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Originally posted by jfj123
Good question. My suggestion would be to contact the EPA for an answer. I'm sure you can email the question. Let me know what they say.
Originally posted by Valhall
Sorry, I missed this question from you. What is the IBC and BOCA? Not familiar with those. Are these civil engineering standards or something? or are they some form of reference material on radioactive substances?
Originally posted by SteveR
I assume/hope the newcomers have read the thread in its entireity?
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
that must have been some bomb. It brought down a commercial JET, but didn't vaporize lower manhatten
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
don't you see the commercial JET debris in the pic I posted
Originally posted by SteveR
This makes no sense whatsoever. What are you trying to say?
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
that must have been some bomb. It brought down a commercial JET, but didn't vaporize lower manhatten
Originally posted by dionysius9
First, the building was ripped apart over a few seconds, like a zipper. A nuke does its work all at once.
Second, I haven't heard any reports of radioactivity present in the debris. If someone has links to such information that they'd like me to see, please let me know.
Third, it seems to me that even the lowest-yield nuclear devices would have delivered too much energy; the destruction unleashed would have been much more than what we had seen.
So unless something compelling comes to light, this issue settled for me.
Originally posted by dionysius9
Yes, I've researched nukes. From what I remember the smallest nuke I've heard of is about 0.3 kt. So, about 300 tons of TNT. Quite a bit more destructive capability than what was seen that day.