reply to post by thedman
I'm not a demolition engineer, but I did stay at a holiday inn express last night... *smirk*
Seriously, my experience with this sort of thing is pretty much limited to the few demos I have watched via documentaries, but from what I recall, a
building that is being dropped intentionally and safely in a tight space would be dismantled to a great extent first, then imploded very precisely
with months of precision planning. Buildings that are surrounded by large parking lots are not as likely to have such careful measures, since a wide
debris pattern makes for simpler cleanup. (saw one dropped here in dallas and it was basically a blow the sides out on the bottom them blow the core
out vertically... it flattened into a large pancake across the parking lot that was very easy to clean up)
If and when WTC 7 was configured to implode, it was likely either hastilly done, or was done expecting that there would be more room. I, frankly,
don't doubt at all that it was wired to detonate. If I had a building filled with confidential documents (CIA, FBI, etc), I would want a way to
quickly remove said documents in the event of a "problem". It does mean that the building was wired ahead of time, though.
Now, for me, WTC 7 is not a clincher for the 9/11 attacks. The fact that they are avoiding the truth here is simply because they don't want to come
out and say in public that all of the "special" government buildings may or may not possibly be wired to detonate...probably.
