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In reply to the discussion: Is the Official 9/11 story Woo? because the 'investigation' wasn't based on science [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)23. "tiny fire"
another example of the conspiracy woo crowd just making shit up in order to support their false religion.
After the North tower fell, its debris ignited several large, out of control fires in several different locations in WTC.
And, people who actually know stuff did a report on this:
In November 2008, NIST released its final report on the causes of the collapse of 7 World Trade Center.[13] This followed NIST's August 21, 2008, draft report which included a period for public comments.[40] In its investigation, NIST utilized ANSYS to model events leading up to collapse initiation and LS-DYNA models to simulate the global response to the initiating events.[49] NIST determined that diesel fuel did not play an important role, nor did the structural damage from the collapse of the Twin Towers, nor did the transfer elements (trusses, girders, and cantilever overhangs). But the lack of water to fight the fire was an important factor. The fires burned out of control during the afternoon, causing floor beams near column 79 to expand and push a key girder off its seat, triggering the floors to fail around column 79 on Floors 8 to 14. With a loss of lateral support across nine floors, column 79 buckled pulling the east penthouse and nearby columns down with it. With the buckling of these critical columns, the collapse then progressed east-to-west across the core, ultimately overloading the perimeter support, which buckled between Floors 7 and 17, causing the remaining portion of the building above to fall downward as a single unit. The fires, fueled by office contents, along with the lack of water, were the key reasons for the collapse.[13]
But, some guy on the Internet with a youtube page says differently, so the scientists must be lying.
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Is the Official 9/11 story Woo? because the 'investigation' wasn't based on science [View all]
Chrom
Jan 2014
OP
True, steel loses strength before melting, but can you explain symmetrical collapse due to
BelgianMadCow
Jan 2014
#12
This is classic nutjob woo--several other steel frame buildings have collapsed
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#11
Are there any cases of skyscrapers similar to the three towers falling like they did
BelgianMadCow
Jan 2014
#15
People tend to overlook the fact that a giant airplane collided with the steel superstructure
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#17
If you refuse to enforce the SOP for GD due to your belief in 911 Trutherism, you ought to resign
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#25
+1000 any host who refuses to respect the established rules that are very clear should resign
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#41
so true. incredibly foolish, even for a day when a lot of posts have been incredibly stupid. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2014
#36
actually two 9/11 truthers have appeared on their thread discussing it in the Forum and Group Hosts
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#42
What matters is not what the rules are, but who gets to enforce the rules. nt
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#49
Who the hell cares. It doesn't matter one bit if it was MIHOP, LIHOP, and any other kind of HOP. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#33
Why did Bushco not even do an investigation? Then they attempted to block the investigation...
Chrom
Jan 2014
#45
It's supposed to be banished to another forum, but some GD hosts are abusing their authority
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#50