Absolutely correct on the non-melting of steel. Once steel has been heated sufficiently, it again becomes pliable and will bend and stretch. It does not need to be molten steel to change it's shape, especially with the forces of supporting a structure acting on it.
BTW, when I was in school for architecture, I had one of the the architects that worked on the WTC buildings as an instructor for awhile. The way the towers came down was exactly as they were designed to do. However, it was several centuries earlier than expected. The buildings were designed to be structurally sound to last for about 1000 years. Also designed to take a hit from a 707, not a fully fueled 767. The fact that it remained upright from the impact itself is testimony to that. Fred On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Mike Copeland <[email protected]>wrote: > On 4/14/2011 1:44 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > >> > This "9/11 was an inside job" garbage proves he's insane. > > Pretty much...although his argument about him knowing demolition from > > his Navy Seal days and the towers coming straight down in a > > controlled-like demolition are somewhat interesting. > > > > And the part about the Pentagon and "where's the pieces of the jet?" and > > some point about jet fuel not burning hot enough to melt the steel > > girters... > While I agree that the way the towers "collapsed" was interesting, I > would ask "What comparable demolition has taken place?" In other words, > what examples of building demolition can we inspect where a 110-story > tower was "dropped" into its own basement? Even the Sands hotel in Las > Vegas was (dunno the proper terminology to use here) destructed in such > a way that it fell somewhat sideways...and it was a lot shorter! > > As for the pieces of jet, again, what studies have been done to show > what a passenger jet will do when it encounters 10-feet thick steel > reinforced walls while traveling at 500+ mph? If that was actually a > cruise missile, then someone got ripped off on that explosive! Maybe > Mythbusters could tackle this one! > > As for melting steel girders, my understanding was that nothing > "melted", but when you heat steel to 1,500+ degrees it kinda gets sorta > squishy and looses it's ability to support several thousand tons of > weight above it. Gravity takes over when steel looses its resolve (much > like progressives and the defense of liberty). > > Mike > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
