Originally posted by Boone 870
D) the fireball from Flight 93

That was funny, thanks for the laugh!

Originally posted by im_being_censored

That was funny, thanks for the laugh!

So why the new handle?

How are you being censored, IZ?

Also.... as you can see..... the damage to the trees were not caused by any fire. It was caused by some sort of ordinance.

So does anyone have any non-sarcastic explanations as to what was strong enough to breaks the tops of all those thick trees?

Personally I'd say some sort of what could be described as shrapnel. Whether It's from plane debris or IvanZana's cruise missile I can't really tell without seeing the actual debris that did it. In both cases you could get interesting parts changing direction like that. The plane would provide more shrapnel to do it with though, but the missile might as well. That said the missile would likely be one to penetrate the ground a bit first, rather than blowing up on contact and making a fireball.

Don't forget the blades from a jet engine would be spinning really fast and would do damage sort of like that, if they escaped the nacelles and the ground. Unlikely though considering the large downwards velocity involved.

[edit on 13-5-2008 by apex]

I just looks like a small cluster of dead trees. Notice how there's not a single needle left on the trees, but all the trees surrounding that group are full. For all we know, those trees could have been dead for years, I have a bunch that look just like em in my back yard and no plane or missile crashed here.

Have the skeptics been stumped again?!