine
If superthermites can increase the speed of energy release by a factor of 1000 today, is it plausible that technology existed in 2001 that allowed thermite to release it's energy 100x as fast?
As they say in Japan, "Rots of Ruck" trying to find out, as such research would probably be classified.
However, one can at least make a plausibility argument by researching the state of the art of nano-aluminum in 2001. Did it exist in 2001, or not? Was it feasible to create in large quantities, or not?
It may even have been available commercially.
BTW, one good thing to come out such research is that an equally effective, but non-genocidal alternative to Depleted Uranium might be deployed. The dumping of US depleted urnanium on Iraq and Kosovo is a crime against humanity.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 04:58 PM
QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode.
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 04:59 PM
QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 04:06 PM) QUOTE (brian+Apr 8 2006, 12:02 PM) Only by applying the most twisted logic can anyone assert that Mannings statements do not indicate that a cover up of historic proportions was taking place.
The man accuses in the most pointed terms those in charge of criminal negect at best. The fact he does not claim CD is neither here nor there, at least to those not actively involved in aiding and abetting the self same cover up.
"Did they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire? Did they throw away the gas can used at the Happy Land social club fire?... That's what they're doing at the World Trade Center," the editorial says. "The destruction and removal of evidence must stop immediately."
"Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure."
And had Manning been talking about the NIST report, you would have a point. No one thinks FEMA was doing a great job. NIST, on the other hand did. Got a Quote where Manning is lambasting NIST? Arthur Hey, Arthur when did the NIST report come out? When did the 911 Commision start its investigation? When was all the rubble completely removed from ground zero? Give us some dates please. Has the NIST released the report for WTC 7? What was the date of mannings statements?
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 05:06 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 04:40 PM) Manning writes this...
| QUOTE | Firefighters, this is your call to action. Visit WTC "Investigation"?: A Call to Action, then contact your representatives in Congress and officials in Washington and help us correct this problem immediately. <br>http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Dis...TICLE_ID=131225
Which then links to this...
Yes, it was the terrorist pilots who slammed two jetliners into the Twin Towers. It was the ensuing fire, however, that brought the towers down. Make no mistake about it: This high-rise collapse was no "fluke." The temperatures experienced and heat release rates achieved at the World Trade Center could be seen in future high-rise fires.
http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Dis...TICLE_ID=130026
Then he goes on to explain what needed investigation...
* Beware the truss! Frank Brannigan has been admonishing us for years about this topic. It has been reported that the World Trade Center floors were supported by lightweight steel trusses, some in excess of 50 feet long. Need we say more?
* Modern sprayed-on steel "fireproofing" did not perform well at the World Trade Center. Haven't we always been leery about these materials? Why do many firefighters say that they would rather fight a high-rise fire in an old building than in a modern one? Isn't it because of the level of fire resistance provided? How much confidence do we have in the ASTM E-119 fire resistance test, whose test criteria were developed in the 1920s? ASTM E-119 is an antiquated test whose criteria for fire resistance do not replicate today's fires.
* The defend-in-place strategy was the wrong strategy at the World Trade Center. Many of those who ignored the directions to "stay where you are" are alive today because they self-evacuated. Do you still use defend-in-place strategies for large high-rise fires? When should you use them, and when should you not?
* We can see live broadcasts from Afghanistan, but we can't communicate via radios in many high-rise buildings. What gives?
To say they thought it was explosives using this quote is another example of "Scholars for misrepresenting 911 truth" CSpam, I don't see you working this hard to debunk the guy who saw the big hole in WTC 7. What gives? Aren't you being a little selective?
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 05:29 PM
QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 08:51 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 12:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts?
Gordon Well Gordon, the fuel went down the lift shafts because that happened at the MOMENT OF IMPACT the first sign of metal flowing out the windows is MUCH LATER. The MAXIMUM SAGGING, as shown in the NIST report is at the CENTER of Floor truss, over 30" IIRC, which would be greater than any shortening of the center columns. Arthur Are you back Arthur? Must be hard finding traitors willing to sell out there own country.
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 05:30 PM
| QUOTE | The velocity was free fall (Video evidence) and the impact was enough to bend the building out of shape. That we know by the fireman's quotes. They put a transit on the building and from that, and the fact they had no water to fight the fire, they knew it was a doomed. An officer knew the building was out of whack just by eyeballing it. So for you to say "It was hit by a FEW FRAGMENTS of another building which had nothing close to the velocity of the planes" is the real deception because it leaves out those factors. You seem to be POO POOING an event which left a 47 story building tilted.
<br>Man CSpam you are killing yourself. I thought all this energy from the Towers was needed to explain the accelerated collapse time provided in the NIST report. If you keep taking energy away from the 'mother of all jackhammers' you won't have enough left to explain the fall times. 'Was hit by another building', you're saying that is not misleading. Yet you insist they could not have toppled. You guys need to huddle up and get on the same page, your team is fragmenting. Oh yeah, do you really sit down to pee?
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 05:32 PM
| QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br>

The trusses holding that airliner up in that corner are not connected to the core, are they... They are connected to other floors for the most part. If some bolts right under the fuselage gave way in that corner after weakening from fire you could get a local sag couldn't you? Fire + airliner wieght weaken local connections by the perimeter after weakening beneath the airliner first. Not unreasonable at all.
More than one type of sagging could have occurred no? Two dimensional thinking...
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 05:35 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:58 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode. Please reference with links .
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 05:39 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 12:29 PM) QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 08:51 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 12:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts?
Gordon Well Gordon, the fuel went down the lift shafts because that happened at the MOMENT OF IMPACT the first sign of metal flowing out the windows is MUCH LATER. The MAXIMUM SAGGING, as shown in the NIST report is at the CENTER of Floor truss, over 30" IIRC, which would be greater than any shortening of the center columns. Arthur Are you back Arthur? Must be hard finding traitors willing to sell out there own country. Yet I see idiots like you making personal attacks in the place of reasoned debate are a dime a dozen.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 05:40 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 05:35 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:58 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode. Please reference with links . http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdfAsk Hard E. about the other.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 05:42 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 09:32 AM) | QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br>

The trusses holding that airliner up in that corner are not connected to the core, are they... They are connected to other floors for the most part. If some bolts right under the fuselage gave way in that corner after weakening from fire you could get a local sag couldn't you? Fire + airliner wieght weaken local connections by the perimeter after weakening beneath the airliner first. Not unreasonable at all.
More than one type of sagging could have occurred no? Two dimensional thinking... You really don’t know anything about construction do you?
It would be a floor joists (steel beam) connected to the core capable of supporting the load.
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 05:43 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 05:39 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 12:29 PM) QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 08:51 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 12:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts?
Gordon Well Gordon, the fuel went down the lift shafts because that happened at the MOMENT OF IMPACT the first sign of metal flowing out the windows is MUCH LATER. The MAXIMUM SAGGING, as shown in the NIST report is at the CENTER of Floor truss, over 30" IIRC, which would be greater than any shortening of the center columns. Arthur Are you back Arthur? Must be hard finding traitors willing to sell out there own country. Yet I see idiots like you making personal attacks in the place of reasoned debate are a dime a dozen. If you were offering a reasoned debate, it would be different. Traitor.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 05:44 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:40 AM) Ask Hard E. about the other. Who is Hard E. and is this the person making the claim?
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 06:09 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:40 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 05:35 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:58 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode. Please reference with links . <a href='http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf Ask Hard E. about the other. What you are describing is coming from the center of the building several floors below. Now I understand why you don’t use references. NIST admits they change the intensity levels so you can not tell what the real color is.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 06:15 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 06:09 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:40 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 05:35 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:58 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode. Please reference with links . <a href='http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf Ask Hard E. about the other. What you are describing is coming from the center of the building several floors below. Now I understand why you don’t use references. I don't understand your post.
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 06:15 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 12:42 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 09:32 AM) | QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br>

The trusses holding that airliner up in that corner are not connected to the core, are they... They are connected to other floors for the most part. If some bolts right under the fuselage gave way in that corner after weakening from fire you could get a local sag couldn't you? Fire + airliner wieght weaken local connections by the perimeter after weakening beneath the airliner first. Not unreasonable at all.
More than one type of sagging could have occurred no? Two dimensional thinking... You really don’t know anything about construction do you?
It would be a floor joists (steel beam) connected to the core capable of supporting the load. He said it would slope toward the core moron, Can it slope toward the "CORE" from the perimeter? It's not slopping toward the core you knuckle dragging baffoon.
Next time you insist on attacking someone make sure your right. As if that will ever happen...
In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout.
You're a real tool.. Heh!
