Re: Dear Fellow Americans In New York On 9/11/01

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From: Grumpy AuContraire
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:56

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Al Dykes wrote:

> In article <TwdHi.555003$p47.300199@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> Grumpy AuContraire  <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>The NOVA documentary, "Why the Towers Fell," provided a good engineering 
>>viewpoint on the collapses.  It's clear to me that we are not building 
>>structures that have a lot of redundancy for major impacts/fires as 
>>compared to older style post 'n beam steel and steel/concrete stuctures.
>>
>>OTOH, if lagre cities had aerial helicoptor fire fighting capabilities, 
>>the main culprit, heat could have been negated in relatively short order.
>>
>>JT
>>
>>(Who's waiting for one of them thar' new fangled half mile high 
>>structures to be compromised)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> For all the claims that the office towers that are going to be
> replaced WTC have tenants waiting to move in, IMO, the next atttack on
> any tower in the world will make them unrentable.  From first-hand
> experience I've seen office staff in big buildings get "spooked" from
> rumors of asbestos or odors that everone believes exist but can't be
> proven.
> 
> If the Human Resource dept of a big tenant decides that they will have
> problems recruiting or have to pay 10% more, it's all over as rentable
> space. Residential space is even worse.
> 


I agree. Sad state of affairs though...

JT

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