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NIST Issues Official CT Smack-Down

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NIST WTC Investigation FAQ

Why did NIST not consider a “controlled demolition” hypothesis with matching computer modeling and explanation as it did for the “pancake theory” hypothesis? A key critique of NIST’s work lies in the complete lack of analysis supporting a “progressive collapse” after the point of collapse initiation and the lack of consideration given to a controlled demolition hypothesis...

How could the WTC towers have collapsed without a controlled demolition since no steel-frame, high-rise buildings have ever before or since been brought down due to fires? Temperatures due to fire don't get hot enough for buildings to collapse...

How could the WTC towers collapse in only 11 seconds (WTC 1) and 9 seconds (WTC 2)—speeds that approximate that of a ball dropped from similar height in a vacuum (with no air resistance)?...

Since the melting point of steel is about 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of jet fuel fires does not exceed 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certified the steel in the WTC towers to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit for six hours, how could fires have impacted the steel enough to bring down the WTC towers?...
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Cinch-up your Van Allen belt and head over to the grassy knoll, this easy-to-read FAQ covers 13 of the most common claims by the tin foil crowd regarding the NIST investigation of the WTC collapse.
 
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Won't matter to the militantly stupid CT'ers, I bet.
 
WildCat said:
Won't matter to the militantly stupid CT'ers, I bet.
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Of course it won't, in fact they'll use this as support for their crazy theories. "See, we've got the NIST running scared". Or the classic "they wouldn't bother denying it if it weren't true". It does provide a handy guide to try and save those who have only just been exposed to the CT virus however, it may even work as an inoculation. ;)
 
Someone's been taking lesons from Spooked911:

str33t said:
What a bunch of hogwash!

WTC buildings taken down by controlled demolitions. Period!

Take an large square milk carton. This will be the tower.
Now take an eyedropper and put two little drops into it. This is the amount
of fuel from the wings of the plane in relation to the volume of the building.

Don't make me laugh.
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For those who have just tuned in, here's the latest update:

A wooden toy is not a 767.

A rabbit cage is not a skyscraper.

A pile of toilet paper tubes and colored paper is not a skyscraper.

The tree the Keebler Elves™ live in is not a skyscraper.

A milk carton is not a skyscraper.
 
I'd say it's all over but the shouting...but it never was anything but shouting in the first place, so I guess it's still not all over.
 
The quote below from FAQ is all the losers need to keep up the shouting.

12. Did the NIST investigation look for evidence of the WTC towers being brought down by controlled demolition? Was the steel tested for explosives or thermite residues? The combination of thermite and sulfur (called thermate) "slices through steel like a hot knife through butter."

NIST did not test for the residue of these compounds in the steel.
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Looks like some of the NIST scientists have a hobby...

Separate from the WTC towers investigation, NIST researchers estimated that at least 0.13 pounds of thermite would be required to heat each pound of a steel section to approximately 700 degrees Celsius (the temperature at which steel weakens substantially). Therefore, while a thermite reaction can cut through large steel columns, many thousands of pounds of thermite would need to have been placed inconspicuously ahead of time, remotely ignited, and somehow held in direct contact with the surface of hundreds of massive structural components to weaken the building. This makes it an unlikely substance for achieving a controlled demolition.
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Doesn't it feel great when leading world experts say the same thing as you? :D

-Andrew
 
Am I reading this wrong?

While NIST has found no evidence of a blast or controlled demolition event, NIST would like to determine the magnitude of hypothetical blast scenarios that could have led to the structural failure of one or more critical elements.
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Seems to me they're going to COMPARE the debris/fire induced collapse of WTC7 with the likely outcome of a bombing.

Now THAT could be interesting.

-Andrew
 
gumboot said:
Looks like some of the NIST scientists have a hobby...

Doesn't it feel great when leading world experts say the same thing as you? :D

-Andrew
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D'you reckon any of them ever come around here?

Hey NIST scientists, join up, you know you wanna.
 
Gumboot:

Ya it seems interesting, and there intentions I think are to disprove the CTers theories, but in my readings of how the CTers are taking those comments, they see them as the NIST group actually considering CD as a possibility for the collapse of WTC7
 
T.A.M. said:
Gumboot:

Ya it seems interesting, and there intentions I think are to disprove the CTers theories, but in my readings of how the CTers are taking those comments, they see them as the NIST group actually considering CD as a possibility for the collapse of WTC7
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Well, all to the good, really. Then, at least, when the conclusions come out they can't say "they never even considered CD, it's all a whitewash." Right?
 
the LC Forum re NIST:

It is funny how they still think NIST thinks ONLY fire contributed to collapse, DESPITE the fact that on multiple occasions they have stated in the report that the "Plane impacts along with the wide spread multifloor fires INITIATED by the Jet fuel, resulted in the eventual Collapse.".

I think the CTers suffer from a reading disability or selective blindness.

I also noted how quickly after Loonbin spoke out against the critique they were giving, that the admin Crazyblade suddenly appeared and made a comment...his finger on the "Ban" button...lol
 
T.A.M. said:
the LC Forum re NIST:

It is funny how they still think NIST thinks ONLY fire contributed to collapse, DESPITE the fact that on multiple occasions they have stated in the report that the "Plane impacts along with the wide spread multifloor fires INITIATED by the Jet fuel, resulted in the eventual Collapse.".
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Heresay seems to be a staple of the 9/11 movement. I am constantly coming across people who repeat false information as fact. Steel melted. Mutiple wargames. Florida state of emergency. Freefall speeds. These are common claims that just simply had no basis in reality, resulting in a strawman orgy or Roman proportions.

-Andrew
 
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