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 06:24 PM
| QUOTE | Why are you drawing a straight line like that on sagging floors? Also as I mentioned before there can be other factors that can impeade the flow,... like other debris in the way. <br>It was a very quick visual aid to illustrate what I was trying to say, not meant to be a 100% accurate depiction. It was simply to show that if the aluminium was pooled at the edge of the building, it should have poured out in one stream when an opening in the facade became available.
But please, feel free to do a more accurate version (complete with the leak-proof debris you keep talking about) to show how gradual sagging would have released the molten aluminium in stages.
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | Why are you drawing a straight line like that on sagging floors? Also as I mentioned before there can be other factors that can impeade the flow,... like other debris in the way. <br>It was a very quick visual aid to illustrate what I was trying to say, not meant to be a 100% accurate depiction. It was simply to show that if the aluminium was pooled at the edge of the building, it should have poured out in one stream when an opening in the facade became available.
But please, feel free to do a more accurate version (complete with the leak-proof debris you keep talking about) to show how gradual sagging would have released the molten aluminium in stages.
He doesn't have time to read the OFFICIAL explanation but he has time to make up these CARTOON drawings of a PRISTINE LEVEL floor that apparently is HINGED at the core.
Had he bothered to look at the NIST report he would realize that the sagging of the floor creates the greatest deflection at the CENTER of the truss.
Now why not try drawing it the way it might have looked in a DAMAGED building that was on FIRE with sagging trusses. <br>It took all of 5 minutes, and I never claimed it was an accurate representation. Perhaps you could take 5 minutes to draw a similar 'cartoon' showing how a gradual sagging would have released the pool in stages?
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 06:25 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:15 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 06:09 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:40 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 05:35 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:58 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode. Please reference with links . <a href='http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf Ask Hard E. about the other. What you are describing is coming from the center of the building several floors below. Now I understand why you don’t use references. I don't understand your post. What looks like a thermite reaction was coming from the corner near the point the collapse initiated. The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Do you understand now?
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 06:29 PM
Can someone post a picture of the molten aluminium at 9:27? I tried opening Scott's link but the PDF file freezes my PC.
| QUOTE | In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout. <br>Which only strengthens my case, as it didn't pour out like a coffee spout.. it oozed out in stages.
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 06:32 PM
Still waiting...
How did pressurised air and shockwaves through the steel pulverise office materials?
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 06:40 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 10:15 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 12:42 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 09:32 AM) | QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br>

The trusses holding that airliner up in that corner are not connected to the core, are they... They are connected to other floors for the most part. If some bolts right under the fuselage gave way in that corner after weakening from fire you could get a local sag couldn't you? Fire + airliner wieght weaken local connections by the perimeter after weakening beneath the airliner first. Not unreasonable at all.
More than one type of sagging could have occurred no? Two dimensional thinking... You really don’t know anything about construction do you?
It would be a floor joists (steel beam) connected to the core capable of supporting the load. He said it would slope toward the core moron, Can it slope toward the "CORE" from the perimeter? It's not slopping toward the core you knuckle dragging baffoon.
Next time you insist on attacking someone make sure your right. As if that will ever happen...
In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout.
You're a real tool.. Heh! Let me try to explain what Gordon was referring to. The differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns left the perimeter column attachments higher then the core attachments. The floor joist would have the same downward angle toward the core as the trusses ( everything would be flowing toward the core). I realize most of this is way over you head but at least try to understand without the insults.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 06:43 PM
QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 10:29 AM) Can someone post a picture of the molten aluminium at 9:27? I tried opening Scott's link but the PDF file freezes my PC.
| QUOTE | In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout. <br>Which only strengthens my case, as it didn't pour out like a coffee spout.. it oozed out in stages. Let the document load for a few minutes before selecting new pages or save to a file and open from you computer . I have trouble posting pictures from the NIST report.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 06:51 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 06:25 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:15 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 06:09 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 09:40 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 05:35 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:58 AM) QUOTE (gordon+Apr 8 2006, 04:24 PM) According to Nist the floors pulled inwards on the perimeter columns. The force arose from sagging of the floors and differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns. In other words the floor connections with the core were lower than the floor connections with the perimeter columns. The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. Any liquid material would therefore have tended to move downhill towards the core rather than uphill towards the perimeter columns. Why did it not follow the path of the liquid jet fuel, which, we are told, fell down the lift shafts? And you still have the problem of the exploding concrete. The theory-of-the-other-material-which-when-mixed-with-the-aluminium-turns-it-orange-at-lower-temperatures-and-inhibits-the-effects-of-heat-on-any-concrete-which-it-touches needs further work. Gordon Debris impeadment etc. also a factor. We have only seen a small amount of the total plane pouring out the side. By the photos it seems the floors sagged in different ways. Much probably did fall toward the core I believe. You seem to have this ALL or nothing type thing going here. We didn't see much of it. We know aluminum was flowing out at 9:27. Nice and shiny. I would suggest reading the NIST report. We know the plane was in that area. There are many factors like heat, water, heat rate, etc. When Jones did his experiment at around 600C it did not explode. Please reference with links . <a href='http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://wtc.nist.gov/NISTNCSTAR1-5A_chap_9-AppxC.pdf Ask Hard E. about the other. What you are describing is coming from the center of the building several floors below. Now I understand why you don’t use references. I don't understand your post. What looks like a thermite reaction was coming from the corner near the point the collapse initiated. The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Do you understand now? The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area. I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry. Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points. I posted this information before.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 06:57 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:27 AM) QUOTE (Foxx+Apr 8 2006, 08:22 AM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 08:08 AM) QUOTE (Foxx+Apr 8 2006, 08:00 AM) | QUOTE | by newtonnjd
Let me ask you this - why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes? <br>Reply by Scotts...
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | by newtonnjd
Let me ask you this - why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes? <br>Reply by Scotts...
I have already answered this twice.See Mar 2 2006 or Apr 5th posts
<br>Scott-Shill - you are a BSer. You have NOT answered the question at all. You have circumvented any attempt to answer by simply cut/pasting periphery issues from the 'official story' which does NOT address the question.
Please try again to state your 'belief' as to...
"why did the aluminium mix take so long to flow from the tower if it had been sitting around in the fires for about 50 minutes?" Pool, sag foor giving way bit by bit. Some aluminum was seen earlier nerby (Silver color) at 9:27 coming out. <i>Poor sad fool... giving way... bit by bit.???
| QUOTE | Some aluminum was seen earlier nerby (Silver color) at 9:27 coming out. <br>nerby?
Man... and I've had a few of them hi-test BC brewskies. What are you on?
No aluminum was "seen coming out at 9:27"... bullshipper.
Sleep it off, and do some research in the morning.
Manyana (IF... I find some time to waste with you.) See figure 9-32 please 9:27:04 78th floor from the NIST report. CBS Broadcasting Inc.
Closer inspection of Figure 9-32 shows what appears to be a shiny silver string (indicated by red arrow) passing from the top to the bottom of one of the windows, 78-238, on the 78th floor. In this video from which this image was taken, the material actually appeared to be liquid pouring intermittenly from the top of the window and splashing at the window base. The liquid looked as if it was glowing. It was only observed for six seconds that this video recorded of the area. In section 9.5, a flow of similar material from windows 80-255 and 80-256 on the 80th floor of the north face will be described. It will be later hypothesized that the material was most likely aluminum from the aircraft that had meltedand was pouring down through an opening from the floor above. This is also a plausible explaination for the current observation. If correct it suggest that the pire of debris located on the 79th floor above this window may have contained aluminum from the aircraft. Recall that a pire of debris in this area on the 79th floor was present immediately following the aircraft impact. An intense fire had been buring on the debris since the impact that would have provided the heat necessary to melt the aluminum. Here
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 07:06 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? This is the area I was refurring to: .jpg)
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 07:09 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? As my linked stated there is a six second video. I can't post the photo but its there
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 07:12 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? This is the area I was refurring to: .jpg) I've explained that this is probably aluminum. Why are you posting this?
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 07:20 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 11:12 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? This is the area I was refurring to: .jpg) I've explained that this is probably aluminum. Why are you posting this? To show how redicules your argument is. This shows what is most likely the real color of the metal.
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 07:20 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 01:40 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 10:15 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 12:42 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 09:32 AM) | QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br>

The trusses holding that airliner up in that corner are not connected to the core, are they... They are connected to other floors for the most part. If some bolts right under the fuselage gave way in that corner after weakening from fire you could get a local sag couldn't you? Fire + airliner wieght weaken local connections by the perimeter after weakening beneath the airliner first. Not unreasonable at all.
More than one type of sagging could have occurred no? Two dimensional thinking... You really don’t know anything about construction do you?
It would be a floor joists (steel beam) connected to the core capable of supporting the load. He said it would slope toward the core moron, Can it slope toward the "CORE" from the perimeter? It's not slopping toward the core you knuckle dragging baffoon.
