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In reply to the discussion: Cutter Charges in the North Tower... [View all]hack89
(39,180 posts)33. So if you "need all four 'legs' to hold the table up"
then removing two of the legs means the table will collapse.
If you need both the core and the perimeter walls to hold up the floor then logic says that neither the core or the perimeter walls can hold up the floors by themselves.
If you eliminate a condition required for the tower to stay upright then it will collapse. According to you having both the core and the perimeter walls is required to keep the tower from collapsing. Removing just the core violates this condition - therefore the tower will collapse.
Comprende? It's not rocket science.
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so you can tell from that picture that the puff is "exiting out of a single window"?
zappaman
Jan 2012
#4
But you haven't found it yet: keep looking. That link proves NOTHING. n/t.
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#71
There are reports of the air blowing down much further than that during the collapse.
Bolo Boffin
Jan 2012
#10
When the volume of a single floor went from 400K cubic feet to zero in fractions of seconds
hack89
Jan 2012
#15
"the installation of the charges took place at night and/or on the weekends when people weren't work
zappaman
Jan 2012
#22
maybe you and gyroscope can settle this and then get back to the rest of us
OnTheOtherHand
Jan 2012
#29
If the core of the tower collapses straight down while the perimeter remains stationary
hack89
Jan 2012
#35
The professional building community has been discussing these issues for some time.
AZCat
Jan 2012
#39
Hack says that "Buildings are not designed with vertical static loads in mind."
jesters
Jan 2012
#43