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In reply to the discussion: Cutter Charges in the North Tower... [View all]jesters
(108 posts)43. Hack says that "Buildings are not designed with vertical static loads in mind."
        I have no words for this.
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        so you can tell from that picture that the puff is "exiting out of a single window"?
        zappaman
        Jan 2012
        #4
      
        
        But you haven't found it yet: keep looking. That link proves NOTHING. n/t.
        apocalypsehow
        Jun 2012
        #71
      
        
        There are reports of the air blowing down much further than that during the collapse.
        Bolo Boffin
        Jan 2012
        #10
      
        
        When the volume of a single floor went from 400K cubic feet to zero in fractions of seconds
        hack89
        Jan 2012
        #15
      
        
        "the installation of the charges took place at night and/or on the weekends when people weren't work
        zappaman
        Jan 2012
        #22
      
        
        maybe you and gyroscope can settle this and then get back to the rest of us
        OnTheOtherHand
        Jan 2012
        #29
      
        
        If the core of the tower collapses straight down while the perimeter remains stationary
        hack89
        Jan 2012
        #35
      
        
        The professional building community has been discussing these issues for some time.
        AZCat
        Jan 2012
        #39
      
        
        Hack says that "Buildings are not designed with vertical static loads in mind."
        jesters
        Jan 2012
        #43