Re: Can anyone explain how a building collapsing "into its own footprint"


"Mark Williams" <spam.me@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Nov 16, 1:42 pm, "Mark Williams" <spam...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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..manages to damage at least two other buildings?

Was it built on top of them or something?

"The debris generated by the collapse of WTC 7 spread mainly westward
toward the Verizon building, and to the south. The debris
significantly damaged 30 West Broadway to the north"

S kyscraper is quite a heavy object. On average it falls half of its
height
(the floors at the top fall the full height, the floors at the bottom
fall
relatively little). That is enough energy to create a big impact which
will
shake the foundations of surrounding buildings, damaging them
and possibly causing them to collapse.

Yet the quote above specifically states that the surrounding buildings
are damaged by *debris*, not seismic disturbances:

"The debris significantly damaged 30 West Broadway to the north"

..and there is also that rather large pile of rubble WTC 7 deposited
on Vesey Street

http://www.angehr.com/images/gzs38.jpg

Have another go! Go on!

Most of the building fell into its own foot print, but the rest - the
debris - did not. A report is just a report, and may not tell the whole
story. Here is a photo:
http://www.plaguepuppy.net/public_html/collapse%20update/site1085.jpg

See all the bits in the air: that is debris, It is hundreds of feet in the
air. Some of it is very heavy. It falls because of gravity. When it
hits the ground people can get hurtt, buildings get damaged.

The fuel in the plane exploding will throw debris horizontally.

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