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Does this look like a collapse?



"Cliff Notes"

"Aha!" Moments
(Some of the photos that inspired me)

October 6, 2008
Does this look like a collapse?

"To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
- - Marilyn Vos Savant, Writer

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A.
Police Car on FDR Drive
B.
 Dustification
C.
 Lather
D.
 Lack of High Heat
E.
 Dirt
F.
 Fuzzyblobs
G.
 Sillystring
H.
 Street Scrubbing
I.
 Windows and Marble
J.
 Fires
K.
 Fuzzballs
L.
 Debris
M.
 Rate of Destruction (BBE)
N. Bathtub & Seismic Impact
O.
 Fuming
P.
 Rustification
Q.
 Paper
R.
 Testimony of Exploding Scott Paks
S.
 Hutchison Effect
T.
 Rolled-up Carpet
U.
 Tissuepaper Beams and Tortilla Chips
V.
 Weather
W.
 Electrical and Magnetometer
X.
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Y.
 Toilets
Z.
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A. Police Car on FDR Drive
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Figure 1. Peculiar wilting of car doors and deformed window surrounds on FDR Drive.

Source:
["Sagging police car on FDR"]
Figure 2. Burned out cars and bus along West Broadway. Consistently, they seem to have missing door handles. The gas tanks don't appear to explode.

Click for locator map.
(9/11/01 entered) Source
["the swamp"(refers to the entire scene)]

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Figure 3. Car 2723 was toasted inside and out... and rusted.
(9/12?/01) Source
["Wax Job"]
Figure 4. This toasted interior of car 2723 was consumed except for the fire extinguisher. How does a car rust that fast on the inside? If it had been on fire, shouldn't we see a blackened-burned appearance? Instead, we see a tremendous amount of rust on the inside of the car. Why is that?
(9/12?/01) Source:
["Inside the Wax Job"]


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B. Dustification
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Does this look like a collapse?
Does this look like a collapse?
Does this look like a collapse?
Figure 5.
source
["Bubbler"]
Figure 6.
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["Snowball"]
Figure 7. Black fumes go west, white fumes go south.
Source: space imaging ["Fuming Dogleg"]

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Figure 8. "Shaving cream"/"Alkaseltzer"
(9/11/01) Source: Shannon Stapleton, Reuters
["Alkaseltzer1"]		 Figure 9. WTCExplosionLeftSide2.swf
(11/29/07?) Source:		 Figure 10. "Shaving cream"/"Alkaseltzer"
(9/11/01) Source
["Alkaseltzer2"]



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C. Lather
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dirt - WTC7
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Figure 11. Immediately after WTC2 was destroyed, WTC1 was lathered up. With the distraction of WTC2 going poof, perhaps they were hoping folks wouldn't notice?
(9/11/01) Source:
["WTC1-morning lather"]
Figure 12. WTC7 Lathering up, along with WTC1. WTC1 is still standing, so "debris from the collapse of WTC1" cannot explain why there is "smoke" pouring out of WTC7. The two people on the far corner appear to be stopping traffic, which is consistent with what would be seen immediately after the destruction of WTC2.
(9/11/01) Source: more
["Shower Scene"]
Figure 13.
source
["WTC7-field"]
Figure 14. WTC7 Lathering up
(9/11/01) Source: more
["(dark) Intermission"]

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Figure 15. WTC1 is blowing "smoke rings"
(9/11/01) Source: ["Smoke Rings"]




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D. Lack of High Heat
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Figure 16. 600x450 The basement: of WTC2
(9/18/01) entered Source:
["WTC2 Basement Puddle"]
Figure 17. This is a view north, across Pine Street, which is parallel to Liberty Street and a block or two south of Liberty Street.
(9/11/01 entered) Source ["Cloud Case"]

Figure 18. Video 1: (0:00:53) Thermite and Ice explosion. 11 pounds of Fe3O4,Al Thermite over ice blocks. The resulting explosion is a steam explosion. The components were purchased on eBay. URL
From: officialbs113
Added: February 24, 2007
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On 9/11, if there had been molten metal, there should have been a steam explosion with all of this water.

