Not really. We already discussed and retired the paper here.
As we noted there, the "missing jolt" is not only expected, it's further evidence that the collapse was unstoppable. A jolt would indicate the structure resisting, at once, at full power. Instead, the gradual nature of individual elements failing means that at no time did it resist as a unit, and therefore the collapse is even more likely.
As we noted there, the "missing jolt" is not only expected, it's further evidence that the collapse was unstoppable. A jolt would indicate the structure resisting, at once, at full power. Instead, the gradual nature of individual elements failing means that at no time did it resist as a unit, and therefore the collapse is even more likely.