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Because there are obstacles along the way. Support beams, uncollapsed floors, etc. that will slow down the descent. As I said, I haven't bought into this theor
by marcamillion 14y ago
Because there are obstacles along the way. Support beams, uncollapsed floors, etc. that will slow down the descent.
As I said, I haven't bought into this theory yet. Just want to get other opinions on whether or not it makes sense in this particular case.
- regularfry 14y agoThe time taken for an uncollapsed floor to become a collapsed floor in the face of even a fraction of a tower falling onto it is unimaginably brief. In short, the reason that the towers' collapses looked like controlled demolitions is because controlled demolitions don't rely on the explosives to destroy the building, they rely on destabilising it enough that it falls in on itself. The "controlled" part is just making sure it collapses inwards.