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In reply to the discussion: Luxury skyscraper hotel completely engulfed by fire in Grozny, Chechnya (VIDEO, PHOTOS) [View all]hack89
(39,181 posts)13. WTC 7 had WTC 1 fall on top of it
perhaps you remember those eyewitness accounts of a 20 story gouge in its side and multiple out of control fires?
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Luxury skyscraper hotel completely engulfed by fire in Grozny, Chechnya (VIDEO, PHOTOS) [View all]
global1
Apr 2013
OP
Unfought by humans with hoses OR automated sprinklers because the mains were cut.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#17
here is something else you won't believe, those Mother Goose stories, they are not true either.
olddad56
Apr 2013
#26
Multiple engineering teams, multiple universities, multiple insurance analysts.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#216
The inner core only holds up a certain percentage of the building's mass.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#239
Causing 2 BILLION in damage to surrounding structures is a "Big Success"
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#234
Exactly correct. Stick one end of a bent coat hanger into a camp fire sometime.
Thegonagle
Apr 2013
#65
early on after 9/11, the standard claim was that the jet fuel melted the steel columns
NoMoreWarNow
Apr 2013
#180
Raise that aluminium another 100 degrees, and tell me what color it is.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#73
Prove it was molten steel and not copper, aluminium or any other number of things that do melt at
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#42
Not true. Plenty of aircraft have burned in open air down to the steel members
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#71
You're describing tens of thousands of tons of thermite in special containers to direct cutting flow
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#90
With thermite? A LOT, because you'd have to do it around the entire beam. And in some cases
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#91
Your linked video uses the term 'molten metal' and 'molten steel' interchangeably.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#89
When's the last time a Pro caused two BILLION dollars in damage bringing down a building.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#236
If that were the case, the final bill for this collapse came to 2bn dollars.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#235
Local news is reporting the fire is on the plastic facsia of the building, not the interior structur
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#6
If steel buildings can't collapse from fire then why is structural steel required to be ...
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2013
#33
Why is structural steel required to be treated with fire retardant coating?
Boardofools
Apr 2013
#61
The recovery is absolutely astonishing - as was its condition after the war. (nt)
Posteritatis
Apr 2013
#43
Of course not. Some plastic siding caught fire. Big deal. Expensive cosmetic damage.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#16
Windsor did collapse. The upper sections of the building that fell down 3 hours into the fire were
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2013
#74