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Originally posted by roboe
...starting with the east penthouse.
The main challenge in bringing a building down is controlling which way it falls. Ideally, a blasting crew will be able to tumble the building over on one side, into a parking lot or other open area. This sort of blast is the easiest to execute, and it is generally the safest way to go. Tipping a building over is something like felling a tree. To topple the building to the north, the blasters detonate explosives on the north side of the building first, in the same way you would chop into a tree from the north side if you wanted it to fall in that direction. Blasters may also secure steel cables to support columns in the building, so that they are pulled a certain way as they crumble.
Sometimes, though, a building is surrounded by structures that must be preserved. In this case, the blasters proceed with a true implosion, demolishing the building so that it collapses straight down into its own footprint (the total area at the base of the building). This feat requires such skill that only a handful of demolition companies in the world will attempt it.
Blasters approach each project a little differently, but the basic idea is to think of the building as a collection of separate towers. The blasters set the explosives so that each "tower" falls toward the center of the building, in roughly the same way that they would set the explosives to topple a single structure to the side. When the explosives are detonated in the right order, the toppling towers crash against each other, and all of the rubble collects at the center of the building. Another option is to detonate the columns at the center of the building before the other columns so that the building's sides fall inward.
Over 1,000 Professional Architects and Engineers agree that the mysterious collapses of WTC Building 7 and the Twin Towers on 9/11/01 need to be re-examined and investigated. The NIST report is proven to be unscientific and false, using evidence NIST either ignored or gathered and used itself.
I used the public domain video created by NIST, available here:
www.youtube.com...
www.youtube.com...
NIST in their own words admits free fall speed:
www.nist.gov...
"Stage 2 (1.75 to 4.0 seconds): gravitational acceleration (free fall)"
The NIST WTC Investigation -- How Real Was The Simulation? by Eric Douglas, Architect
www.journalof911studies.com...
FireFighters for 9/11 Truth:
NFPA 921 on High Order Damage:
firefightersfor911truth.org...
Shear Studs: A Case Study:
911research.wtc7.net...
Van Ramiro's SuperThermite experiment was courtesy of Jesse Ventura's "Conspiracy Theory" TV Show on TruTv (formerly CourtTV) from Episode 2 on 9/11 Conspiracy Theories.
Physical Chemistry of Thermite, Thermate, Iron-Alum-Rich Microspheres at Demise of WTC 1 & 2 Jerry Lobdill 6/15/2007
www.journalof911studies.com...
Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth:
www.ae911truth.org...
NIST Report on WTC 7 dissected by Engineers:
ae911truth.org...
Originally posted by roboe
Considering they only reached 1/10 of their donation target for the first week, I'll have my doubts that they'll reach a million viewers.
ETA: And why are they showing the 'shortened' version of the WTC7 collapse? Surely in their quest for truth, it would be suitable to show the full collapse, starting with the east penthouse.
[edit on 26-8-2010 by roboe]
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
1 200 engineers express doubt over the collapse compared to the 1.5 million employed in the US who don't?
Originally posted by IsALL
reply to post by Jerry_Teps
Jerry... To sit there and think you know the 100% truth about 911 is what cracks me up. In reality, you don't know anything accept what has been told to you, and that is hilarious.
You can NOT claim to know everything about 911, because a lot of things are still "classified".
Getting people to question things which we still don't have answers to is a right step in the right direction to getting those answers.
[edit on 27-8-2010 by IsALL]
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
Where did I say I know 100% what happened?
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
The logical response to a ridiculous unsubstantiated claim is scepticism.
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
Unless you can prove conclusive evidence that 9/11 was an inside job, then frankly, i'm going to consider you delusional.
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
Even if 9/11 was an inside job, it is still credulous for you to believe it is so without sufficient evidence.
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
The mentality of truthers astounds me.
Originally posted by IsALL
Originally posted by Jerry_Teps
1 200 engineers express doubt over the collapse compared to the 1.5 million employed in the US who don't?
1200 engineers who OPENLY express doubt, compared to the 1.5 million who are too scared to loose their jobs, too scared of ridicule for asking hard questions, and or just don't care, or just don't have doubts.