Next time you insist on attacking someone make sure your right. As if that will ever happen...
In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout.
You're a real tool.. Heh! Let me try to explain what Gordon was referring to. The differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns left the perimeter column attachments higher then the core attachments. The floor joist would have the same downward angle toward the core as the trusses ( everything would be flowing toward the core). I realize most of this is way over you head but at least try to understand without the insults. Since you insulted me and everyone else first, I'll take your gesture of civility with a grain of proverbial salt.

AS far as I know THIS is what the NIST said was the sag they were talking about. I never heard them say the core dropped lower causing the joist to pitch. That's a PITCH, not a sag anyway.
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br>

The trusses holding that airliner up in that corner are not connected to the core, are they... They are connected to other floors for the most part. If some bolts right under the fuselage gave way in that corner after weakening from fire you could get a local sag couldn't you? Fire + airliner wieght weaken local connections by the perimeter after weakening beneath the airliner first. Not unreasonable at all.
More than one type of sagging could have occurred no? Two dimensional thinking... You really don’t know anything about construction do you?
It would be a floor joists (steel beam) connected to the core capable of supporting the load. He said it would slope toward the core moron, Can it slope toward the "CORE" from the perimeter? It's not slopping toward the core you knuckle dragging baffoon.
Next time you insist on attacking someone make sure your right. As if that will ever happen...
In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout.
You're a real tool.. Heh! Let me try to explain what Gordon was referring to. The differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns left the perimeter column attachments higher then the core attachments. The floor joist would have the same downward angle toward the core as the trusses ( everything would be flowing toward the core). I realize most of this is way over you head but at least try to understand without the insults. Since you insulted me and everyone else first, I'll take your gesture of civility with a grain of proverbial salt.

AS far as I know THIS is what the NIST said was the sag they were talking about. I never heard them say the core dropped lower causing the joist to pitch. That's a PITCH, not a sag anyway.
The differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns left the perimeter column attachments higher then the core attachments <br>Yeah, like the illustration above....
| QUOTE | The floor joist would have the same downward angle toward the core as the trusses ( everything would be flowing toward the core). <br>No, what hes talking about is the everything from the PERIMETER to the center of the truss segment would flow toward the core until it reached the center of the truss. Anything close to the core would flow to the center of the truss in the opposite direction because the lowest part is the center of the truss.
If the joist held steady or sagged with the joining trusses makes no difference. The core never dropped lower than the perimeter until actual collapse. You're just pulling crap out of your a$$ again and calling it gold.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 07:23 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:20 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 11:12 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? This is the area I was refurring to: .jpg) I've explained that this is probably aluminum. Why are you posting this? To show how redicules your argument is. This show what is most likely the real color of the metal. At 1000C fire with hot debris as I thought I explained WAY back.
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 07:30 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 07:20 PM) So where would the pool of molten aluminium be?
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 07:32 PM
Removed post
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 07:35 PM
QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 11:23 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:20 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 11:12 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? This is the area I was refurring to: .jpg) I've explained that this is probably aluminum. Why are you posting this? To show how redicules your argument is. This show what is most likely the real color of the metal. At 1000C fire with hot debris as I thought I explained WAY back. You have not explained anything since you have been here. None of the physical evidence backs up your unsubstantiated claims. You can hand wave all you want however that proves nothing.
ScottS
8th April 2006 - 07:46 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:35 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 11:23 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:20 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 11:12 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 07:06 PM) QUOTE (ScottS+Apr 8 2006, 10:51 AM) The so called aluminum at 9:27 AM is in the center of the building several floors below. Yes I know. I don't have a problem with this as airplane debris are scattered throughout the area.
I want to make this CLEAR its not at the same point. If I didn't before, then I am sorry.
Otherwise I see nothing refuting my points.
I posted this information before.
This might be the molten water Chritophera was referring to.  The intensity level has been changed by NIST and I don’t recall anyone claiming it is thermite. Is the original photo available? This is the area I was refurring to: .jpg) I've explained that this is probably aluminum. Why are you posting this? To show how redicules your argument is. This show what is most likely the real color of the metal. At 1000C fire with hot debris as I thought I explained WAY back. You have not explained anything since you have been here. None of the physical evidence backs up your unsubstantiated claims. You can hand wave all you want however that proves nothing.  I need to go spend time with my family.
adoucette
8th April 2006 - 07:55 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 01:29 PM) Are you back Arthur? I never left. I just said this is a big waste of time. Every now and again, I'll waste some time here, even though its already been shown that all the CT arguments are fallacious and now its just rehashing the same ol discredited BS. You see, unlike you, I was here before this BS thread started, and I'll be here after you have moved on to post more of your inane ramblings elsewhere. I've also noticed that a decent percent of the others who think the US Govt is corrupt and that THOUSANDS of Americans from all walks of life would knowingly aid, abet or cover up the murder of 3,000 of their fellow citizens, those like Foxx, newton, gordon, frater et al are NOT Americans. For which I'm eternally grateful. Arthur
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 08:02 PM
| QUOTE | I've also noticed that a decent percent of the others who think the US Govt is corrupt and that THOUSANDS of Americans from all walks of life would knowingly aid, abet or cover up the murder of 3,000 of their fellow citizens, those like Foxx, newton, gordon, frater et al are NOT Americans. <br>I'm not sure what you are saying here Arthur. Care to clarify?
astaire
8th April 2006 - 08:03 PM
Hi Rove's Shill, QUOTE (Rove's shill+Apr 8 2006, 08:34 AM) Hey Astaire, I listened to the podcast. I think the lecture was open for Q n A the last half hour. The lecture was given at UVCC, Utah Valley Community College in Orem, Utah. I'm not sure if it is fair to call that segment 'rectuiting'.
I guess I had you listening to the wrong podcast then. Sorry. I just watched the end of the video to follow up on your message here. It certainly looks like preaching or recruiting to me. However, I don't want to make a big deal out of it. If he doesn't do that in all of his presentations I find that reassuring. As I said, the only thing I was interested in was the physics. I had alreay had my fill of the non-physics stuff about who said what. When I got to the religious section I just switched it off. QUOTE (Rove's shill+Apr 8 2006, 08:34 AM) I hope you will debunk his hypothesis and not who he prays to.
Of course, I have nothing against mormons any more than any other religion. The only reason I have pursued this is because you asked. As I said, I can focus on the science in spite of the extra curriculur stuff. I compressed the last 10 minutes of the video that I have down to 2 Megabytes so I could send it to you by Email if you are interested. I don't know where it was filmed since I didn't find the site where I downloaded it. -Astaire
newtonnjd
8th April 2006 - 08:05 PM
| QUOTE | I've also noticed that a decent percent of the others who think the US Govt is corrupt and that THOUSANDS of Americans from all walks of life would knowingly aid, abet or cover up the murder of 3,000 of their fellow citizens, those like Foxx, newton, gordon, frater et al are NOT Americans. <br>Like that means anything. There are plenty of Americans who do as well.
In any case, those on the outside are less likely to be biased by national pride and/or the emotional baggage of the event.
astaire
8th April 2006 - 08:25 PM
Hi Rove's Shill, QUOTE (Rove's shill+Apr 8 2006, 04:59 PM) Hey, Arthur when did the NIST report come out? When did the 911 Commision start its investigation? When was all the rubble completely removed from ground zero? Give us some dates please. Has the NIST released the report for WTC 7? What was the date of mannings statements? <br>I don't know who all the players are yet so please forgive a stupid question but... I just read on the NIST site, that NIST began its investigation 1 year after the collapse. Does anyone know why so late? Who was in charge of the investigation before that ? -Astaire
gordon
8th April 2006 - 08:25 PM
The trigonometry does not add up. If the maximum deflection of 30" took place at the centre of a 65' floor section, without a net downward movement of the core end floor connection , the maximum inward deflection of the perimeter column could only be of the order of 4". The thermal expansion of the floor would also have to be deducted from this to give a deflection of about 1 1/2" . Nist claim a maximum inward deflection of the perimeter columns of 55", and presumably this force would have a proportionate effect upon the higher temperature core columns. For such a deflection to occur without downward movement of the core columns, would require a maximum deflection of the centre of the floor section of around 9'.
There could not exist together, a maximum deflection of the centre of the floor sections of 30", and a maximum inward column deflection of 55".
Regarding the corner floors. I have previously discussed the means by which these loads were carried. It is highly unlikely that this load was carried by "other floors" but rather that a dedicated member was included within the design. Of necessity this would be attached both to the perimeter columns (coincidentally close to the areas where the best pyrotechnic displays were on offer) and to the core columns. The core would carry around a quarter of the load from this floor area. If there was a net downward movement of the core columns with reference to the perimeter columns then the corner of the floor section attached to the core would become the lowest point.
