Reply #43: Wow, you're being reasonably responsive. I like it. :)

[greyl]

"I admit it's fully possible that aluminum could melt and run out of the building. I think it is very unlikely that enough aluminum was in the right position to get hot enough to form and flow as the video shows. It actually looks like water."

So, you don't think it's steel anymore? Is it only because it's not glowing orange like molten steel does?

Yes, looking closely at the video, we'd have to admit that one can't be certain what the material is. Based on the evidence I've seen, I don't think water can be totally eliminated. Who's to say it wasn't both? It comes back to the most likely and plausible explanation, though, and I'd bet it was aluminum.

I'd put money on it because of:
- The color of the liquid
- The overwhelming presence of 150,000 pounds of aluminum near the point of impact.