Croce wrote:
I don't really know the answers to your questions other than being able to apply inadequate layman logic. In the 1975 fire were the floors subjected to a 9700 gallon fuel spill to intensify the fire as was the N Tower on 911? The S Tower was hit at 540 mph with a dump of 9200 gallons of fuel. Seems like a little more than I would pour on charcoal in the backyard, but. The other thing which bothers me is the one sided certainty of the conspircacy theorists which is solely based on video likeness of the collapse as appearing like a vegas hotel demo. Larry, I do not have the answer nor sufficient knowledge to come to any conclusion, however if the theory is based on only physical appearance from a video of the collapse, I feel I certainly have enough knowledge to support doubt. If anyone can come forward with facts showing that the buildings were rigged with explosives prior to the collapse I would certainly give it due weight. What explosive, where were they placed, how much of it, when was it placed, how were they able to accomplish the plant without discovery, how were they detonated, by whom? A hell of a lot more than conjecture is needed to support the theory. I doubt anyone other than closed minded naive, blind loyalists would reject out of hand, the presentation of such proof. Certainly I would not reject offered proof, I doubt anyone on this forum would but theories which amount to bullshit subject to nothing but so called "proof" offered by the likes of our local conspiracy theorists? I think not.
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The videos of the planes hitting the towers clearly show that most of the fuel burned up in the air outside the towers. Jet fuel burns at a maximum temperature of about 600 degrees F in open air. It burns at lower temperatures in enclosed spaces where oxygen is quickly used up. That means the jet fuel fires could not weaken steel.
And if the top section of a steel-framed skyscraper could collapse because of fire, it would most certainly topple sideways off the undamaged lower floors, rather than crushing them at near free fall speed.