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Originally Posted by willravel
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.
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First, thank you for the compliment, we all should realize htat everyone on here is an adult, and has the right to their own opinions, but then what kind of society would we be ifwe weren't allowed to express it huh?...lol.
In comment to the 'explosions' heard. I am not, nor will I ever claim to be an explosives expert. I have in prior military experience dealt with explosives, but I can't claim to be an expert, but here is something that makes me wonder about using the term 'explosions':
What makes an explosion?
Per Meriam Webster online: ex·plo·sion
Pronunciation: ik-'splO-zh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin explosion-, explosio act of driving off by clapping, from explodere
1 : the act or an instance of exploding <injured in a laboratory explosion>
2 : a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth <the explosion of suburbia> <an explosion of red hair>
3 : the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants
So by definition do you agree that an explosion, even in SOUND could be the rapid expansion of any gases or material? If so, then an explosive sound COULD be made from any rapid expansion? perhaps water traped in a pipe, heated to over 1000 deg could 'explode' giving off tremendous force, imagine the force involved if water were to be 1000 deg and then suddenly the pipe containing it would give way? LOTS of force as the released water suddenly expands into a gas(remember water boils at I BELIEVE 212 deg? or something close to that. So sudden expansion of water, even if it were being forced out of a broken pipe, if it were superheated then it would boil instantly.
I'm not trying to use this as an explanation of why they fell, or why they fell so evenly, but you have to admit that it CAN explain the possibility of explosive noises? Just some extra information. Forgive me if I repeat anything, I am STILL trying to catch up, I mean you all have 10 PAGES to read up on...lol