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Originally posted by GenRadek
I do believe that at the technical (mechanical) floors they were all spliced on the same level and at the bases.
This could be what you are seeing in the pictures.
Also during the clean up, they did cut straight across the column trees as well.
EDIT to add:
If you notice, at the ends of some of the columns you outline, you can see the openings for the bolts, which would have held the endcaps. During the collapse, these were the ones that failed. If they were cut by something (what exactly?) it would be much more obvious. Explosives leave a telltale blast and tearing. Not smooth and capped ends.
[edit on 9/12/2009 by GenRadek]
Originally posted by GenRadek
To answer your question of why the bolts separated so evenly, its obvious. The force of the collapse is what did it. There is no way those 1" bolts would be able to take the sheering and tearing forces of the collapse. Once they snap, they are free to go wherever.
I really get so tired of people looking at pictures and making uneducated guesses at what it is they are looking at....out of context of course.
You cannot tell anything from a picture of a dog sniffing around a cut steel beam,the beam was cut away so the dog could sniff out remains before they went on with the cleanup operation.....maybe?....
Nobody really knows,and it makes no difference anymore anyway.
Wasn't the facia on the WTC towers made of aluminum,and staggered to spread the seams and reduce a continued failure along a straight line?.
And more cosmetic than structural?.
Consider how much the portion of the building above where the planes struck weighed,you would not need complete structural failure for the buildings to collapse,you would only need to get it started,then gravity would take over.
It was mentioned somewhere that the towers were in pretty bad shape from moisture damage before they fell,think maybe that had something to do with the collapses?.
Aside from all of that,we are still beating a dead horse.
Originally posted by lpowell0627
Not sure whether or not this has been asked.
Wouldn't you need to know at what time exactly these pictures were taken?
For example, they may in fact have been cut. They were searching for survivors -- and would have had to remove large sections of hanging metal in order to look under them.
This would be similar to using the jaws of life to remove someone from a car. If you take a picture after the victims have been removed, the car is obviously cut cleanly and not attributed to damage from the accident itself.
Originally posted by Seventh
Originally posted by lpowell0627
Not sure whether or not this has been asked.
Wouldn't you need to know at what time exactly these pictures were taken?
For example, they may in fact have been cut. They were searching for survivors -- and would have had to remove large sections of hanging metal in order to look under them.
This would be similar to using the jaws of life to remove someone from a car. If you take a picture after the victims have been removed, the car is obviously cut cleanly and not attributed to damage from the accident itself.
The cuts I am showing have not been cut using heat torches ie:- Thermal lances or oxy-acetylene cutters.
Originally posted by Seventh
The cuts I am showing have not been cut using heat torches ie:- Thermal lances or oxy-acetylene cutters.
Originally posted by lpowell0627
Originally posted by Seventh
The cuts I am showing have not been cut using heat torches ie:- Thermal lances or oxy-acetylene cutters.
How exactly do you KNOW this? Is it impossible for these cuts to have been made with the above methods? Couldn't a thermal lance perform a diagonal cut? Is it possible? (Note: I'm asking if it's possible, not if it's probable.)
Originally posted by harrytuttle
However, would it be necessary to cut the exterior support structure if you could compromise the inner columns instead? I mean, if you cut the internal columns into sections, wouldn't the exterior be needed to "mask" the internal explosions?
Originally posted by Armaros
The explosives were in the building(s) since construction. a fail safe system to prevent the buildings from collapsing sideways. Case closed.
Originally posted by Roadblockx
Since I am a bit slow, let me make sure I understand what is being said.
1. The charges/explosives were planted around the inner-core of the building
2. When they detonated, they blew out the inside beams which cut apart the outside beams
3. The pictures provided show clean cuts not ones made by the rescue team or demolition companies
I admit I am no explosives expert (see my ATF, FBI and CIA files) so I am left to wonder:
A) Is it possible that there is an entirely "new" or "unknown" explosive used by the military or black-ops which would leave us scratching our heads as to the how's of this being pulled off?
B) Is that a water bottle in the beam by the dog's head?
C) Why are some ends of the beams rusty but others aren't?
Thanks to the OP for posting his work and opening himself up for peer-review. S/F for you and my appreciation.