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In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> <snip>
> > 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.
>
> 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...
>
> http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/World_Trade_Center.html
>
> Be sure to scroll down to "The Creator's Words"... They kind of take on a new
> meaning now :-(.
Someone on a local Australian show last night brought up the notion that US
buildings (including WTC) using more steel[1] may have been a factor in the
collapse. I figure things got pretty hot there for a little while, so concrete
would've been in pretty bad shape anyway, but it may have provided a little
more resistance to the planes, possibly reducing the number of structural
elements directly damaged by the impact.
ROSCO
[1] Most large Australian buildings use concrete exclusively for structural
members (Australia has no buildings anywhere near the height of the WTC towers,
however). It was suggested the Mafia controls the concrete industry in many
parts of the US making it much more expensive than steel. Dunno if this is
anywhere near the truth or not.
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