Reply #133: My reaction to the FEMA report.

[robertpaulsen]

Well, I finally finished reading the FEMA report and I have to say I'm extremely disappointed. It seems like they spent most of their time apologizing for the fact that they didn't have enough information to make their analysis thorough and that further study needed to be conducted. This is the vague and superficial report Paul Thompson was talking about which says the cause of the collapse could not be determined.

Since you brought up TWA Flight 800 as an example of disaster science pinpointing the most likely cause, compare this rushed report to the NTSB report on TWA Flight 800:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/2000/AAR0003.pdf

Here every possible hypothesis is examined, from lightning to meteorites to, believe it or not, a missile strike. The appearance this report leaves is that no stone is left unturned in the search for truth. The FEMA report leaves the opposite appearance. I'm not sure how you can assume that if there had been a detonation they would have found it in the evidence. I see nothing in the report that the signature of detonation was ever a consideration that they were looking for. It was a consideration the NTSB looked into for TWA Flight 800, but since FEMA didn't even mention it, I assume they did not.

I'm sure they had their reasons, like time and budget considerations. But take into account the Congressional and Kean Commission's omission of WTC7, along with NIST's future study which, if AZCat is correct, will not consider the possibility of detonation, then perhaps you can understand why I have such little faith in our government's search for the truth on this matter, whether you agree with me or not.