Re: [Vo]: Re: OT: Whoa, Fido....

[Jed Rothwell]

Jones Beene wrote:

Makes a prima facie case for more thorough investigation of the 
possibility that WTC7 had been pre-rigged to be brought down:

You mean: the building was gutted over several weeks prior to 9/11, 
all of the heavy objects were removed, the main beams were cut, and 
hundreds of pounds of explosives were put into the building, but 
nobody noticed.

That's what you mean.

It is physically impossible to "pre-rig" a building to collapse, 
otherwise. You would have to trigger a massive explosion that would 
also destroy much of the surroundings, like what happened when bombs 
fell on buildings during World War II. Or you would have to ignite 
hundreds of gallons of the most energy intense chemical -- petroleum. 
Buildings collapse from smaller fires all the time, including steel 
frame buildings.

If you "pre-rigged" with such a small amount of explosives no one 
even heard the bang, there is no chance that would be sufficient to 
make an intact building collapse. Buildings are way stronger than 
that. Conventional explosives have little energy compared to 
petroleum fuel, flour, dust, and other sources of large explosions 
that often destroy buildings.

For that matter, when the CDI brings down a building, even though 
they use the smallest amount of explosives they can, the noise of the 
explosions is quite loud, and unmistakable.

- Jed