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In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford writes:
> 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 more concrete would have not made a difference.The building withstood
the impacts.The fuel melted both the steel and concrete at the point of
impact which caused the floors weight above them to collapse the rest of
the structure.
Mafia? Come on ROSCO.......
Chris( a proud construction worker both at play((LEGO))and in real life)
> [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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