Any joy on tracking down the material responsible for the colour changing and spalling inhibition?
Gordon.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 08:33 PM
QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 11:55 AM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 01:29 PM) Are you back Arthur? I never left. I just said this is a big waste of time. Every now and again, I'll waste some time here, even though its already been shown that all the CT arguments are fallacious and now its just rehashing the same ol discredited BS. You see, unlike you, I was here before this BS thread started, and I'll be here after you have moved on to post more of your inane ramblings elsewhere. I've also noticed that a decent percent of the others who think the US Govt is corrupt and that THOUSANDS of Americans from all walks of life would knowingly aid, abet or cover up the murder of 3,000 of their fellow citizens, those like Foxx, newton, gordon, frater et al are NOT Americans. For which I'm eternally grateful. Arthur They care a lot more about the US then someone spreading disinformation trying to cover up for those responsible. I have never claimed it would take thousands of people. In fact it might take less people then the official conspiracy theory
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 08:37 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 02:32 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 11:20 AM) Since you insulted me and everyone else first, I'll take your gesture of civility with a grain of proverbial salt.  AS far as I know THIS is what the NIST said was the sag they were talking about. I never heard them say the core dropped lower causing the joist to pitch. That's a PITCH, not a sag anyway. | QUOTE | The differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns left the perimeter column attachments higher then the core attachments <br>Yeah, like the illustration above....
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | The differential thermally induced movement of the core and perimeter columns left the perimeter column attachments higher then the core attachments <br>Yeah, like the illustration above....
The floor joist would have the same downward angle toward the core as the trusses ( everything would be flowing toward the core). <br>No, what hes talking about is the everything from the PERIMETER to the center of the truss segment would flow toward the core until it reached the center of the truss. Anything close to the core would flow to the center of the truss in the opposite direction because the lowest part is the center of the truss.
If the joist held steady or sagged with the joining trusses makes no difference. The core never dropped lower than the perimeter until actual collapse. You're just pulling crap out of your a$$ again and calling it gold. <br>I thought the trusses were the weak link . In your picture above the trusses are so strong they are capable of pulling both core and perimiter column in without added mass. Or do the fires in the center add mass to the floors? Oh, I forgot, the wieght of the tons of thermite explosive pulled in the columns like this...



Yeah, that's right...
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 08:42 PM
QUOTE (newtonnjd+Apr 8 2006, 02:30 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 07:20 PM) So where would the pool of molten aluminium be? In the center until the perimiter connection let go. Something like this but in the corner..
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 08:51 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 09:48 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 7 2006, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 07:52 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 7 2006, 04:16 PM) About molten aluminum --- Let me remind you that I earlier posted regarding molten aluminum and concrete. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary, I will continue to assert that molten aluminum does not explode upon contact with concrete. Go back and read my post, or else do your own web trawling using, for example, 'molten aluminum concrete' as search terms. <br> QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. This is just spills david. What spalls the concrete and has sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. ? What is explosive spalling:  Fire Protection - Explosive Spalling Although intrinsically fire resistant, concrete can under certain circumstances be subject to the violent phenomenon known as explosive spalling. Explosive spalling is most often encountered in the high-grade concrete mixes, employed in tunnels and high-rise structures. When high density concrete is subject to fire, moisture within the concrete attempts to escape from the heat source, but is unable to do so, given the lack of porosity of these types of concrete. Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure. Exploding concrete is a danger not only to fire fighters and other emergency services attempting to put out the fire but also to survivors attempting to flee either the tunnel or high rise structure. http://www.adfil.co.uk/docs/templates/fire...re%20Protection Where's the melted aluminum part... It also says under certain circumstances. Fire alone doesn't cause it. Spall and spalling have the same definition. Ask Guest_David B. Benson to explain it to you. You may have removed the sock puppet quote in your post but I still have it in my post for all to see. You just made yourself look twice as moronic. QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 09:48 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 7 2006, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 07:52 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 7 2006, 04:16 PM) About molten aluminum --- Let me remind you that I earlier posted regarding molten aluminum and concrete. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary, I will continue to assert that molten aluminum does not explode upon contact with concrete. Go back and read my post, or else do your own web trawling using, for example, 'molten aluminum concrete' as search terms. <br> QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. This is just spills david. What spalls the concrete and has sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. ? What is explosive spalling:  Fire Protection - Explosive Spalling Although intrinsically fire resistant, concrete can under certain circumstances be subject to the violent phenomenon known as explosive spalling. Explosive spalling is most often encountered in the high-grade concrete mixes, employed in tunnels and high-rise structures. When high density concrete is subject to fire, moisture within the concrete attempts to escape from the heat source, but is unable to do so, given the lack of porosity of these types of concrete. Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure. Exploding concrete is a danger not only to fire fighters and other emergency services attempting to put out the fire but also to survivors attempting to flee either the tunnel or high rise structure. http://www.adfil.co.uk/docs/templates/fire...re%20Protection Where's the melted aluminum part... It also says under certain circumstances. Fire alone doesn't cause it. Spall and spalling have the same definition. Ask your sock puppet Guest_David B. Benson to explain it to you. |
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 08:57 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 12:37 PM) Oh, I forgot, the wieght of the tons of thermite explosive pulled in the columns like this...
Yeah, that's right...
I forgot the magical trusses and bolts. Strong enough to pull in the perimeter and core columns. Then add no resistance to slow the collapse of the building. I wonder if the specifications for the bolts are similar to Christophera exploding RDX rebar. Read Gordons explantion above about the slope ( angle or degrees from horizontal) of the trusses, he explains it much better then I can.
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 09:03 PM
QUOTE (astaire+Apr 8 2006, 08:25 PM) Hi Rove's Shill, QUOTE (Rove's shill+Apr 8 2006, 04:59 PM) Hey, Arthur when did the NIST report come out? When did the 911 Commision start its investigation? When was all the rubble completely removed from ground zero? Give us some dates please. Has the NIST released the report for WTC 7? What was the date of mannings statements? <br>I don't know who all the players are yet so please forgive a stupid question but... I just read on the NIST site, that NIST began its investigation 1 year after the collapse. Does anyone know why so late? Who was in charge of the investigation before that ? -Astaire Obviously this is circumstacial to a cover up. But chances are you will be attacked for bringing it up here. Hereis a link that might be interesting. I'm not sure who posted it. I think it was frater or brian. They, along with Newton and others are great at posting periphreal articles.I think most here are for the physics, and hopefully, truthful answers. Divorcing the events of 911 from politics is impossible, in my view, considering the international bloodshed and recinding of civil rights in the U.S. and globally,are a direct consequence of the event.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 09:06 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 12:51 PM) You may have removed the sock puppet quote in your post but I still have it in my post for all to see. You just made yourself look twice as moronic.
I read his Post again and he appears much to intelligent to be your sock puppet so I removed the statement. His arguments come right out of the disinformation handbook ( example your web site), so I am not going to apologies. If I insult someone trying to spread disinformation ,I could care less. If he shows he is trying to uncovering the truth I will be more then willing to apologies.
Christophera
8th April 2006 - 09:32 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 07:20 PM) | QUOTE | The floors were therefore sloping towards the core. <br> <br>Stop supporting the lie about the core.
The image you post shows structure that would be seen in the below photo and it does not. What is shown is a concrete, tubular core.

Stop supporting the lie unless you can provide a credible explanation for the non appearance of the steel core columns in upper level demo photos.
Here is massive documentation of the concrete core.
http://concretecore.741.com
Post your link to a page showing steel core columns with raw evidence.
Christophera
8th April 2006 - 09:42 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 08:57 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 12:37 PM) Oh, I forgot, the wieght of the tons of thermite explosive pulled in the columns like this...
Yeah, that's right...
I forgot the magical trusses and bolts. Strong enough to pull in the perimeter and core columns. Then add no resistance to slow the collapse of the building. I wonder if the specifications for the bolts are similar to Christophera exploding RDX rebar. Read Gordons explantion above about the slope ( angle or degrees from horizontal) of the trusses, he explains it much better then I can. <br> You haven't replied to my answer to your question about the difference between concrete and steel cores and free fall times. You haven't explained free fall with a steel core. You haven't produced any pictures of core columns in place at upper levels where they should be. And you haven't taken note that I have explained how the 47 interior box columns I know ringed the outside of the concrete core wall, were cut like a shear. [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/pjs501/box2c.jpg[I/MG] Below, two steel plates with tight tolerances to the column faces sandwich RDX, cast in concrete, create a high pressure plane of expanding gases shearing the column.  Stop supporting the impossible to obscure the possible.
