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You can see WTC 7 penthouse level initiating the collapse, first....crashing down, pulling everything else with it, TOP DOWN.
Did you claim that the penthouse pulled the rest of the building down or not?
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by K J Gunderson
Did you claim that the penthouse pulled the rest of the building down or not?
Nope.
Peace out.
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By the way, I re-thought the part of the post that you managed to copy and quote, I was editiing it while you were doing that, apparently. Sorry for draggin you into it anymore, that's why I changed it, NOT because you quoted it. Just wished to clear that up.
Over and out.
[edit on 6 March 2010 by weedwhacker]
You can see WTC 7 penthouse level initiating the collapse, first....crashing down, pulling everything else with it, TOP DOWN.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
reply to post by K J Gunderson
Maybe we should all take a vote. This is exactly what he did say.
You can see WTC 7 penthouse level initiating the collapse, first....crashing down, pulling everything else with it, TOP DOWN.
I read that as saying the penthouse level is crashing down, PULLING EVERYTHING ELSE WITH IT.
I am not sure how else to read it so hopefully someone will help us out.
Anyone else have a different interpretation?
The penthouse level is initiating collapse. First of all, this is false as we know from the NIST report that the support collumns holding up the penthouse level initiated collapse at the bottom. The result was a visible sag at the top of those supports as they gave way - the penthouse level. So it did not initiate collapse but that is clearly what you said. I understand how you can think that from watching but you believe the OS and you believe NIST so you have to go with what they determined and that is that the supports failed at the bottom first.
You can see WTC 7 penthouse level initiating the collapse,
Pulling everything else with it? What pulled everything else with it? According to this sentence, that would be the penthouse level. I read this as the penthouse level pulled everything else down. Everything else would be the rest of the building right? Not the sky, the ocean, the rest of the city certainly? So what is pulling everything down if not the penthouse level, ww? Please explain.
first....crashing down, pulling everything else with it,
If you did not read the NIST report then let me correct you. The supports failed at the bottom and there was a slight sag on the roof and then the bottom collapsed from the bottom up. If you did not watch the video, you should because it is obvious that the intact building comes crashing down and smashes into the ground floor by floor. It is obviously bottom up, even if you did not read the report. You may just be wrong about this but you obviously stated that the penthouse level pulled the building down. I am open to another interpretation of your statement though.
TOP DOWN.
Originally posted by SPreston
This is what we see in the videos; the penthouse collapsing on the roof when internal supports are removed by demolition, and then the entire building falling straight down for eight floors in freefall (2.25 seconds) as approximately 8 floors are removed by demolition, and then the remaining 39 floors slowing in their collapse as they continue through the path of most resistance.
You keep avoiding it.
Originally posted by SPreston
Explosive Wave 7 Floors Ahead of Collapse Wave and Accelerating
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/b817965410cc.jpg[/atsimg]
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by K J Gunderson
You keep avoiding it.
Because it's off topic. And I've already explained, won't repeat myself.
and now deny the first part and still deny you are wrong about the second part. If you already explained it, please supply a link to where that happened.
You can see WTC 7 penthouse level initiating the collapse, first....crashing down, pulling everything else with it, TOP DOWN.
You can see WTC 7 penthouse level initiating the collapse, first....crashing down, pulling everything else with it, TOP DOWN.
Originally posted by rush969
Originally posted by SPreston
Explosive Wave 7 Floors Ahead of Collapse Wave and Accelerating
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/b817965410cc.jpg[/atsimg]
This one is OFF subject matter but I just couldn´t resist.
Kind of hard to see the "accelerating wave" in a photograph.
Wouldn´t you agree???
[edit on 6-3-2010 by rush969]
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by K J Gunderson
You keep avoiding it.
Because it's off topic. And I've already explained, won't repeat myself.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
Until then, we have SPreston showing us where the building was compromised, lower floors (7-14) where, also coincidentally, the biggest fires burned for most of the day. How did any 'explosives' get 'planted' there?
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
So you are certain that the people that would do such a thing do not have access to methods of demolition that you may not be fully aware of? We all know the military has more advanced technology than we are allowed. We are just now learning about steel weakening solutions that were unheard of just 10 years ago.
Please explain to me how you could possible know each and every method that could have been used to bring down those buildings. If you do not, then you have no clue what kind of prep was needed, right?
I cannot wait to hear.
As was just pointed out, there was maintenance happening in the elevator shafts. Please tell me just how many people you think look into closed elevator shafts.
Originally posted by GenRadek
Dont you know weedwhacker?
The military has high-tech special future explosives, and special fire-proof ninja-suits that can withstand high-temps and supply the wearer with oxygen long enough to plant the special explosives that are completely fire resistant, heat resistant, shock-resistant, and the wiring that can also be exposed to high temps without degrading in the heat.
Originally posted by rush969
This has to be one of the best explanations of WTC 7 collapse.
I don´t see the need for NIST to exist when we can have such clairvoyance from our friend SPreston.
Please SPreston, please explain to us:
1.- How were those 8 floors "removed"?
Were they "pulverized" using Judy Woods "space ray", or Prof. Jones magic "super Thermite"?
Demolishing steel columns is a bit more difficult, as the dense material is much stronger. For buildings with a steel support structure, blasters typically use the specialized explosive material cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, called RDX for short. RDX-based explosive compounds expand at a very high rate of speed, up to 27,000 feet per second (8,230 meters per second). Instead of disintegrating the entire column, the concentrated, high-velocity pressure slices right through the steel, splitting it in half. Additionally, blasters may ignite dynamite on one side of the column to push it over in a particular direction.
2.- If you were to demolish 7 with explosives, shouldn´t there have been a series of clearly heard explosions right before the Penthouse collapse, and then once again, right before the rest of the collapse?
3.- What is the object of demolishing the Penthouse seconds before the rest of the "demolition"?
I have lots of more questions for you but I would just like you to answer these 3.
And please, pretty please, spear me from all those photos and videos, please just answer those 3 questions.
Thermate is a variation of thermite and is an incendiary pyrotechnic composition that can generate short bursts of very high temperatures focused on a small area for a short period of time. It is used primarily in incendiary grenades.
Nano-thermite, also called "super-thermite",[1] is the common name for a subset of metastable intermolecular composites (MICs) characterized by a highly exothermic reaction after ignition. Nano-thermites contain an oxidizer and a reducing agent, which are intimately mixed on the nanometer scale. MICs, including nano-thermitic materials, are a type of reactive materials investigated for military use, as well as in applications in propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics.
The invention relates to thermite charges that are useful for cutting materials including metals, masonry, reinforced concrete, rock, and the like. The invention allows more expeditious and safer material removal, including entry into structures, and structural demolition.
At room temperature, it is very stable. It burns rather than explodes and detonates only with a detonator, being unaffected even by small arms fire. It is less sensitive than pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). However, it is very sensitive when crystallized, below −4 °C. Under normal conditions, RDX has a figure of insensitivity of exactly 80 (as this is the reference point).
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Originally posted by rush969
Originally posted by SPreston
Explosive Wave 7 Floors Ahead of Collapse Wave and Accelerating
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/b817965410cc.jpg[/atsimg]
This one is OFF subject matter but I just couldn´t resist.
Kind of hard to see the "accelerating wave" in a photograph.
Wouldn´t you agree???
[edit on 6-3-2010 by rush969]
The picture is showing the line of explosions several floors below the actual collapse zone.