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originally posted by: onehuman
a reply to: markosity1973
It is true. There were some crazy pictures of them at one point. I'm sure they are still around. A lot of videos that were made by the average joes on the street show them. I'm sure a quick YouTube search would bring them up
Okay, I understand that pressure would have forced some of the paper out, yet, we had cars melted from the heat blocks away. So, melts metal, paper escapes unscathed.
The toasted cars alone is a an underrated smoking gun. Yes, some cars were parked underground but the majority that were found in the adjacent blocks were found in very odd condition. In some cases, this included entire parking lots.
originally posted by: stonerwilliam
a reply to: firerescue
There are 2 tower blocks currently on fire in the UAE
Lets see how it goes will they collapse into their own footprint and a 3rd tower fall in sympathy
DUBAI // Cladding on The Address Downtown Dubai facade did not meet fire safety requirements, a preliminary on-site inspection revealed.
Although the cause of the New Year’s Eve blaze has yet to be confirmed, a senior Civil Defence official said the cladding that lined the outside of the 63-storey hotel did not meet standards.
With the nationwide 2012 Fire and Life Safety code, authorities sought to phase out non-fire-rated cladding, consisting of a combustible thermoplastic core sandwiched between aluminium sheets. But concern remained about structures predating the code.
Citing the Tamweel repair work, Lt Col Ibrahim said Civil Defence insisted that cladding on all four sides be replaced instead of only the fire-damaged section. Refuting expert estimates that between 65 per cent and 70 per cent of UAE buildings had some form of aluminium panels surrounding a thermoplastic core, Lt Col Ibrahim said only 10 per cent to 20 per cent were covered with cladding.
originally posted by: stonerwilliam
a reply to: TerryDon79
The dust that has killed more people than on that day of 9-11 that dust .
9-11 is the day physics stopped making sense for many
originally posted by: stonerwilliam
a reply to: TerryDon79
And most did 30-40 years underground in terrible conditions with no mask before getting any illness . Same with builders i never wear a mask 30 years plus smoking and still going strong
9-11 is the day physics stopped making sense for many