NOVA had program on re-building tower

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NOVA had program on re-building tower

carl — 9/14/2006 4:24:34 PM (archived)

NOVA had a good show on how the towers fell, the new thinking was the outside curtain wall failed when the inner supports for the floors sagged and pulled the outside walls over 5 ft inward, snapping them. Also, the central core should have been thicker, not just drywall.

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Rebuild the towers. It is not too late. - REB - 9/12/2006 2:23:09 PM
- Too Tempting a TArget - carl - 9/13/2006 2:53:59 PM
  - We can't live in fear or the terrorist win. - REB - 9/13/2006 4:03:12 PM
    - NOVA had program on re-building tower - carl - 9/14/2006 4:24:34 PM
- I'd support it... - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2006 5:00:16 PM
  - Apathy as usual - FrankC - 9/13/2006 6:21:19 PM
    - re: Apathy as usual - REB - 9/13/2006 7:27:34 PM
      - true - FrankC - 9/13/2006 8:07:52 PM
        
        But one question to ask... - LJK - 9/14/2006 4:32:04 PM
        
        re: But one question to ask... - REB - 9/14/2006 9:24:11 PM
        
        parachutes - SDG - 9/14/2006 7:48:04 PM
        
        more - SDG - 9/14/2006 8:03:06 PM
        
        That would need to be addressed - FrankC - 9/14/2006 6:48:42 PM
        
        Addressing the problems - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 5:10:27 AM
        
        But let's be realistic. - Lee - 9/15/2006 9:56:19 AM
        
        re: But let's be realistic. - REB - 9/15/2006 12:28:19 PM
        
        re: But let's be realistic. - LJK - 9/15/2006 8:59:27 PM
        
        re: But let's be realistic. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 4:50:38 AM
  - re: I'd support it... - REB - 9/12/2006 7:45:25 PM
    - signed it as well - SDG - 9/13/2006 2:43:51 PM
    - Signed it quite a while ago. Thanks! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2006 11:47:01 PM
  - Before this decade is out... - LJK - 9/12/2006 7:20:50 PM
    - Insurance PAYOUT Holdups - carl - 9/14/2006 10:16:37 PM
  - re: I'd support it... - REB - 9/12/2006 6:49:02 PM
- re: Rebuild the towers. It is not too late. - SDG - 9/12/2006 2:30:18 PM
  - This group is trying to make it real. - REB - 9/12/2006 2:51:21 PM
    - re: This group is trying to make it real. - SDG - 9/12/2006 3:53:53 PM
      - 7 World Trade Center was rebuilt - LJK - 9/12/2006 7:15:36 PM
        
        Yeah, that's where their EOC center was - carl - 9/14/2006 4:26:26 PM

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