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Originally posted by Disclosed
Did I mention basements? Who was talking about the basements? Please link the post where I mentioned the basements....i'm curious, ULTIMA1.
Originally posted by Aim64C
But we'll go with government conspiracy - makes much more sense. I mean
Originally posted by Disclosed
(interesting how you shifted to talk about the basement when pressed about your thermite theory....why is that? No proof?)
We also go with facts, and evidence, and tests done by professionals, experts, and actual people that were there. Testimony by firemen, survivors, and documented evidence.
Are you saying the NIST, FEMA and 911commission reports are not viable answers? They seem to answer every single one of your questions in this post. And how odd that they dont mention thermite....why is that I wonder. Hmmm..
[edit on 10-11-2007 by Disclosed]
Originally posted by Griff
reply to post by Disclosed
Funny how you keep on Ultima's tail about linguistics and such when I've posted more evidence refuting what you say than you've refuted what he says? And yet, you ignore me. Why? Because you can't make a strawman of my comments? Me thinks.
Originally posted by Disclosed[/i
I guess I didnt realize you were a practicing Wiccan. Here is a nice link showing you how to make a strawman for Samhain:
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Funny how you keep shifting the subject when someone post facts to debate you.
What test ? NIST stated they did not test any steel for explosives or chemical componds. But FEMA did, do you need me to post those test agian? Also NIST did not recover any steel from Building 7 to test.
Maybe you can tell me so many first responders are speaking out aganist the official story.
I have posted several NIST, FEMA and 9/11 commission reports that prove you and the official story wrong.
PLEASE TRY TO DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE POSTING !!!!!!
Originally posted by Disclosed
I guess I didnt realize you were a practicing Wiccan. Here is a nice link showing you how to make a strawman for Samhain:
paganwiccan.about.com...
Originally posted by Disclosed You arent basing it on one far off shot of a liquid metal pouring from a window (of only 1 building I might add). No witness to it on either building?
Findings reported in Appendix C of FEMA's World Trade Center Building Performance Study seem to fit the thermite theory remarkably well.
Evidence of a severe high temperature corrosion attack on the steel, including oxidation and sulfidation with subsequent intergranular melting, was readily visible in the near-surface microstructure. A liquid eutectic mixture containing primarily iron, oxygen, and sulfur formed during this hot corrosion attack on the steel.
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The severe corrosion and subsequent erosion of Samples 1 and 2 are a very unusual event. No clear explanation for the source of the sulfur has been identified.
In response to requests from the EPA through the USGS, NASA flew AVIRIS on a De Havilland Twin Otter over lower Manhattan at mid-day on September 16 and 23, 2001. For these deployments, the Twin Otter was flown at altitudes of 6,500 and 12,500 feet. The spectral data for the maps shown here were measured at 6,500 feet and have a spatial resolution (pixel spacing) of approximately 6 feet (2 meters).
AVIRIS records the near-infrared signature of heat remotely. The accompanying maps are false color images that show the core affected area around the World Trade Center. Initial analysis of these data revealed a number of thermal hot spots on September 16 in the region where the buildings collapsed 5 days earlier. Analysis of the data indicates temperatures greater than 800oF.
Because NIST recovered no steel from WTC 7, it is not possible to make any statements about its quality. The recommended values for the stress-strain behavior were estimated using the same methodology that was used for the WTC 1 and WTC 2 steels (NIST NCSTAR 1-3D). The static yield strengths were estimated from historical averages and corrected for testing rate effects.
Because, prior to collapse, WTC 7 did not suffer any high-strain rate events, NIST made no effort to estimate high-strain-rate or impact properties of the steel.
No metallography could be carried out because no steel was recovered from WTC 7.
Given that the vast majority of the volatile jet fuel was consumed inside five minutes of each crash, the fires subsequently dwindled, limited to the fuels of conventional office fires. The fires in both towers diminished steadily until the South Tower's collapse. Seconds before, the remaining pockets of fire were visible only to the firefighters and victims in the crash zone. A thin veil of black smoke enveloped the tower's top. In the wake of the South Tower's fall new areas of fire appeared in the North Tower.
This summary is supported by simple observations of the extent and brightness of the flames and the color and quantity of smoke, using the available photographic and video evidence.
Visible flames diminished greatly over time. Significant emergence of flames from the building is only seen in a region of the North Tower 10 stories above the impact zone.
South Tower: Virtually no flames were visible at the time of its collapse.
North Tower: Flames were visible in several areas at the time of its collapse. A region of flames on the 105th floor is seen after the South Tower collapse.
The smoke darkened over time. While the fires in both towers emitted light gray smoke during the first few minutes following the impacts, the color of the smoke became darker.
South Tower: Smoke from the fires was black by the time it collapsed. At that time it was only a small fraction of the volume of the smoke from the North Tower.
North Tower: Smoke from the fires had become much darker by the time the South Tower was struck, 17 minutes after the fires were ignited. The smoke was nearly black when the South Tower collapsed. Thereafter the smoke appears to have lightened and emerged from the building at an accelerated rate.
After the fall of the South Tower, the North Tower continued to produce prodigious quantities of smoke, and showed regions of active fires. See photographs.
Dark smoke implies the presence of soot, which is composed of uncombusted hydrocarbons. Soot is produced when a fire is oxygen-starved, or has just been extinguished. Soot also has a high thermal capacity and may act to rob a fire of heat by carrying it away.
There appears to be no evidence of fires within the buildings' cores. It can be assumed that most of the fires were near the perimeters of the towers where broken windows around the crash zone allowed them a supply of air. The cores were an average distance of about 70 feet from the nearest walls, and had much less flammable material than the surrounding offices. The impact gash in the North Tower provided a line of sight to the core. Available photographs and videos show the gash as consistently dark, showing no signs of fire in the building's core.
Originally posted by Disclosed
I would think you would have SOME evidence of it. You arent basing it on one far off shot of a liquid metal pouring from a window (of only 1 building I might add). No witness to it on either building?
Originally posted by Griff
I would think if you wanted to debate this, you could come up with an answer to how an airplane sitting on sagging floors, melts and starts to pour out the facade (i.e uphill, anti-gravity etc.). Maybe actually think about that. How does molten aluminum disregard the force of gravity to flow over the lip of the bowl (for lack of wording)? Explain that.
Originally posted by PepeLapew
You two do know you are wasting your time here with this guy, right?
Originally posted by PepeLapew
You two do know you are wasting your time here with this guy, right?