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To: AnAmericanMother

Several people have posted about the possibility of the structure collapsing. No skyscrapers other than WTC have ever collapsed as far as I know. That was obviously a different situation than a normal building fire.

Let's not see everything through the prism of 9/11.


389 posted on 12/06/2004 8:34:10 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Liberalism: The irrational fear of self reliance.)
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To: Straight Vermonter
I have seen partial collapse of lightly constructed O/I properties (4-10 floors).

My point in my post was that this is an old building, and that that is GOOD news. They were heavily over-engineered in the early days, a big safety factor built in because building this high was still relatively new. Construction methods used tons more steel than is used nowadays, and the frame of the building is extremely heavy and rigid. It probably wouldn't melt even with the liberal application of jet fuel.

393 posted on 12/06/2004 8:38:13 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: Straight Vermonter
Let's not see everything through the prism of 9/11.

What you post is correct but it's also hard to do. Once we would see people trapped 9 stories up and be confident that if they wet towels by doors etc they would be ok until the fire out. Now it's a "hurry" feeling. We saw the towers collapse and know that jet fuel and maybe explosives brought them down but you still keep it in the back of your mind, I think.

395 posted on 12/06/2004 8:39:49 PM PST by CindyDawg
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