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spooky24
First off if you would consult history books rather than truther sites you would know that in signing the Paris Peace Accords both the Republic of North Vietnam and the United States agreed that neither side knew just what happened in the Gulf of Tonkin. The agreement stated that by decree the incident was meaningless as neither side could prove the other was the aggressor. LBJ's Decision Points says the exact same thing.
What happened to the originating planes and the people on them is an unknown.
You can't debate in a vacuum. You simply can't cherrypick events and criticize them without working them into a solid time line. Who-What-When-Where and how.
All the phone calls were fake-the radar returns fake-all the air to ground and ground to air recordings-more than 90 min worth-are fake as well. If your going to debate that then where is your proof?
Highly decorated war hero's who are now professional pilots flying passenger jets just disappear off the face of the earth?
Why exactly did this building have fireproofing that needed to be removed if a plane hitting it full of jet fuel couldn't damage or destroy this impenetrable frame??
FIREPROOFING" AT THE WTC TOWERS
APPLICATION DEFICIENCIES
Fireproofing was applied directly to the long joists that supported each of the floors. Inspections of the floors with asbestos-containing fireproofing (up to the 38th floor in the North Tower) found that there were numerous areas where the fireproofing had never been applied. Top and bottom chords and truss web members were exposed, and the red lead on the trusses was clearly visible in many locations. Photo 1 shows a truss with fireproofing missing from its end where it meets the outside wall. Also, the fireproofing was frequently thinner than the 3/4 inch described in the Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded ASCE BPAT report on the collapse of the towers. Many of the problems observed were clearly the result of poor workmanship.
However, the nature of the structures that were fireproofed and application methods used could also contribute to the problem. Applying fireproofing to a long-span or any type of joist construction is difficult. The round rods and small angles making up a truss are difficult targets for the installer. Spray fireproofing materials are typically applied from the floor with an extended spray nozzle. The installer may be unable to reach or see certain areas of the trusses that must be covered. This frequently results in thin or absent fireproofing on surfaces hidden from the floor by the bottom of steel members (photo 2). In the WTC, this resulted in sections of the top surface of the bottom chord of the trusses receiving an inadequate coat of fireproofing. These are deficiencies that would have been easily discovered by the ASTM field quality assurance tests for adhesion, cohesion, thickness, and density had these test methods existed at the time of construction.
LACK OF QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING
The WTC was built before there were accepted standards for determining if the fireproofing as applied in the field would perform properly. Would the material remain on the steel (adhesion), resist physical damage (cohesion), insulate properly (thickness and density), and behave as a fire retardant? Architects relied on the "testing" undertaken by Underwriters Laboratories. However, without field quality assurance tests, there was no way of knowing if the properties of the applied fireproofing matched those of the material subjected to the UL test. The previously discussed tests would not become available until years after the completion of the WTC. For example, the ASTM test for adhesion would have detected the bonding defects of the fireproofing on core columns. This test and the ASTM test for thickness and density would have determined the adequacy of the spray fireproofing on the floor joists.
The WTC should not be considered unique in this regard. The fireproofing in any building constructed before the ASTM standards became available in 1977 should be considered suspect.
Poor Fire Protection Application Photo 1
Poor Fire Pretection Application Photo 2
ACCUMULATED DAMAGE TO FIREPROOFING
There is another important aspect to this issue. There is no existing requirement in any building or occupancy code to inspect the fireproofing in a building periodically to determine if it has degraded through gradual physical damage. This is even true for new construction where the fireproofing is installed and tested early in the construction process. Successive work by many trades often damages and removes whole sections of fireproofing. In the WTC, the fireproofing coatings had been damaged by later construction and renovation in many locations.
LESSONS LEARNED
In considering the possible causes of the collapse of the WTC towers, the possibility that the initial application of fire-resistive coatings was deficient must be considered. The implications of this are far ranging. The fire safety of buildings depends on the fire-resistance ratings' successfully resulting in buildings that stay standing despite fire damage. Prior to the collapse of the WTC towers, it was thought that adherence to the fire-resistance ratings in the building codes would result in buildings that were safe for occupants and for those who fight fires. However, the entire scheme currently used to make these determinations must be called into question. If the WTC towers were properly protected but fell anyway, then this would indicate that the fire-resistance ratings and structural reliability of buildings as they are now built are insufficiently protective. However, if the buildings failed because the fireproofing was improperly applied, then the standards for fireproofing application and maintenance need to be strengthened. Peoples' lives depend on properly analyzing these issues and then taking appropriate corrective action.
