What do you think of the "Pancake Theory" as it pertains to the collapse of the World Trade Center?

Question

I like to make pancakes a lot! I have been making them frequently for many years. Maybe I am not a prize cook, but do pancakes really collapse from the top?

I often flatten mine down at the top with a spatula, and that is what I suspect George W. Bush and the System might have done with the World Trade Center.

Maybe I should get out of cooking.

Answer 1

I think that when you build on reclaimed land - you ought to watch for big planes coming through your windows.

I have three words for you: Bed rock, baby!

Answer 2

If you look at the time it took for the top floor to hit the ground it shows that the building was close to already being in free fall... Thus there was no resistance offered by the lower floors to support the top floors everything just fell. Demolitions crews spend months planning to have buildings fall right on their footprints because it takes precise planning and placement of charges. You mean to tell me the random spot a plane hits will cause the building to fall on its footprint the exact way it takes demolition crews months to do? Please, if that were the case why would Demolition crews pay their engineers so much for their how and labor when they could get a cheap plane and whamo?

Answer 3

A small scissors jack will easily hold up the static weight of an automobile - however, it would not stand much of a chance with the instantaneous impact if I were to drop the vehicle on it from even a short height. That's how the lower floors felt when thirty floors above them collapsed onto the damaged section of the tower.

Answer 4

If you truly believe that the collapse of the WTC was an inside job perpetuated by Geo. W. Bush and colleagues cooking lousy pancakes should be the least of your worries!

Answer 5

Hi. Anyone who has ever popped a paper bag and heard it would not be surprised that an entire floor of a building would 'pop' even louder and more dramatically. Never forget!