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In reply to the discussion: Fire breaks out in Dubai skyscraper [View all]AZCat
(8,342 posts)133. Maybe.
I don't post there much anymore. Anyone who claims to still have questions is probably not worth engaging. All the interesting questions were answered quite acceptably a long time ago.
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Do you realize how utterly callous and woefully misinformed that comment looks? nt
greyl
Dec 2015
#6
Actually, after the towers were built, they learned of several issues,
ChairmanAgnostic
Dec 2015
#16
Unfortunate. But the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have a problem.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#36
I'm convinced you know not what you are doing when you perpetuate that bullshit.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#49
The rubble pile was hot enough to melt all the aluminum that the WTC was clad with.
hack89
Dec 2015
#74
I believe thermite and other incindiaries brought down building 7 and also the towers on 911!
wildbilln864
Dec 2015
#78
It won't collapse because the sprinklers worked, fire doors and baffles worked, and the fire never
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#39
Aircraft crash into clouds every single day, but we don't see cloud collapse on their footprint
PersonNumber503602
Dec 2015
#42
It burned extensively for hours. The structure was observed buckling under its own weight long
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#54
i am sure the collapse of 1 & 2 sent shock waves we CAN'T SEE. oooooh, it was GHOSTS!
pansypoo53219
Dec 2015
#64
Less than three thousand engineers. In a nation that mints over 30,000 new engineers every year from
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2016
#146
exactly right, both water mains were out & they had to let 7 burn & a good call to pull out firemen.
Sunlei
Dec 2015
#113
It wasn't a 'big' fire. It was a surface fire. Basically burned the insulation off the building.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2016
#147
I've never seen a skyscraper go up in flames like that. In the west there are so many safety
underahedgerow
Dec 2015
#19
Codes on paper are one thing. Payoffs to inspectors and contractors are another. Dubai - who knows?
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2015
#25
Yep. And add to that the BBC reporting that WTC7 had collapsed while it was still standing
GoneFishin
Dec 2015
#105