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Subject:	Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:53:08 GMT
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Without commenting on whether god had anything to do with this or not... In lugnet.general, Ian Warfield writes: > - The death toll at the WTC could be much higher than it is. Fifty thousand > people worked there, yet most were able to evacuate because the towers did > not collapse right away. This particular one is noteworthy... you can see gods hand in it if you like, it is said he moves in mysterious ways, but the reason these towers didn't collapse right away is that they were designed with *great* skill. It is a stunning testimonial to the architects and engineers of WTC... steel melts, and concrete pulverises, at well below what Jet A burns at so the upper floors were doomed no matter what, but even with supports unevenly cut away the towers lasted a while, and when they went down, they went *straight* down in a controlled collapse. Think of how much worse things would have been, had they toppled sideways instead of collapsing in a controlled way. Small consolation to the thousands who died but I personally feel a huge debt of gratitude to the (anonymous?) WTC engineering team, whoever they are. ++Lar

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		Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
(...) Designed my great architects,engineers(many who are AFOL's) and BUILT by skilled tradesmen/women. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
(...) It is amazing that the towers didn't collapse right away, and things could have certainly been much worse. As an engineer, I'll be interested in future reports that will discuss modes of failure. Typically, building design adheres strictly to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
(...) Also, what would have been the outcome had the terrorists targeted the base of the buildings? Had the collisions occurred in the lower 20 floors, most folks would have been trapped inside, and toppling may have occurred. (...) Indeed. -Rob. (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Sorry, just saw this, can't say my attention was focused on LUGNET last week... The architect of the twin towers was Minoru Yamasaki. You can read more about him and the Twin Towers here... (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
(...) Amen! As you say, many are wondering where God is right now, or why He let this happen. I'd like to say to them that He's very much present and hard at work. We see it reflected all over: - The government could be in much worse shape. The (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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