So. I have been looking at this whole conspiracy thing on and off for a while now.
As stated... by Northy, there are one or two slightly smelly things about the whole affair. But, what is seeming to me is, the cover up, which is not really that well done any more, is in the the following issues:
1) The steel they used was not the standard required by the plans. They cheaped out a bit. The WTC was incredibley stong in design. People sort of knew this, and the skimped a little on the steel.
(An aside, yeah, the steel didnt melt, it weakend. The heat was enough to weaken it.)
2) The heat proofing was a joke. It was never put on properly. It was not maintained. It was falling off the beams, turning into dust, and lots of it were barely clinging on at all. This dust could be seen in the AC. When you have beams like that, un insulated, they sweat. Water condenses on them, and it sort of pries away the rest of it. Upon aplication of > 100C this water boils, and the vapour drives the rest of the insulation off. It happens, there is no question at all about any of this.
So, now you have not quite the right steel, with no or almost no insulation. This becomes a problem now.
The cover up that people are seeing, the shifyness is, that the Port Authority knew all this. They were completely complicit in it. They could have fixed it, and they didnt, cause it was expensive. Another thing is... since they are Port Authority, they need not abide by Fire And Safety regs. They still dont for the new WTC. Now, this is shocking. But, if liability is found, there will be MASSIVE litigation. Thus... an element of cover up.
Then there was the deal with the squibs. Again... the way that building was built was by winching these unbelievabely strong cables tight to anchors in the ground. The building was under massive huge strains. If any part of it went, there would be explosive reprocusions elsewhere in the building. I believe that this is what we were seeing.
And, Northwind is exactly right. Once people see this covering up, once they get that smell, you are now in a position to start wondering... where does it stop? Its good to question. But, you know, we want a parsimonious answer to some extent too.
Ha ha. And +1 Mac99 for the Maddox link. He can be a funny dude.
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