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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11?
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (17157)4/14/2007 3:42:57 AM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) of 20039
 
Hi TP,

I have no problem being proven wrong on this one. In fact it was several years before I swung over to the "conspiracy" explanation, and my posts on SI will reflect this change over the years. Reason? The other explanation just didn't fit. The event was very hard to take in in the first place.

"Shock and Awe" is all the rage these days though.

I thought the weight of the floors above plus dynamic loading plus shock waves transmitted through the steel structure would explain all the unusual effects. The speed of sound in steel is high for example. The structure doesn't all just fall down at once though, there is not enough energy at any time for instantaneous failure of all load bearing points.

Building 7 convinced many that more was going on then just the plane strikes. I watched the BBC report live btw, it was kinda naf, especially when it fell down "just like in the movies". The horror of the events swamped any reasoning going on at the time I think.

It was stated that the lateral loading from the plane strike was 95% of the designed tolerance for wind resistance. OK, but the actual tolerance will be about three times that before it actually starts to break. Same with the vertical supports. They will be many times stronger then any max loading.

Perhaps some photos from Mexico Earthquake would give better examples? The city had many high rise building if I remember correctly.
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