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To: David Howe who wrote (16042)	9/19/2006 7:11:50 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Respond to of 20039

I think it does matter. If it was normal concrete reinforced with #3 bars 16" on center each way, which is common in high rise floors, then the energy needed to crush it to 30 microns would be 30 to 50% more than it would be for unreinforced lightweight.

To: David Howe who wrote (16042)	9/19/2006 10:21:23 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

We both agree they were poured on pan type steel decks, as you call them. How thick are those pans? 20ga? they were corrugated. How come I don't see a single piece of that pan any where on the "rubble pile"? Does that stuff vaporize when hitting the ground at a few hundred miles per hour? Sure it gets mangled, but it didn't hit fast enough to vaporize, did it? The engineer you disagree with on his energy analysis says the fall would be arrested...for both towers. You call his calculation into question with out offering any proofs of your own. I call on you to email the author of that paper with a challenge to it. Then post your "victorious" reply here. Other wise I say that you are just blowing smoke. So what you are saying is that whether the upper portion of the towers were dropped through air, or a mass of creme filled doughnuts, or 250 high strength columns and 80 to 100 concrete floors...which are still intact with the columns according to NIST...they all will hit the ground at the same time? Wow...you have an amazing imagination.