Rove's shill
8th April 2006 - 09:42 PM
Cspams TRUTH:
| QUOTE | •The change in potential energy due to downward movement of building mass above the buckled columns exceeded the strain energy that could be absorbed by the structure. Global collapse then ensued. <br>Damn, thats good science, and he has computer models to back it up:
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 09:57 PM
QUOTE (Christophera+Apr 8 2006, 01:42 PM) Stop supporting the impossible to obscure the possible. Christophera, Do they pay you by the word , photo or page when you spam?
newton
8th April 2006 - 10:35 PM
as always, the shadow government guard dog(s), aka, murderous fascist traitors, are using their 'flashy things' to distract from any meaningful scientific collusion on the demolitions.
don't worry. be happy.
ps, i think scotts, and guest_david benson are both just more common sense sock puppets. perhaps astaire, too.
it doesn't 'pay' to poison your own well, conman scents. you could be inadvertently 'stealing' your ACTUAL 'allies' identities(that is, if we ANY shill here BESIDES the conman.)
NEU-FONZE
8th April 2006 - 10:52 PM
Has anyone seen this? I found it on 9-11Myths......
Information available on U.S. FAA websites, and confirmed in the NIST NCSTAR 1-5 report, indicate that the Boeing 767 aircraft involved in the 9-11 impacts on the WTC Towers carried a number of oxygen cylinders and oxygen generators. A NASA report by T. L. Reynolds, (No. NASA/CR-2001-210903, issued in May 2001), discusses Onboard Oxygen Gas Generating Systems, or OBOGS, and other sources of breathable oxygen on aircraft:
“Oxygen systems, as they are currently designed for use on commercial transport aircraft, include passenger oxygen for use in the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure (provided by either compressed oxygen or solid chemical oxygen generators) and gaseous oxygen for use by the flight deck crew. There is also portable gaseous oxygen available for medical use and for protective breathing equipment. The use of oxygen on commercial aircraft, required by FAA regulations, does pose a potential fire safety hazard because of the extremely high gas combustion temperatures that can be produced by combustible materials burning in either pure or oxygen-enriched air environments. This is true of any oxygen system in any environment.”
The standard oxygen cylinder carried on all U.S. commercial aircraft contains 3200 liters of O2 stored at 1850 psi when full. Details of the over-pressure relief of these cylinders are provided in a FAA report by T. R. Marker et al., (No. DOT/FAA/AR-TN98/29):
“Different types of pressure relief devices are used for storing breathable oxygen. There are two types of rupturing relief valves, a frangible disc that will fail under excessive pressure (typically 2500 psi) and a thermal disc that will fail when the temperature exceeds 165°F or 225°F, depending on the type. The rupture disc pressure relief device is the only type used on gaseous oxygen cylinders for crew and passenger breathing systems on commercial transport aircraft….. Ironically, the rupture disc type pressure relief devices pose a more serious concern in a fire environment because, with these relief devices, it is possible for the entire contents of the oxygen cylinder to be discharged at elevated temperatures.”
Marker’s report describes studies showing that rupture disc failure occurs within 15 minutes for cylinders exposed to temperatures as low as 200° C.
The standard chemical oxygen generator used in the OBOGS on commercial aircraft consists of a small metal canister equipped with a spring-loaded striker. When activated, a “candle” of sodium chlorate and additives such as barium peroxide undergoes spontaneous thermal decomposition releasing oxygen gas. The OBOGS units installed on most Boeing aircraft contain about 250 grams of NaClO3 per canister that generate about 50 liters of O2 in 12 minutes – an amount of oxygen considered sufficient to supply two passengers during an emergency descent.
NIST report that the Boeing 767s involved in the 9-11 impacts on the WTC Towers carried about 100 canisters per aircraft; each canister capable of 12-minute oxygen generation for a total of 5000 liters of O2 per aircraft; the canisters were located in compartments above the passenger seats. Researcher D. Blake, in a study of the response of aircraft oxygen generators to elevated temperatures, (See report No. DOT/FAA/AR-TN03/35), found that the lowest temperature for self-activation of a generator canister was 315° C. Other tests conducted by Blake showed that more than 80 % of generator canisters heated to 370° C activated during an hour of heating.
Based on the experimental data presented above it appears quite probable that a significant portion of the oxygen carried by the two aircraft that hit the Twin Towers was released prior to the collapse of these buildings. Experimental data also show that gas cylinders undergo acute release of oxygen at much lower temperatures than the chemical generators onboard the aircraft. Furthermore, the chemical generators release oxygen in 50-liter increments involving many locations in the aircraft cabin, while the bottled gas supply would be released in one 3200-liter pulse at the front-end of the aircraft fuselage where the cylinder is wall-mounted.
In one of the tests described by Marker, 600 liters of oxygen was released into a cargo container where a small fire had been deliberately set. The initial discharge of oxygen caused a very violent combustion reaction that ripped open, and subsequently destroyed, the container. Other data from fire tests in oxygen-enriched environments show that cellulose-based materials such as wood, cardboard and paper, burn almost four times faster in air enriched to 40 vol % O2. This increased combustion rate induces a comparable increase in the heat flux from the burning material and results in flame temperatures as much as 600° C higher than the flame for the same material burning in air – thus flame temperatures up to 1500° C are possible.
Based on the calculated trajectory of UA Flight 175 inside WTC 2, the forward cabin area of the aircraft ploughed into floors 80 to 82 of the northeast corner of the building. Thus the 3200-liter oxygen cylinder carried in the crew compartment of Flight 175 came to rest precisely in the area where the bright yellow glow was to later appear. As many videos show, about 50 minutes after impact, fires were well established in localized areas of the northeast corner of WTC 2 – these fires would have gradually heated the entire forward fuselage to temperatures in excess of 200° C. We therefore suggest that the intense yellow glow seen moments before the collapse of WTC 2 was caused by the discharge of the onboard oxygen cylinder and the subsequent enhancement of the pre-existing fires.
NF
lenbrazil
8th April 2006 - 11:15 PM
QUOTE (adoucette+Apr 8 2006, 04:06 PM) QUOTE (brian+Apr 8 2006, 12:02 PM) Only by applying the most twisted logic can anyone assert that Mannings statements do not indicate that a cover up of historic proportions was taking place.
The man accuses in the most pointed terms those in charge of criminal negect at best. The fact he does not claim CD is neither here nor there, at least to those not actively involved in aiding and abetting the self same cover up.
"Did they throw away the locked doors from the Triangle Shirtwaist fire? Did they throw away the gas can used at the Happy Land social club fire?... That's what they're doing at the World Trade Center," the editorial says. "The destruction and removal of evidence must stop immediately."
"Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the "official investigation" blessed by FEMA and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half-baked farce that may already have been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure."
And had Manning been talking about the NIST report, you would have a point. No one thinks FEMA was doing a great job. NIST, on the other hand did. Got a Quote where Manning is lambasting NIST? Arthur Indeed Manning welcomed and praised the NIST report. But that is not the only problem with Brian's argument. 1) It NOT clear that he was saying there was a cover-up. His point was that the selling of steel was short sited. | QUOTE | Such destruction of evidence shows the astounding ignorance of government officials to the value of a thorough, scientific investigation of the largest fire-induced collapse in world history…
[...]
Comprehensive disaster investigations mean increased safety. They mean positive change. NASA knows it. The NTSB knows it. Does FEMA know it? <br>Where did he say anything about cover-up?
2) Even if you believe he was charging there was a cover-up it's clear that he was concerned with building practices as the relate to safety. Jones lead his readers to believe Manning suspected CD or something fishy and that was dishonest.
Funny none of you guys have been able to explain his erroneous attribution of a quote to Leslie Robertson.
Christophera
8th April 2006 - 11:23 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 09:57 PM) QUOTE (Christophera+Apr 8 2006, 01:42 PM) Stop supporting the impossible to obscure the possible. Christophera, Do they pay you by the word , photo or page when you spam? Spam is repetitive nonsense. I post repetitive logic because it is not being used in the dominant group here which misleads all those reading. Your collective reptitive nonsense needs countering. No one here is trying how to get free fall and control it as we saw. This was the primary of event of th day. You don't think you can solve any part of the WTC on 9-11 if you cannot explain that do you????I post solid evidence of the core and a certain way to create free fall and cut 4 inch thick columns. You post nonsense, albeit a fresh each time, as if you were filling a gallery of ridicule with originals to gain your prize. SPAM. Think of a 12 year girl who was 7 when mommy died, who wonders if mommy jumped, and what that was like, or if mommy hoped to live to be with her daughter again and was crushed to death.EYEWITNESS AT WTC
For me, there were many moving experiences... I will never forget the tens of thousands of bobbing heads stumbling across the East River bridges. Or, the dazzled tattered bleeding blackened crowd walking north from the scene up Broadway, Green, Mercer, 6th Avenue... - that was moving...But above and beyond everything, the one thing I will never forget to my dying day, is the view of the people on the roof and higher floors of the World Trade Center lined up in the windows and on railings. You cannot see their expressions, but it is amazing what a 40 power telescope reveals. They often huddled, probably talked about their chances, and sometimes went back into the building, or maybe, just laid on the floor. But then, some went to the edge, and jumped.
