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To: Doug R who wrote (13400)	8/15/2006 12:03:14 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

How many pounds of thermite do you think it takes to melt through one beam? Do you also propose that the beams were cut on every floor to speed up the time of collapse? Add up the beams times floors times pounds of thermite. That's quite an army of porters. Also, consider that melting thermite flows down (because of gravity). The only way you can get it to melt a beam is to place it on top of the beam. If it's horizontal, the thermite pours off as it melts unless it's confined to a fireproof bowl or other container. If you tie it or glue it to the side of a vertical beam it would just run down the side. Ceramic forms would need to be placed around the beam if it is to be contained long enough to melt the steel. All this is after any fireproofing or containment has been removed to expose the metal. This would have to be repeated for each beam that is cut. Do you think there is any way to get all these pots of thermite to ignite in a precise enough sequence to look like a pancaking collapse? TP