Here is another of my paintshop illustrations.
Deos this make sense?? Its just an idea, but could this explain the failure of 7 fefore 6 and 8?? I think it can.
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Tri,
Lemme show you a trick to get the get the big picture quick. It's a real time saver...
Get the two documents, NCSTAR1-9 vol 1, NCSTAR1-9 vol 2.
Your job, "should you choose to accept it", is to get a feel for the whole building. FAST. In less than 10 minutes.
Take about 1 minute to scan thru the table of contents to see how each doc is organized. Just the big picture.
Then scan thru the two of them in about 5 minutes (each). Don't get bogged down in any details. Don't read anything.
Then set the doc so that it shows one full page on your screen and start clicking. Fast. Look at the pictures. And think. About 1 - 2 second for any page that has a diagram. No time for text. If you see something that catches your eye, check it out. But not more than about 10 seconds or so.
You're trying to answer the pudknocker's question on the west core, so pay extra attention to the area around around where the damage is that led to the collapse of the west core. Try to imagine how the collapse moves thru the building.
Try to get a sense for the height of the whole building. Too many of the floor plans have you thinking of it as tho it were just 5 or 10 stories.
But most important, don't just look at the pictures. Try to understand them.
This incident is not hard at all. You know where the failure was. In a lot of these, you don't know what failed. So you've got to go thru a bunch of "what if's".
Plug in the known damage & I think that you'll start to get a real feel for what's got Chris' panties in a bunch - the collapse of the west core.
Do it on your own. When you're done, you can hit this reveal button and see if what stood out to me, stands out for you.
Lemme know how it goes.
Tom