Some jumped in pairs, holding hands. I doubt if they were married or lovers. I think it was just two people, alone, desperate, black, white, oriental, who cares - the telescope didn't allow me to distinguish age and race. They would just pair up and jump. I have thought all day about this. If I were on the roof, and I saw flames on all sides of the building, I would almost certainly jump rather than fry. And if I saw another trembling human alongside of me, I would be much happier holding their hand, and jumping as a pair. Somehow to jump as half of a pair, even if the other half is an ad hoc recent acquaintance, seems to me an infinitely more human way to pass on to the next step, than to take the next step alone.
A follow-up letter (full text here): I did not mention it in the first letter, but it seems to me relevant to something. When a person jumped alone, s/he went to the edge, stopped, looked over, and jumped like you would go into a pool. Those that went in pairs simply came out of a smoky nowhere inside of the building and walked over the edge with no pause, hesitation, or last second spring.
Ray Dougherty, Professor of Linguistics, New York University Eyewitness
Common Sense
8th April 2006 - 11:25 PM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 04:06 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 12:51 PM) You may have removed the sock puppet quote in your post but I still have it in my post for all to see. You just made yourself look twice as moronic.
I read his Post again and he appears much to intelligent to be your sock puppet so I removed the statement. His arguments come right out of the disinformation handbook ( example your web site), so I am not going to apologies. If I insult someone trying to spread disinformation ,I could care less. If he shows he is trying to uncovering the truth I will be more then willing to apologies. Why would I want you to apologies? You just make my point. You open your yap, jump to conclusions based on delusion then lie to cover up your insulting embarrassment. I like you just the way you are.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 11:51 PM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 03:25 PM) Why would I want you to apologies? Are you admitting to being him?  Why would I even think about apologizing to you? You are the only person I am aware of that admits using sock puppets.
reasonwhy
8th April 2006 - 11:58 PM
QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 03:15 PM) Funny none of you guys have been able to explain his erroneous attribution of a quote to Leslie Robertson. Obviosly, nobody thinks it is important.
lenbrazil
9th April 2006 - 12:05 AM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 8 2006, 11:58 PM) QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 03:15 PM) Funny none of you guys have been able to explain his erroneous attribution of a quote to Leslie Robertson. Obviosly, nobody thinks it is important. More likely none of you can think of a why to explain it away, either he jumps to conclusions with out bothering to verify the facts and/or he's dishonest, take your pick!
lenbrazil
9th April 2006 - 12:11 AM
QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 8 2006, 08:51 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 09:48 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 7 2006, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 07:52 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 7 2006, 04:16 PM) About molten aluminum --- Let me remind you that I earlier posted regarding molten aluminum and concrete. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary, I will continue to assert that molten aluminum does not explode upon contact with concrete. Go back and read my post, or else do your own web trawling using, for example, 'molten aluminum concrete' as search terms. <br> QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. This is just spills david. What spalls the concrete and has sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. ? What is explosive spalling:  Fire Protection - Explosive Spalling Although intrinsically fire resistant, concrete can under certain circumstances be subject to the violent phenomenon known as explosive spalling. Explosive spalling is most often encountered in the high-grade concrete mixes, employed in tunnels and high-rise structures. When high density concrete is subject to fire, moisture within the concrete attempts to escape from the heat source, but is unable to do so, given the lack of porosity of these types of concrete. Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure. Exploding concrete is a danger not only to fire fighters and other emergency services attempting to put out the fire but also to survivors attempting to flee either the tunnel or high rise structure. http://www.adfil.co.uk/docs/templates/fire...re%20Protection Where's the melted aluminum part... It also says under certain circumstances. Fire alone doesn't cause it. Spall and spalling have the same definition. Ask Guest_David B. Benson to explain it to you. You may have removed the sock puppet quote in your post but I still have it in my post for all to see. You just made yourself look twice as moronic. QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 09:48 PM) QUOTE (Common Sense+Apr 7 2006, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 7 2006, 07:52 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 7 2006, 04:16 PM) About molten aluminum --- Let me remind you that I earlier posted regarding molten aluminum and concrete. Unless you can provide evidence to the contrary, I will continue to assert that molten aluminum does not explode upon contact with concrete. Go back and read my post, or else do your own web trawling using, for example, 'molten aluminum concrete' as search terms. <br> QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. This is just spills david. What spalls the concrete and has sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. ? What is explosive spalling:  Fire Protection - Explosive Spalling Although intrinsically fire resistant, concrete can under certain circumstances be subject to the violent phenomenon known as explosive spalling. Explosive spalling is most often encountered in the high-grade concrete mixes, employed in tunnels and high-rise structures. When high density concrete is subject to fire, moisture within the concrete attempts to escape from the heat source, but is unable to do so, given the lack of porosity of these types of concrete. Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure. Exploding concrete is a danger not only to fire fighters and other emergency services attempting to put out the fire but also to survivors attempting to flee either the tunnel or high rise structure. http://www.adfil.co.uk/docs/templates/fire...re%20Protection Where's the melted aluminum part... It also says under certain circumstances. Fire alone doesn't cause it. Spall and spalling have the same definition. Ask your sock puppet Guest_David B. Benson to explain it to you. |
<br>We're still wainting for evidence the concrete should have exploded. The only source you side has come up with undermine the argument that it almost certainly would have. "Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure." Also how do we know parts of the floor didn't explode?
newton
9th April 2006 - 12:14 AM
quote: Revelation 13:18 says the following:
"This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is a man's number. His number is 666."
This beast, regarded by some as the Anti-Christ described by John, is thus related to the number 666, one of the greatest mysteries of the Bible.
Curiously enough, if you take the sine of 666º, you get -0.80901699, which is one-half of negative phi, or perhaps what one might call the "anti-phi."
The trigonometric relationship of sin 666º to phi is based on an isosceles triangle with a base of phi and sides of 1. When this triangle is enclosed in a circle with a radius of 1, we see that the lower line, which has an angle of 306º on the first rotation and 666º on the second rotation, has a sine equal to one-half negative phi.
In this we see the unity of phi divided into positive and negative, analogous perhaps to light and darkness or good and evil. Could this "sine" be a "sign" as well?
In addition, 666 degrees is 54 degrees short of the complete second circle and when dividing the 360 degrees of a circle by 54 degrees you get 6.66... The other side of a 54 degree angle in a right angle is 36 degrees and 36 divided by 54 is .666.
Phi appears throughout creation, and in every physical proportion of the human body. In that sense it is the number of mankind, as the mysterious passage of Revelation perhaps reveals.
lenbrazil
9th April 2006 - 12:21 AM
ST911 Chairman and founder Jim Fetzer rewrites history Fetzer suspects Bush was behind the attempt on Reagan and that members of the Hinckley family set John Hinckley JR. up to be a ‘Manchurian candidate”. In support of this in book on the Wellstone crash, “American Assassination” he wrote on page 68 (1st edition, chap. 4, “poisonous precedents” section), “John Hinckley SR., a major a major Bush campaign contributor, was arrested in 1980 for possessing a .38 caliber pistol, two .22 caliber handguns and fifty round of ammunition. His son John Hinckley JR…”. Just like most of the assertions in the book NO source is provided LOL!!!! Ummmmm, excuse me can some one tell Mr. PhD. “scholar for ‘truth’ ” that it was John Jr., the son who shot Reagan, not John Sr. the “Bush campaign contributor” who was arrested at the Nashville airport. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/people...ts/pande02.htmlhttp://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spi...hinckley/4.html http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/200311...11641-7935r.htm http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...agewanted=print Of course this doesn’t have anything to do with the Wellstone crash or Fetzer’s claims about 9/11 but it just goes to show how Fetzer is totally unreliable and how shoddy his research is, he and Jones make a good combina
Guest_David B. Benson
9th April 2006 - 12:28 AM
Mea Culpa --- In doing the approximate energy calculations yesterday, I was off by a factor of a million. Blush!  (I blaim it on a tough week...) Correctly now, the PE of each of WTC 1 & 2 has been estimated to be 10^12 Joules = 1,000 gigaJoules. So the energy required to heat steel to yellow hot is approximately one-thousandth of the PE available, per tonne. Metamars --- I fear that the most elementary considerations of physics shows that all the available PE became heat. Not all the chemical energy, for example lots of paper did not even turn brown, mush less burn. That, of course, does not explain the yellow hot steel found at the bottom of the excavations. I admit to not having an explanation, not even one involving demolition charges or thermite. As a conjecture, the pounding on the top of the steel, 110 floors plus basement levels worth, is the cause. But I do not know how to estimate just how much of a pounding that is... We know that the majority of the steel beams did not significantly fail in compression, so that gives an upper limit on the pounding possible, but I don't have the data. You seem to be under the impression that hot metal was recovered from WTC 7. Please post some authoritative reason to believe this was, in fact so. There appears to be some confusion regarding the non-recovery of steel from WTC 7 and there is at least some confusion regarding the non-discovery of hot metal from that site. reasonwhy --- Thank you again for the informative post regarding explosive spalling. In it we once again see that the aluminum does not explode, it is the high-density concrete. (I will admit that many people seeing that molten aluminum jumping out of the pot might call it an explosion... We just don't seem to have the right word to describe this behavior.) In the context of WTC 2, recall that the floors were poured in place light weight, that is, low-density concrete. In these the ordinary aggregate of sand and gravel is replaced by vermiculite, scoria or pumice. I have earlier posted reasons to believe vermiculite was used. In any case, these have pores where the evolving hydrogen can escape without spalling the concrete. Whilst web trawling I found plenty of adverts for TufFloor and the like, poured on top of ordinary concrete to protect it from spalling during foundry operations. I think this stuff is mostly a light-weight concrete, maybe with additives... Finally, WTC 7 was designed differently from any of the other damaged buildings. That, plus damage plus a long fire sufficed to destroy it. Those favoring the D hypotheses have yet to answer how anybody could have known in advance that WTC 7 would be damaged and a fire started.  The building just to its west was not, AFAIK, damaged. A building across the street to the west of both towers was hit, but no fire started. I know almost nothing about WTC 6, but hope to learn. However, it was much smaller than WTC 7 and with a considerably different design. Can we now give up blogging about WTC 7 and get on with WTC 1, 2 & 6? Please? And stop using up bandwidth on insults, sticking to the evidence? Please?
