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i never said that each member failed at the same moment.. but it is quite plausible that the structure as a whole failed built upon the momentary failures of each individual structural unit. upon the complete failure of the originally damaged floor, it could have collaped creating that domino effect where each successive floor just collapsed upon itself.
in regards to the molten pools of steel. i have not read that nor am i refuting it. i am addressing the issue of whether 1,000* heat could create a structure failure in steel that has a melting point that far exceeds that temperature. i recall that i did read that there was disbelief that this was possible. my point is that it is very possible and very likely.
also to address the notion about the exterior skin not warping. first, i dont believe that i have ever seen a close up of that skin. the views i have seen are very distant video shots or vid captures. true details are not clear being distorted by unclear footage and by distance so there might have been some warping but it was jut not visible using our sources. another factor might have been its exposure. the interior structural members had no way to disapate heat. the exterior members had a constant fresh supply of september air funneling the escaping heat of the building. the exterior steel or aluminum would not warp until the air around it had reached its deflection degree. a good example of this would be to boil water in a paper cup. place a paper cup directly into a flame, which far exceeds the burning point of paper, and you will see that the paper does not burn until the resevoir of water has boiled off. the water disperses the heat even throughout the unit til it reaches 212* whereupon the temperature of anything in contact with it, i.e. the paper cup, will not exceed that.
did you have any thoughts on the 'ghost plane' ideas?
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