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Originally Posted by Deltona Couple
I just realized when this thread started...lol. As far as burning is concerned. I quote a comment here...
"Again, jet fuel, burning in open air, will reach roughly 1,100 degrees at it's absolute hottest - insufficient to actually MELT steel. Certainly it can weaken the steel, but not melt it down. The WTC jet fuel did not burn in open air, thus a lower temperature may reasonably be assumed."
The last sentence is my concern. In a CONTAINED area, not open air, jet fuel burns HOTTER than its open air burning temperature. Just to make sure, I called a friend of mine who is a firefighter.
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That's a very good point. While there was a hole in the side of the building, it was hardly in open air. Combine that with the fact that both buildings collapsed at free fall speed, and you have to start wondering what really happened.
The initial impact did not weaken the centrer columns, it only fractured a few of the outer colums, the explosion burned off most of the fuel upon impact, what was left burned in a relatively closed area, and produced very little smoke, all of which was grey, not black, they burned for a very short time, firefighters were quoted saying there were explosions inside the building right before the collapse, they both collapsed at nearly free fall speeds, and the material was shipped off before FEMA could inspect it.
What sounds more likely to you?
1) Small fires and very little loss of structural intgrity caused two of the strongest buildings even built to fall in about an hour, and at near free fall speeds.
2) Something else.