Watch this 23 second video and tell me...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6905631612206278007&q=silverstein&hl=en
2007-01-03 19:47:04 · 9 answers · asked by Blue Light 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
okay...
hold a wooden match and set it on fire - does the end you're holding get hot? No...
now put a metal spoon in a boiling pot for a few minutes and try to pick up the spoon - hot, isn't it? (ouch!)
Metal transfers heat, whereas wood doesn't. Metal also melts, whereas wood doesn't. Basic science, people! Try it yourself at home. My daddy was a firefighter and he always told us a metal building will burn faster than a wooden one - and will collapse because at such intense temperatures, the metal beams will buckle.
2007-01-03 20:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to Larry Silverstein in the video, the decision was made to "pull," meaning to demolish the building before the fire got out of hand. That was an easy one. Next question.
2007-01-03 19:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
WOW! 6 identical questions in 6 different categories. Doesn’t that qualify as spamming?
Edit to add; I forgot to answer... "The pull" is the answer. Of course there is no way to know when and how the building would have collapsed if it hadn't been for "the pull".
2007-01-03 19:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by *duh* 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
George. W Bush!
2007-01-03 19:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they blew up the supports to make it collapse, they were afraid of it killing more people. in other videos it shows people running away from the cloud of smoke rushing at them, that smoke made people get cancer, they did not want the same thing happening.
2007-01-03 19:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by fallen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's the speed gravity works at. Find another video that shows it from another angle, and one that doesn't have an out of context clip pasted onto it.
2007-01-03 19:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Controlled demolitions from a corrupt government
2007-01-03 19:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
gravity i suppose. Definitely not biased and unsupported opinions.
2007-01-03 19:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by duffmanhb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does american airlines ring a bell?
2007-01-03 19:51:02 · answer #9 · answered by Mike S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