reasonwhy
9th April 2006 - 12:34 AM
QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 04:11 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. <br>We're still wainting for evidence the concrete should have exploded. The only source you side has come up with undermine the argument that it almost certainly would have. "Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure." Also how do we know parts of the floor didn't explode? I would rather you do an experiment.Take a crucible of molten aluminum (glowing yellow or orange) and pour it near your feet on a concrete floor. Take pictures so they can put it in text books next to the warning above (What not to do). Come back when you get out of the hospital and tell us concrete doesn’t explode.
Foxx
9th April 2006 - 12:44 AM
| QUOTE | originally posted by newtonnjd
Can someone post a picture of the molten aluminium at 9:27? I tried opening Scott's link but the PDF file freezes my PC.
In fact you only strengthen my case. If the joist is strong and the perimeter connection gives then any pool of liquid would pour out that corner like a coffee spout....
Reply...
Which only strengthens my case, as it didn't pour out like a coffee spout.. it oozed out in stages. <br>--------------
To be honest I haven't had the time to research Scotts reference (such as it is --- it's kinda vague, like MOST of the OCT supporters 'references').
I am presuming that he is referring to this photo?...

cached on this page...
http://oceanmirage.homestead.com/Fig932.html
I am trying to simplify the search for relevant photos and have cached the photos from NIST (regarding the south tower) at the following page...
http://oceanmirage.homestead.com/Fig00SouthTower.html
Numerical notations are: NIST Fig #'s are first... followed by the time under the photos.
I have attempted to put together this reference page to circumvent obfuscatory practices of referring to "{Fig 9-32 / 9:27 am}"... which then requires a respondent to download the entire 300+ page adobe document in an attempt to discover the truth of the posters statements.
Sorry, but in MY humble opinion such photos are of the quality that we might find on Jayhans site (in support of his theories.
Is the above the photo you are referring to, Scotts... to support your (apparently non-existant) 'case' ????
Rove's shill
9th April 2006 - 12:52 AM
Mr. Benson | QUOTE | Finally, WTC 7 was designed differently from any of the other damaged buildings. That, plus damage plus a long fire sufficed to destroy it. Those favoring the D hypotheses have yet to answer how anybody could have known in advance that WTC 7 would be damaged and a fire started. huh.gif The building just to its west was not, AFAIK, damaged. A building across the street to the west of both towers was hit, but no fire started. I know almost nothing about WTC 6, but hope to learn. However, it was much smaller than WTC 7 and with a considerably different design. Can we now give up blogging about WTC 7 and get on with WTC 1, 2 & 6? Please? <br>Benson, you are here for the truth, aren't you? Those of us favoring the D hypothesis are still puzzeling how Guliani was alerted while in 7, to get out because the towers were going to collapse. Why was he alerted and not the firefighters staging at the bottom of 1+2. I wonder if they asked him to testify about this at the Mousawi trial this week. As for the fire and damage hypothesis, it does not match the behavior of the structure during collapse in the video footage.
reasonwhy
9th April 2006 - 01:01 AM
QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 8 2006, 04:28 PM) reasonwhy --- Thank you again for the informative post regarding explosive spalling. In it we once again see that the aluminum does not explode, it is the high-density concrete. (I will admit that many people seeing that molten aluminum jumping out of the pot might call it an explosion... We just don't seem to have the right word to describe this behavior.) In the context of WTC 2, recall that the floors were poured in place light weight, that is, low-density concrete. In these the ordinary aggregate of sand and gravel is replaced by vermiculite, scoria or pumice. I have earlier posted reasons to believe vermiculite was used. In any case, these have pores where the evolving hydrogen can escape without spalling the concrete.
Whilst web trawling I found plenty of adverts for TufFloor and the like, poured on top of ordinary concrete to protect it from spalling during foundry operations. I think this stuff is mostly a light-weight concrete, maybe with additives...
Thanks for responding to my post. It is the moisture in the concrete that explodes. There would be no reason to put high temperature floors in the WTC. This is a sample of the concrete: http://911digitalarchive.org/images/details/2804 | QUOTE | This is a piece of the 20th floor of WTC2. I worked at the WTC from 1975 to 1979 and acquired this core of the 20th floor in the summer of 1975. All utilities were in metal raceways embedded in the concrete floors. To gain access to electric and phone lines, a hole was bored in the floor. Since we were the first tenants of the 19th and 20th floors, this action was repeated many times to add work stations. I saved one of these cores - all were routinely discarded.
Cite as: James Rogers, Image #2804, The September 11 Digital Archive, 6 September 2005
Your timing is amazing, a long disinformation post an hour after Common Sense admits being you. I saw a few pages back that you can now log in:
http://forum.physorg.com/index.php?showtop...indpost&p=79723
Or is their another dbbenson? It would stop some of the confusion if you did this simple procedure.
Christophera
9th April 2006 - 03:31 AM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 9 2006, 12:34 AM) QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 04:11 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. <br>We're still wainting for evidence the concrete should have exploded. The only source you side has come up with undermine the argument that it almost certainly would have. "Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure." Also how do we know parts of the floor didn't explode? I would rather you do an experiment.Take a crucible of molten aluminum and pour it near your feet on a concrete floor. Take pictures so they can put it in text books next to the warning above (What not to do). Come back when you get out of the hospital and tell us concrete doesn’t explode. whatreason expects people to think that the concrete on 110 floors exploded the heat was so great. What a distortion. This is called misinformation. If he gets one person believing it, spreading it, he can return later and debunk it.
reasonwhy
9th April 2006 - 04:16 AM
QUOTE (Christophera+Apr 8 2006, 07:31 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 9 2006, 12:34 AM) QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 04:11 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. <br>We're still wainting for evidence the concrete should have exploded. The only source you side has come up with undermine the argument that it almost certainly would have. "Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure." Also how do we know parts of the floor didn't explode? I would rather you do an experiment.Take a crucible of molten aluminum and pour it near your feet on a concrete floor. Take pictures so they can put it in text books next to the warning above (What not to do). Come back when you get out of the hospital and tell us concrete doesn’t explode. whatreason expects people to think that the concrete on 110 floors exploded the heat was so great. What a distortion. This is called misinformation. If he gets one person believing it, spreading it, he can return later and debunk it. No, that would be disinformation like your concrete core  : | QUOTE | Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, which is undeliberate, i.e. the person or news source forwarding the information doesn't know it's not true and/or actually believes it; thus disinformation can be relayed as misinformation if the one relaying the message is not aware that the originator of the message deliberately manufactured false information and offered it up for distribution. Whether the target of such an attack is to mislead the end user of the information or if the disinformation is meant to destroy the credibility of those gullible enough to relay it (usually news agencies) and not really caring what damage it does to the ultimate recipient must be judged on a per case basis. <br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation
I am showing how improbable heating aluminum to glowing yellow would be. Concrete would explode from the heat required for molten glowing yellow aluminum or the aluminum itself contacting the floor. Either way you don’t get pools of aluminum dripping from the side of the building.

