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Originally posted by Scalded Frog
I've seen different angles of the top of the building tipping. This is a good one but it is the BEST one I have seen of the disintegrating spire. Always been one of the most fascinating pieces of footage for me. I personally think it is the core but watching it just turn to dust reminds me of a lantern mantle after it's been burned in. Really is nothing there but ash. So very strange.
Personally, the top tipping really hurts the official story IMO because it's hard to "crush down" a building when the point of impact is off-center.
Originally posted by AdAbsurdum
Thank you for posting this.
This is what I never understood watching it come down on TV.
I'm no physicist, but if something that big begins moving doesn't something have to act against it to bring it back into alignment with the footprint?
I was told that the buildings were designed to fall into their own footprint, but how does something falling away from the footprint get brought back inline?
Originally posted by AdAbsurdum
reply to post by Varemia
Then they weren't designed to fall into their own footprints?
Also, how did it start a systemic collapse start if only the very top was sliding off? That doesn't make sense to me either.
I also notice a lot of rotation when the building starts to go down... that's really odd, too.edit on 8-10-2010 by AdAbsurdum because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Gradius Maximus
Looks like a detonation to me.
I've never seen a building with a fire in it collapse. Ever
As for the little bit sticking up, it looks like part of the internal structure that managed to remain upright somehow before losing its stability.
Originally posted by AdAbsurdum
reply to post by Varemia
Thanks again!
What's with the crater?
I don't think torsional forces would have been able to be guided back in... In my mind that would be the coolest thing I've ever heard of. The entire building should have continued twisting. It's as if there was no way for that torsional energy to be expended against the rest of the structure.edit on 9-10-2010 by AdAbsurdum because: To clarify
Originally posted by AdAbsurdum
reply to post by Varemia
I'm thinking the most plausible explanation is that the top spun free and wasn't forcing the rest of the building down.
That still doesn't explain how the rest of the building pancaked since there wasn't nearly the same load collapsing directly on top of it though.... Maybe it was enough though... *shrugs*
That's why this has always baffled me, it just doesn't add up to me.