Would somebody explain how the WTC fell down and this building didn't?

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A fierce fire engulfed a major new building in Beijing that houses a luxury hotel and cultural center Monday, the last day of celebrations for the lunar new year when the city was alight with fireworks. The building was designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and is part of China Central Television's new headquarters, an angular wonder of modernist architecture that was built to coincide with the Beijing Olympics last year. The fire was burning from the ground floor to the top floor, the flames reflecting in the glass facade of the main CCTV tower next to the hotel and cultural center. The 241-room Mandarin Oriental hotel in the building was due to open this year. Flames were spotted around 9:30 p.m., and within 20 minutes the fire had spread throughout the building.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02...NG.3-426247.php

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pkcRailsten... I patiently await your response to this thread

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Originally posted by The17sss pkcRailsten... I patiently await your response to this thread

I grabbing some popcorn

well it was a new construction. Developers learned new methods after 9 11 to make sure teh buildings wouldn't fall no matter what.

1) different materials used in the buildings,
2) the different materials have different tolerances to heat and generally react differently to heat,
3) different fuels igniting the fire,
4) heat from the fire likely different temperatures due to the fuels,
5) different construction methods,
6) different architecture and design, and
7) a big-ass plane was also embedded at over 400 mph into the frame of the WTC, severing a significant portion of the support for the upper floors.

easy - next question please!

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Originally posted by Kinezi Would somebody explain how the WTC fell down and this building didn't? http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02...NG.3-426247.php

Did a 737 fly into it? No? There's your answer.

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Originally posted by Kinezi Would somebody explain how the WTC fell down and this building didn't? http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02...NG.3-426247.php

gee, how about they're completely different buildings in completely different scenarios? did that thought cross your mind at all?

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Damn, my sister's in Beijing and this thread title nearly gave me a heart attack.

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Heh, please? WTC 7 was completed in '87.









It's amazing how eager you all are to fool yourselves.

Ta ta

CONSPIRACY, I tell ya!

not again.........................

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?

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Originally posted by {b.s.e.} Heh, please? WTC 7 was completed in '87. It's amazing how eager you all are to fool yourselves. Ta ta

Fixed for more apples to apples comparison.

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