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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread news analysis #41393 09/12/2001 12:30 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 TEd's post under "New York" prompts this thread. It is not at all word-related, but perhaps some will share my interest and, in the extraordinary circumstances, forgive the digression. Trying to understand what happened, and looking at the news reports as "evidence", has raised a number of questions to me. For example: each tower collapsed - but each collapsed not at the initial impact, but only some time later. Was there a further cause; in particular, explosives set at of near the base? It would seem an obvious question, but I've heard no news reports on it, not even a report of, "BTW, there was no bomb." Per the video, each tower seemed to collapse straight down (not tipping off to the side), as if every side of the tower had broken simultaneously near ground-level (that is, far below the height at which the airplanes impacted). Anyone have thought on this, or other questions to probe? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #41394 09/12/2001 1:01 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Twin Towers collapse #41395 09/12/2001 1:10 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Keiva, I imagine you, and most others here, have seen on TV a controlled demolition, where a building is imploded by explosives to bring it down. Baltimore is the home of the oldest and most used company which does this work, and they do many locally. It's done by placing explosive charges (which need not be very large or powerful) at the main support piers of a building and then setting them off by radio signal. The building collapses in on itself, being deprived of its support. I have seen a number of such demolitions locally and what happed today was just like it. The structural engineers' explanations may be correct, but one certainly wonders. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #41396 09/12/2001 2:20 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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