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Simulation Finds 9/11 Fireproofing Key
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| 6/20/07
Posted on 06/20/2007 6:47:14 PM PDT by bnelson44
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Exactly. They’ll find another “Barn Door” that isn’t locked or just barred with rotten wood.
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06/21/2007 10:48:01 AM PDT
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ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: mo
There are other mineral based, non asbestos fireproofing materials that work by swelling up with tiny air bubbles (intumescent) when heated. They are quite good because the bubbles are a much better insulator than any solid substance, just like a styrofoam cup will keep a lemonade cold longer than a solid plastic tumbler will.
But the technology is fairly new, and might not have been available at that time.
To: ExcursionGuy84
Smuggling whatever over the Mexican-US border sounds likely.
To: GoMeanGreen
im·plo·sion (im-plo-zehn) - The inward collapse of a building that is being demolished in a controlled fashion by the weakening and breaking of structural members by explosives.
Words have meaning.
Yes, they do. I would assume that most with knowledge of the subject would believe that the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion were neither buildings, nor inward(ly) collapse(d) ... in a controlled fashion.
Yet the word "implosion" applies very precisely to what happened to both of them.
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