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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11?
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To: sea_urchin who wrote (9115)12/2/2004 10:59:08 PM
From: Don Earl  Read Replies (1) of 20039
 
RE: "I am not a demolition expert..."

Neither am I. What little I know is from doing a few research projects online. I was trying to find the site I'd found some time back, which mentioned the amount of explosives used on different building implosions. I found this instead, which I think you'll find more than a little interesting:

howstuffworks.com

It could probably be titled, "Building Demolitions for Dummies", but it's very informative in spite of verging on patronizing in it's literary style.

Not mentioned in the article is some of the more recent technology developments in detonators. There are also remote controlled devices which can be timed by computer, and devices that are set off by the actual progression of the collapse.

If I can find the link that mentions the amounts of explosive used to demolish various buildings, I'll post it later. It stuck in my mind when I first ran across it because I was surprised at the relatively small amounts used to bring down rather large buildings. Not that it would rule out using more than needed to bring down the towers, as safety was never a consideration, but I think it would be a lot easier to explain 10 guys making two trips with 25 pounds of RDX each, than it would moving several boat loads of the stuff without being noticed.

I also think the seismic spike could be accounted for by the core slamming into the bedrock, as standard operating proceedure appears to be taking out the central column supports as the first step.

Anyhow, go through the several pages starting at the above link. I think you'll catch yourself saying, "Ah ha!" at more than a few places.
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