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In reply to the discussion: Cutter Charges in the North Tower... [View all]gyroscope
(1,443 posts)32. Don't you forget what you said
Why would they need them on the exterior walls?
it was not necessary to make the towers collapse. And, according to you, they would leave high visible traces of demolition.
You clearly lack basic understanding of how the towers were constructed if you think demolition devices were not needed on the perimeter to bring them down. Which is why I use a simple analogy to help you understand how they were built.
The perimeter steel frame of these towers were load bearing structures that held up the floors of the building along with the inner core. The inner core holds up one one side of the floors. The perimeter frame holds up the other side. You can't have one without the other.
That would be like having a table with only two legs. You need all four legs to hold up the 'table.' The 'table' being the floor. The inner core representing two legs of the table, the outer perimeter steel frame representing the other two legs. You need all four 'legs' to hold the table up so to speak.
Comprende? It's not rocket science.
it was not necessary to make the towers collapse. And, according to you, they would leave high visible traces of demolition.
You clearly lack basic understanding of how the towers were constructed if you think demolition devices were not needed on the perimeter to bring them down. Which is why I use a simple analogy to help you understand how they were built.
The perimeter steel frame of these towers were load bearing structures that held up the floors of the building along with the inner core. The inner core holds up one one side of the floors. The perimeter frame holds up the other side. You can't have one without the other.
That would be like having a table with only two legs. You need all four legs to hold up the 'table.' The 'table' being the floor. The inner core representing two legs of the table, the outer perimeter steel frame representing the other two legs. You need all four 'legs' to hold the table up so to speak.
Comprende? It's not rocket science.
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so you can tell from that picture that the puff is "exiting out of a single window"?
zappaman
Jan 2012
#4
But you haven't found it yet: keep looking. That link proves NOTHING. n/t.
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#71
There are reports of the air blowing down much further than that during the collapse.
Bolo Boffin
Jan 2012
#10
When the volume of a single floor went from 400K cubic feet to zero in fractions of seconds
hack89
Jan 2012
#15
"the installation of the charges took place at night and/or on the weekends when people weren't work
zappaman
Jan 2012
#22
maybe you and gyroscope can settle this and then get back to the rest of us
OnTheOtherHand
Jan 2012
#29
If the core of the tower collapses straight down while the perimeter remains stationary
hack89
Jan 2012
#35
The professional building community has been discussing these issues for some time.
AZCat
Jan 2012
#39
Hack says that "Buildings are not designed with vertical static loads in mind."
jesters
Jan 2012
#43