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Wed Sep-21-11 05:07 PM
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| 21. If an explosion occurred between floors, it would take out the joists |
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I guess the theory is that the burning jet fuel melted the fuselage aluminum and magnesium alloy. The liquid metal ran down to the adjacent lower floors and exploded when it came in contact with pools of water from the building extinguisher system.
The explosion would collapse the reinforced concrete floor and joist assembly. The collapsing joists would pull the columns inward causing them to buckle. The section of the tower above the impact floors would drop, pancaking all the lower floors into the basement.
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| -Were Twin Towers felled by chemical blasts? |
FarCenter |
Sep-21-11 04:33 PM |
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IBTD |
truebrit71 |
Sep-21-11 04:34 PM |
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In before the storm |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Sep-21-11 04:34 PM |
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Now I suspected something like that for years |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-21-11 04:35 PM |
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Too bad the evidence was destroyed. |
Eddie Haskell |
Sep-21-11 04:44 PM |
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It should have |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-21-11 04:46 PM |
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From my vantage point, it looked like someone drove a planeload full of fuel into it. My bad. |
nomb |
Sep-21-11 04:37 PM |
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Yep, and the fuel |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-21-11 04:40 PM |
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No |
dipsydoodle |
Sep-21-11 04:37 PM |
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No, Limbaugh wasn't in the men's room when they fell. nt |
Dreamer Tatum |
Sep-21-11 04:41 PM |
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I guess it's possible. At least the theory keeps the planes as the main cause |
RZM |
Sep-21-11 04:45 PM |
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Here, on why you use a Class D |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-21-11 04:48 PM |
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I watched the first tower fall with my own two eyes. |
RevStPatrick |
Sep-21-11 04:46 PM |
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Yep, I'm with you and the same thing happened with WTC7 as well. n/t |
teddy51 |
Sep-21-11 04:51 PM |
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self delete |
in_cog_ni_to |
Sep-21-11 04:53 PM |
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Lots of people heard explosions. IBTD. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Sep-21-11 04:50 PM |
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Sep-21-11 05:03 PM |
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certainly the heat wasn't only from the jet fuel (or aluminum) |
OnTheOtherHand |
Sep-22-11 05:09 AM |
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What was burning in the rubble pile? |
hack89 |
Sep-22-11 10:52 AM |
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self delete |
in_cog_ni_to |
Sep-21-11 04:53 PM |
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How do 244 columns all suddenly fail at once? |
teddy51 |
Sep-21-11 04:57 PM |
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If an explosion occurred between floors, it would take out the joists |
FarCenter |
Sep-21-11 05:07 PM |
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Interesting theory, but I'm far from convinced! n/t |
teddy51 |
Sep-21-11 05:12 PM |
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Nobody reported seeing melting aluminum in the towers |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Oct-23-11 12:39 AM |
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All at once??? |
Realityhack |
Oct-21-11 04:00 PM |
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I'm sorry. |
greytdemocrat |
Sep-21-11 05:00 PM |
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Mini-nukes! n/t |
zappaman |
Sep-21-11 08:01 PM |
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No, they're micro-nukes... |
SidDithers |
Oct-23-11 01:34 AM |
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This is the first "explosion" theory I've heard that makes sense. |
Xithras |
Sep-21-11 05:05 PM |
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Oh they are nasty |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-21-11 05:09 PM |
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Foam is not used to fight Class D (metal) fires. Dry powder is. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Oct-23-11 11:33 PM |
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No one has ever explained Jimmy Hoffa's whereabouts on Black Tuesday. |
Bucky |
Sep-21-11 05:15 PM |
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Nope. No blast that large observed or heard. |
William Seger |
Sep-21-11 05:35 PM |
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Wasn't most of the aluminum the exterior cladding? |
ryan_cats |
Oct-21-11 09:51 PM |
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Light fixtures, furniture, HVAC ducting, computers, etc |
hack89 |
Oct-24-11 07:52 AM |
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Good point |
ryan_cats |
Oct-25-11 04:37 PM |
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Aircraft alloys contain magnesium for one thing |
hack89 |
Oct-27-11 09:37 AM |
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Magnesium is hard to put out , doesn't it burn in water? |
ryan_cats |
Oct-27-11 10:09 AM |
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