I was totally wrong about the WTC collapses. I now know that because the WTC7 collapse has been explained without a shadow of a doubt.
I thought there was a lot of evidence that it was a controlled demolition, but after this evidence, I am so embarassed.
Manuel Garcia from Lawrence Livermore Labs has presented us with this thoroughly researched, no stone unturned analysis that proves without a shadow of a doubt that this was not a controlled demolition. When I heard he was from LLL, I got excited because this is where they invented Thermite.
Once I heard he was handling this I knew he must know the real story and be able to explain the Thermite compounds found at the scene. But, alas, all I found out is how wrong I was about the whole thing, as here is the information that Garcia so willingly and without hesitation (if you don't count 6 years that is) has provided for us. His longstanding service for our government should be rewarded when considering his excellent work here. You go Manuel!
This is concerning how building 7 fell. The 3rd building to fall that day that was not hit by a plane or much of anything, really. His theory is that building 7 also fell due to fire and he's explaining how the fire got hot enough to bring the building down:
* None of this intelligently migrating fuel oil found its way to the containment vessel that was designed for such an event, and therefore never triggered the safety mechanism that would automatically de-energize the pumps.
* The authorities that decided not to fight the fires in WTC 7 also decided not to cut the power to these pumps, allowing them to spray oil within this burning skyscraper, for up to seven hours, in the middle of Manhattan.
* The pooled fuel oil was somehow heated to a sufficient temperature for ignition, at which point an unknown ignition source initiated an efficient, multi-hour burn.
* Although now situated in an enclosed room with limited space, the oil found limitless Oxygen in order to extract every bit of energy from the assumed maximum amount of 12,000 gallons.
* The fires generated by this burning fuel oil centered in a highly specific formation directly beneath that critical truss, and the heat produced was perfectly contained and directed at the truss itself but nowhere else.
* This truss-specific fire raged for up to seven hours but was never visible from any external view.
* This miraculous fire then caused the failure of that one critical truss, which somehow initiated the total collapse of this 47 story building in just 6.6 seconds.
So thank god that is solved. Now we can all relax and enjoy our 3 day weekend. (I'd still avoid San Francisco and Portland if I were you though.)