Figure 19. This is a view from the southern "shore" after a water-main broke.  Note the "steam" appearance along the "northern shore" that cannot be the result of "hot water" because there are live people wading along that shore. (see next figure)
(9/11/01) Source:
["the Lake" (West Street)]
Figure 20. There's a person wading out into it. He doesn't look like a boiled chicken.
(9/11/01) Source:
["the Lake" (West Street)]

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Figure 21. Steam? If this were steam, these workers would have been cooked. If this were as hot as a grill, these people would become something that looked more like a grilled-cheese sandwich. The hoses to their torches would melt and ignite the fuel.
(9/12?/01 entered) Source
["Grilled-Cheese Sandwich"]
Figure 22. But, is this photo really what it seems? Note the exposed hydraulics.
(9/??/01) Source (also here and here)
["Cheeto"]
 Figure 23. Temperature/viscosity diagram for ISO viscosity grades.
Brendan Casey, "Hydraulic Equipment Reliability: Beyond Contamination Control". Machinery Lubrication Magazine. July 2005
(6/16/07 accessed) Source

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Figure 24. Cotton Candy - mold.
(10/31/01) Source
["Cotton Candy"]		 Figure 25. These folks are alive, so how hot can it be?
(10/31/01) Source
["moldy-cotton Candy"]		 Figure 26.
(?/?/01) Source
["moldy ground"]




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E. Dirt
FEMA pic WTC2
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Figure 27. Check out this new load of dirt! It looks like potting soil. What possible explanations you can think of? Landscaping? They appear to have dumped fresh dirt on top of the fuming dust in the "front yard" of WFC2. (A week later, they appear to scoop it up and haul it back out, as shown below for WFC1.)
(9/16/01) Source ["WFC2-Potting Soil"]		 Figure 28. Why would there be dirt sprinkled on top of the rubble pile? The dirt arrived quickly. Is this from a landfill?
(9/13/01 entered) Source
["Plaza Dirt/Landfill"]		 Figure 29. September 2007. "'As we got deeper and deeper there was a lot more rock that had to be blasted and broken up," he said. Officials said that the work on the 1,700-foot Freedom Tower is not affected by the problems at the Silverstein tower sites." In September 2007, Why are they taking dirt out?
Where did the dirt come from?
(9/?/07) Source:
Quoted from article: (1/1/08) Source: (archived)

Trucks in
closeup
Trucks out
Figure 30. The four yellow dump trucks are heading south on West Street, toward the WTC complex. Each of the dump trucks carries a uniform load of what appears to be dirt.
(9/27/01) Source:
["Dirt-Trucked In"]
Figure 31. The four yellow dump trucks are heading south on West Street, toward the WTC complex. Each of the dump trucks carries a uniform load of what appears to be dirt.
(9/27/01) Source:
["Dirt-In Closeup"]

Figure 32. This appears to be dirt being trucked away from the WTC complex. Why is so much dirt coming and going? The four trucks ahead of the green one carry a uniform load of what appears to be dirt.
(10/13/01) Source ["Dirt-trucked Out"]

WTC7a,b,c

Source: G&S Technologies, reproduced with permission
Figure 33. Figure A-9. Con Edison transformer #7 (or #5) uncovered from debris pile of WTC 7; photo taken midOctober, 2001.
source: page 304 of 382 of pdf, (labeled page 642 of report)
["Mudpie"]



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F. Fuzzyblobs
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Figure 34. "The slot." This looks like a "slot" is down the middle of West Street which is probably a ramp to an underground parking garage. There are several "fuzzyblobs" of blue-gray haze which appears to be a harmful material. An firefighter near the right side of the photo is holding his nose, showing us that he senses and unusual odor. The fuzzyblob behind the yellow cooler drapes down over the concrete wall. The firefighter rubs his eyes while leaning on the wall, just in front of the cooler. Another firefighter runs toward the cooler (or away from what is behind him) with urgency. There is a firefighter slumped over, down on the left side of the slot and he doesn't look very good. The firefighter closest to him looks concerned as he approaches. Just behind the concerned firefighter is another fuzzyblob. What is this material? A fellow wearing a blue hard hat (and sleeveless shirt) stands down on the right side of the slot and looks over at the slumped-over firefighter with concern. Nothing about this scene is familiar to these firefighters. That is, a lot of strange things are happening, here. And why are the trees missing their leaves?

This photo appears to have been taken after both towers were destroyed, based on the sunlight. But this may have been taken just after WTC1 was destroyed (which was after WTC2 was destroyed).

(9/11/01) Source
["Fuzzyblobs in the slot"]
Figure 35. wtc-16_1_small.jpg
(9/11/01) source


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G. Sillystring and Donuts
The phenomenon shown in this image is a reminder of "silly string," an entertaining gimic for parties. It's like string in a spray can.

Figure 36. A backyard Tesla Coil is used for a light show.
(?/?/?) Source: DSC02864.jpg
["Backyard Tesla Coil"]		 Figure 37.
(?/?/?) Source:

Mt. St. Helens
Mt. St. Helens
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Figure 38. Frame2
source: Mt. St. Helen's Visitor's center video
["Mt.St. Helens sillystring"]
Figure 39. Frame3
source: Mt. St. Helen's Visitor's center video
["Mt.St. Helens sillystring"]
Figure 40. "Silly string" on the south face of WTC1
(9/11/01) source
["Sillystring"]
Figure 41.
(9/11/01) Source: 2660.jpg
["Sillystring"]
Figure 42. Figures from NISTNCSTAR1-5Draft source:

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Does this look like a collapse?
Does this look like a collapse?
Does this look like a collapse?
Figure 43. source
["Snowball"]
 Figure 44. source
["Beehive"]		 Figure 45. source
["Beehive"]



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H. Street Scrubbing
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Figure 46. Cleaning streets begin on the afternoon of 9/11/01? This photo looks like it was taking in the early morning of 9/12/01. Why was street cleaning more important than survivor rescuing? After all, the street cleaners would be blocking the thoroughfare.
(9/12?/01) Source
["Street-sweepered"]		 Figure 47. West Street looks pretty clean!