Thanks billybats for the positive feedback. 
http://forum.physorg.com/index.php?act=feedback&mid=5967
Christophera
9th April 2006 - 05:49 AM
QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 9 2006, 04:16 AM) QUOTE (Christophera+Apr 8 2006, 07:31 PM) QUOTE (reasonwhy+Apr 9 2006, 12:34 AM) QUOTE (lenbrazil+Apr 8 2006, 04:11 PM) QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM)
In foundry work with molten aluminum, safe practice requires never pouring on a concrete floor. Any spills spall the concrete, sending concrete fragments and molten metal splashes with sufficient force to penetrate any practicable safety clothing. <br>We're still wainting for evidence the concrete should have exploded. The only source you side has come up with undermine the argument that it almost certainly would have. "Eventually, if the fire is allowed to develop over time, then internal stresses generated by the steam within the concrete surpasses the ability of the concrete to resist and large pieces of super heated concrete are violently exploded out of the structure." Also how do we know parts of the floor didn't explode? I would rather you do an experiment.Take a crucible of molten aluminum and pour it near your feet on a concrete floor. Take pictures so they can put it in text books next to the warning above (What not to do). Come back when you get out of the hospital and tell us concrete doesn’t explode. whatreason expects people to think that the concrete on 110 floors exploded the heat was so great. What a distortion. This is called misinformation. If he gets one person believing it, spreading it, he can return later and debunk it. No, that would be disinformation like your concrete core  : | QUOTE | Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, which is undeliberate, i.e. the person or news source forwarding the information doesn't know it's not true and/or actually believes it; thus disinformation can be relayed as misinformation if the one relaying the message is not aware that the originator of the message deliberately manufactured false information and offered it up for distribution. Whether the target of such an attack is to mislead the end user of the information or if the disinformation is meant to destroy the credibility of those gullible enough to relay it (usually news agencies) and not really caring what damage it does to the ultimate recipient must be judged on a per case basis. <br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation
I am showing how improbable heating aluminum to glowing yellow would be. Concrete would explode from the heat required for molten glowing yellow aluminum or the aluminum itself contacting the floor. Either way you don’t get pools of aluminum dripping from the side of the building.

Thanks billybats for the positive feedback.  Either it's aluminum or it's steel or the images are tampered with. The concrete could be broken and the molten metal running on the floor pan. Not significant any way.
It still does not deal with free fall. something that must be done.
However, if one thought it did help to explain free fall they would have to fit it into the specific tower and face then relate it to a portion of the towers pieces falling.
Christophera
9th April 2006 - 07:16 AM
QUOTE (Guest_David B. Benson+Apr 9 2006, 12:28 AM) Mea Culpa --- In doing the approximate energy calculations yesterday, I was off by a factor of a million. Blush!  (I blaim it on a tough week...) Correctly now, the PE of each of WTC 1 & 2 has been estimated to be 10^12 Joules = 1,000 gigaJoules. So the energy required to heat steel to yellow hot is approximately one-thousandth of the PE available, per tonne. How many tons of steel can be heated yellow per ton of available PE?
gordon
9th April 2006 - 08:47 AM
Take a kilo of material at a known physical height. Allow that all the potential energy that it possesses is converted to heat energy. You know that the specific heat capacity of steel requires that a known energy is required to raise one kilogram through one degree so it would be a simple matter to ascertain that if a steel object were dropped from the full height of the tower and all the potential energy was transformed to heat energy within the steel, then it would rise in temperature by about 2 C. To get it to reach yellow hot temperatures you would have to drop it about 30 miles while still retaining all the heat within the steel. If you now wish to show that this energy could be concentrated within a section of steel you will require a heat pump or other similar mechanism. I'm looking forward to the heat pump theory. I wonder, will it qualify for an "amazing" tag like the bellows and jet fuel theories?
Gordon.
shagster
9th April 2006 - 10:31 AM
The corrugated steel beneath the concrete would have held molten aluminum if it had gone through the concrete. Thermite would have spalled the concrete even more than aluminum since it would have been 1550C or higher. Moreover, it would have melted right through the corrugated steel before it had a chance to pour out the window.
shagster
9th April 2006 - 10:57 AM
Gordon, where did the 30 inch of floor sag figure come from? Just curious.
Also, we are assuming that a force due to continual sag of floors was needed to bring the bowing of the east wall all the way to about 4 feet which isn't necessarily the case. Once the wall bowed even a small amount due to floor sag initially, a bending moment was set up. Those moments can be high even for a slight bend in a column. The weight of the upper 30 floors was being exerted those columns that were no longer straight. Once the instability was established, they could have continued to creep and bow further at elevated temperature and under load from the upper 30 floors without necessarily having any help from sagging floors.
The initial damage to the east side of the core and perimeter set up a non-symmetric type of loading. The building probably leaned very slightly to the east side although it probably couldn't be seen in any of the pics. Even a very slight lean like that can place much higher loads on the columns on the east side. For columns that are no longer straight, that also creates large bending moments which act to further bow the columns. The most glaring example of that was right before the global collapse where the east wall buckled in quickly. No further help was needed by the floors. It was caused by the load from the upper 30 stories acting on bowed columns.
It's also possible that the core sagged downward and may have made the floor/core connections lower than their associated floor/perimeter wall connections. That would change the geometry of the situation. It would act to further pull the perimeter walls inward if the floors remained connected.
shagster
9th April 2006 - 11:48 AM
QUOTE (astaire+Apr 8 2006, 08:25 PM) Hi Rove's Shill, QUOTE (Rove's shill+Apr 8 2006, 04:59 PM) Hey, Arthur when did the NIST report come out? When did the 911 Commision start its investigation? When was all the rubble completely removed from ground zero? Give us some dates please. Has the NIST released the report for WTC 7? What was the date of mannings statements? <br>I don't know who all the players are yet so please forgive a stupid question but... I just read on the NIST site, that NIST began its investigation 1 year after the collapse. Does anyone know why so late? Who was in charge of the investigation before that ? -Astaire Bush was part of the reason for its delay. He came right out and told America after 911 that an investigation wasn't needed. As Congressional midterms approached in 2002, he changed his mind and said he would allow an investigation. After the midterms were over, he appointed Kissinger and Mitchell to head the investigation committee, both of whom resigned in the following weeks. By the time they started a committee, a year had gone by. Bush was also too afraid to testfy in front of the committee by himself and under oath, so he had Cheney go along with him. The White House also scheduled Condi Rice's testimony late Thursday of the Easter weekend after most had left DC. ASCE was involved with the government the first year but it was more of a volunteer effort than a formalized one. The best case would have been if engineers and researchers were at ground zero documenting everything and taking samples right there. Harvesting samples from Fresh Kills was a problem because one can't be sure which buildings the materials came from unless you're lucky enough to find the serial number on a beam which would tell you what part of the building it came from. Even then, that doesn't tell you where that part ended up at ground zero. It's a shame that a better job wasn't done on the forensics right after the collapse.
Visiting 'Gatekeeper'
9th April 2006 - 12:39 PM
Typically, two dimensional thinking is on display again. Reference the damage to buildings hit by debris from the towers, there is no reason why ‘how bad it looks’ be the same as ‘how bad it is’. Punch four guys in the face with the same force. One will punch you right back, one will drop like a stone but live, one will die, one will yell and hold his bleeding nose. If ‘my’ fireman was your fireman and his testimony was backing CTs up, CTs would say he was reliable. That six is still standing is moot. Was it partially crushed by debris or did partially collapse after being hit? My point about the penthouse collapse on 7 has been spun by the responder. I’m not suggesting it contributed to the collapse but that it was visual evidence of the collapse of the rear of the building a full five seconds before the front comes down. So it wasn’t a symmetrical collapse unless you only think in two dimensions. And several of you are guilty. I’ve just looked at the opening of this thread and a brief ‘google’ led me here. Andrew Johnston followed by his apostles from www.nineeleven.co.uk pretending not to know each other. How many times did they each vote in CNN’s Charlie Sheen poll? If online polls are considered reliable indicators then let’s use them to elect presidents! For fack’s sake, get a grip. I don’t think the conspiracy movement is that big. It’s just the same handful going around the internet. The same names keep popping up and the same whining voice ‘why’ ‘why’. ‘Where is the Pentagon plane?’ Don’t you think the black ops guys would have dumped a big bit on the lawn to fend off the really clever people in the conspiracy movement who know everything about everything. Some CT chap has been killed by muggers and inevitably, ‘he’s been assassinated for his truth seeking’. Found this on my visit to the link above. Being angry with conspracy theorists isn't healthy. Move on Gatekeeper, they'll still be here in ten years.
lenbrazil
9th April 2006 - 01:46 PM
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