posted on Apr, 28 2007 @ 12:55 AM
Sorry, I meant Kevin Ryan. Got my people mixed up.
Originally posted by WolfofWar
Not necessarily a highly trained structural engineer.
Before you go too far with this, I want you to tell me how exactly a structural engineer is an expert on
(a) A plane slamming into a building,
(b) The effects of fire upon steel,
(c) A collapsing building.
If that question confuses you, then research what structural engineering is all about. It's about static loads, primarily, with things like drainage
on the side. The whole premise that these people are experts over people skilled in dynamic physical systems and metallurgy is bogus.
Edit to throw this in to illustrate my point:
Griff, you just took your PE. How much did it ask about the effects of fire on steel, and how many collision problems did you work, or problems
involving dynamic systems?
When he answers, you'll know why you've cleverly been led to bark up the wrong tree. The guys behind the "official story" have never claimed that
structural engineers were the relevant experts. This is an assumption that's been spread mainly on internet forums like this one, probably from
people ignorant of the subject making bad assumptions. You have to know some basic physics, and things overlap into some metallurgy, but they
aren't trained to be experts on it by any standards.
[edit on 28-4-2007 by bsbray11]