(9/14/01 entered) Source
["Toothbrushed"]		 Figure 48. Lower Manhattan was not the only recipient of a hose job.
(9/16?/01 entered) Source
["HoseJob"]		 Figure 49. New York City makes a clean sweep of it.

(10/03/01 entered) Source
["Clean-Sweep"]

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Figure 50. "My goodness!  What a clean demolition site!  That ground almost looks clean enough to eat off of.  That's amazing, considering they're just cleaning up the trash to cart away.  (But apparently they need to be sure to get every bit of it!)" [This is my caption from 2005.]
(10/3/01) Source: by Anonymous Photographer
["Clean enough to eat off of"]




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I. Windows and Marble
WFC1 Windows
WFC2 Windows
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Figure 51. The windows have round holes in them. They are double-paned windows, but the two windows do not show the same damage. In some cases, the inner window is intact while the majority of the outer window is missing. The marble-facade around the doorway is completely missing. The remaining building facade does not appear damaged.
(9/13?/01) Source: ["XXX"]
 Figure 52. Round holes in WFC2
(9/?/01) Source:		 Figure 53. windows_c.jpg
(9/?/01) Source:

LibertyPlaza - Century21 Windows
 Millenium Hotel Windows
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Figure 54. The window in the next figure is located in the center of the building, just above the two "whitish" rows of windows.

(after 9/11/01) source:
Figure 55. Round holes through glass, looking out of the One Liberty Plaza Bldg., over the remains of WTC4 and WTC5, with WFC2 in the distance, viewed through the farl-left window.
Wilson10746124-D_windowhole.jpg.,
(after 9/11/01) Source
["Century21-round holes"]		 Figure 56. I
(9/11/01) < ? < (9/11/01) Source:
["Melted Holes"]

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Figure 57.
(after 9/11/01) source:
["Swiss-cheese truck"]
 Figure 58.
(after 9/11/01) Source

Barclay Street Windows (behind WTC7)
Notice the odd breakage pattern in the Barkley-street building on the left. This is right behind WTC7. These are double-paned windows and some have only one of the panes broken. (I have referred to this building as the "white stairstep building")
Figure 59. I
(9/11/01- pre WTC7) source:
["Laced Windows"]		 Figure 60. I
(9/13/01) source:
["Laced Windows"]		 Figure 61. I
(9/?/01) source:
["Laced Windows"]

Bankers Trust Windows
Notice the holes in the windows of Bankers Trust
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Figure 62.
(9/27/01) source:
["BT Holey Windows"]		 Figure 63.
(9/24/01) source:
["BT Holey Windows"]		 Figure 64.
(9/21/01) source:
["BT Holey Windows"]
Figure 65.
(9/27/01) source:
Figure 66.
(9/24/01) source:
Figure 67.
(9/21/01) source:
["Window Lace"]

Round holes instead of shattering? According to FEMA, there were no fires in this building.
Figure 68. T
(after 9/11/01) source:
["Swiss-Cheese Windows"]		 Figure 69. T
(after 9/11/01) source:
["Swiss-Cheese Windows"]



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J. Fires
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Figure 70. EVO.jpg
(11/29/07?) Source: pdf
["EVO"]		 Figure 71. Why is this firefighter choosing to walk though the fire instead of around it? Isn't he concerned with catching his pants on fire or getting something hot poking up into him?
(9/11/01) Source: 		Figure 72. Why isn't the paper on fire?
(9/11/01) Source:
["Fire-walker"]




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K. Fuzzballs
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Figure 73. The air has cleared after the destruction of WTC1. This area would be first to clear as it is upwind of the WTC. The fire in the toasted lot has increased in strength, consistent with it having just been started.
(9/11/01) Source:
["Fuzzball Intersection"]

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Figure 74. Whoops! I guess that's molten metal under the sidewalks?
(9/11/01) Source
["B&W Fuzzballs"]		 Figure 75.
(9/11/01) Source
["Deep Fuzzballs"] ["Red-face guy"]		 Figure 76. And molten metal under the streets?
(9/11/01) Source: AP
["Red-faced guy with a hanky"]		 Figure 77.
(9/11/01) Source 		Figure 78.
(9/11/01) Source
["Fuming Street"]




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