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In article <fcjtch$2op$1@panix5.panix.com>, adykes@panix.com (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.

So, if we don't build another skyscraper, they won't attack it. Building 
codes are being updated as we speak, no doubt.

Large penile capitalist erections insult Mohammed. Surely, it would be 
foolish to erect that which excites the sensitive Islamist.
 
> 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.

You really believe the remote chance of terror attack would keep someone 
in NYC from taking a job in a hi-rise? Sounds like an Osama wet dream.