Deficient firestopping
Deficient firestopping provides an avenue for fire spread. Columns, girders and beams are commonly protected with spray asbestos insulation or a composition material. Spray insulation has been tested to offer four-hour test ratings on columns, three hours on beams and girders.
Test conditions, however, do not match actual conditions in the field. Insulation adhesion may be ineffective because of rust. Frequently, insulation is applied to rusted metal that has not been properly treated before application; the insulation's consistency may vary; its application may be inconsistent; or it may be dislodged during original and new construction and maintenance.
www.fireengineering.com... wtc-towers.html
No bodies found at Flight 93 why no planes were in the air and all grounded before. Cell phones don't work in a plane cabin, the windows are made with lead just like the old TV picture tubes radiation. Let alone lock onto a cell phone tower, going to fast. Analog Phones back then. Remember about Iraq Jessica Lynch who criticizes government backed lies about what happened she didn't want any part of the government? The government told all lies what had happened. The government fabricated her story and stood up the truth of her story.
A plane that was buried into the ground without proof there would be proof but just a hole there.
We believe what the news media says and take it as truth. Why?
All those pictures were posted gave me a idea that same person posted them all over. Using 2" packing tape. looks like the same person all over.
I hope this helps. There was no planes that hit the WTC made in Hollywood. Do the searches. Persons there were actors and the area around the WTC was evacuated before. No fly zone ect why cause you would see what was going on. Airplanes hitting the WTC would Blow up upon impact not penetrate the building much with 4" of steel girders and made to withstand planes crashing into the towers to and designed for fires in comon. Jet fuel is just kerosene! The white powder was asbestos that had to be removed to.The WTC floors were hollow and had shutter blinds installed. The cleanup crew was part of Cheney group. Who owned the WTC good one who bought the WTC just before and what happened to WTC 7? Ther were important documents at WTC 7 about Enron etc. The restaurant at top of WTC had direct Elevators designed to take if just going to eat there. Under the WTC was a lot of shops etc there.
There was no planes that hit the WTC made in Hollywood. Do the searches.
No bodies found at Flight 93 why no planes were in the air and all grounded before.
Text: United Airlines Statement on Plane Crashes
Following is a statement issued by United Airlines on the crash of Flight 93 near Pittsburgh and Flight 175 in a location that was not immediately disclosed:
United Airlines has now confirmed that two of its aircraft have crashed.
— UA 93, a Boeing 757 aircraft, departed from Newark, N.J. at 8:01 a.m. local time, bound for San Francisco, with 38 passengers on board, two pilots, five flight attendants.
— UA 175, a Boeing 767 aircraft, departed from Boston at 7:58 a.m. local time, bound for Los Angeles, with 56 passengers on board, two pilots and seven flight attendants.
www.washingtonpost.com...
Cell phones don't work in a plane cabin, the windows are made with lead just like the old TV picture tubes radiation.
originally posted by: skeptic_al
I think that's the only way we will find out why he was reading My Pet Goat
upside down.
originally posted by: skyeagle409
a reply to: In4ormant
An internal inspection revealed that application of fire protection on WTC structural steel was substandard.
So, in your opinion, does the substandard Fire Protection explain how both planes managed to hit recently refurbished parts of the towers?
Why the World Trade Center Buildings Collapsed: A Fire Chief ’s Assessment
When the jet liners crashed into the towers based upon knowledge of the tower construction and high-rise firefighting experience the following happened: First the plane broke through the tubular steel-bearing wall. This started the building failure. Next the exploding, disintegrating, 185-ton jet plane slid across an open office floor area and severed many of the steel interior columns in the center core area. Plane parts also crashed through the plasterboard-enclosed stairways, cutting off the exits from the upper floors.
The jet collapsed the ceilings and scraped most of the spray-on fire retarding asbestos from the steel trusses. The steel truss floor supports probably started to fail quickly from the flames and the center steel supporting columns severed by plane parts heated by the flames began to buckle, sag, warp and fail. Then the top part of the tower crashed down on the lower portion of the structure. This pancake collapse triggered the entire cascading collapse of the 110-story structure.
vincentdunn.com...
So, in your opinion, does the substandard Fire Protection explain how both planes managed to hit recently refurbished parts of the towers?
it had to be have the asbestos removed to get more tenants and make money again but that is very costly. and doing controlled demolition the legal way is also very expensive. larry silverstein didn't really care if the building was fireproof or not but no one besides dumb firms would rent out the asbestos filled buildings. Because it causes cancer.
originally posted by: In4ormant
Why exactly did this building have fireproofing that needed to be removed if a plane hitting it full of jet fuel couldn't damage or destroy this impenetrable frame??