Well, she was proven prescient once again, the tanker trucks that caught
fire in SF and Houston did NOT melt steel! Something else caused the
roadways to collapse.
According to a CalTrans official interviewed on CNN this morning, the steel
melted. Remember, this was gasoline in a
Never before in the history of the world has fire melted steel! This is
a first, whether gasoline or jet fuel!
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Well, she was proven prescient once again, the tanker trucks that caught
fire in SF and Houston did NOT
Rich,
Who are you? Sorry, but I'm out of that loop!
Chuck
On Apr 30, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Never before in the history of the world has fire melted steel!
This is
a first, whether gasoline or jet fuel!
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I wonder what they use in steel mills? (hehe).
I don't think the steel melted per say, it really just softened and
sagged. The tensile strength of the bolts holding the sections
together dropped somewhat, and they failed, dropping the section.
Musta been quite a fire! Probably the same
On Apr 30, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
I wonder what they use in steel mills? (hehe).
I don't think the steel melted per say, it really just softened and
sagged. The tensile strength of the bolts holding the sections
together dropped somewhat, and they failed, dropping the
Concrete absorbs water, and water vaporizes with great force and
pressure when heated over 212F. Ever have chips of concrete embed
themselves in your ankle when welding out of the drive? I suspect that
the concrete started crumbling and exploding, exposing the steel,
which then was at least
Unless my memory is somewhat worse than I think, that bridge has
exposed steel beams underneath with a concrete deck (it's been quite a
while since I was out there). This is typical flying highway design
of that era. The sections are bolted together and there are pin type
expansion joints to
Isn't jet fuel closer to diesel than to gasoline? If so, wouldn't it
contain more energy than gasoline?
Chris Kueny ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
78 Chevy Custom deluxe
'85 300TD
'02 Subaru Outback
Remember, this was gasoline in a semi-enclosed space and not jet fuel.
RLE
