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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Twin Towers #79532 09/04/2002 12:11 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Re: Tonight there was a documentary on just why the towers collapsed. It appears that the structural engineer did allow for the impact of an aircraft, but not for the heat that would be generated by the nearly full fuel load on a passenger jet That sounds like the Nova (a US PBS show) broadcast that was presented earlier this year, along with a written report on what happened. the same Nova show is being rebroadcast this coming week (in NY on WNET/13 on Tuesday Sept. 10) you can check the pbs web page (PBS.Org) for local listing and broadcast times. it did an excellent analysis of why the tower fell. the same inovative engineering that provide wide open floor plans contributed to the floors failures. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Twin Towers Capital Kiwi 09/02/2002 8:26 PM Re: The Twin Towers Faldage 09/02/2002 8:32 PM Re: The Twin Towers Wordwind 09/02/2002 9:59 PM Re: The Twin Towers Faldage 09/02/2002 10:22 PM Re: The Twin Towers milum 09/03/2002 1:19 AM Re: splitting hairs, and other fine nuances tsuwm 09/03/2002 1:50 AM Re: splitting hairs, and other fine nuances sjm 09/03/2002 2:52 AM Re: The Twin Towers AnnaStrophic 09/03/2002 5:35 AM Re: The Twin Towers FishonaBike 09/02/2002 10:24 PM Re: The Twin Towers of troy 09/04/2002 12:11 PM Re: The Twin Towers Capital Kiwi 09/05/2002 1:41 PM Re: The Twin Towers of troy 09/05/2002 2:33 PM Re: The Twin Towers FishonaBike 09/05/2002 3:05 PM Re: The Twin Towers; ghostly images tsuwm 09/04/2002 4:25 PM Re: The Twin Towers Jackie 09/05/2002 8:23 PM Turn off the TV on Sep 11 AnnaStrophic 09/06/2002 5:16 PM Re: Rolling Requiem Faldage 09/06/2002 5:26 PM Re: Rolling Requiem Wordwind 09/06/2002 6:07 PM Re: Rolling Requiem Jackie 09/07/2002 12:54 AM Re: Requiem Mass AnnaStrophic 09/09/2002 7:55 PM More on Rolling Requiem AnnaStrophic 09/10/2002 11:41 AM Re: Turn off the TV on Sep 11 FishonaBike 09/10/2002 4:31 PM Re: Turn off the TV on Sep 11 wow 09/10/2002 5:55 PM Re: The Twin Towers WhitmanO'Neill 09/09/2002 6:15 PM Re: The Twin Towers AnnaStrophic 09/09/2002 7:59 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,324 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,167 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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