From the report that you said you read, but obviously don't remember any of:
Fires alone there buddy.
FWIW I am not butthurt, but if you are going to insist that you are correct, when you clearly are wrong, it needs to be brought to your attention.
not fires alone, specifically, NOT EXPLOSIVES OR DIESEL FUEL, but not fires alone. thats editorial comment. that's not what is written in that quote nor the nist report i read ten years ago, and still remember well enough to say it doesnt say "Fires Alone".
you might as well insist that im claiming the structure fell because of structural damage alone, or because of diesl fires alone, or because of shoddy construction alone. many things combined to make the building fall down, and "FIRES ALONE" is a strawman.
PS, here is a Quote from Popular Mechanics, your self professed reading choice:
another strawman. YOU accused me of reading popular mechanics, way back here,
OFFICIAL word from NIST and the Government is that FIRES did it and nothing else.
BTW the ONLY ones to claim that structural damage was done by falling debris was ...Popular Mechanics... they have since retracted that statement to align with the official statement by NIST and the government that "Fires alone did the damage."
I respect you Dr K, please don't get your theories from some 2 bit magazine. Only a real wacko would believe that falling debris bit.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/4278874
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/nyregion/22wtccnd.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/
I guess the government and NIST are now TROOFERS??
The OFFICIAL reason WTC7 fell was SOLELY due to fires, and fires alone. Nothing else, just fires. Only fires. Fires did it. Hot stuff make building go boom.
so yeah, you just attacked your strawman with a mighty blow and smote it with great smotency. rock on with your bad self.
yeah you show that strawman who's boss! editorial comments in what you yourself describe as a "Two Bit Magazine" is now the authoritative word on your assertion... shit im getting dizzy.
Try not to be too butthurt.
Edit: one other thing bothering me, Why would you think "troofers" would say that WTC7 came down from fire alone? does that even fit the narrative, or did you not really think your assertion through?
the "fires alone" troofer claim is another strawman, they claim it so they can then Troof the claim away as if it were something real, and not merely their own construct. ONLY TROOFERS bring up the "Fires Alone" claim, and only Troofers try to back it upo with comments and quotes from various dubious sources like the FAQ from nist, or the pages of a rag you describe as "Two Bit" before asserting that it's totally to be trusted and shit, just a few moments later.
ill make it plain:
WTC 7 was built poorly, on a foundation that was never intended to support a building that large, using substandard materials. it stood for a long time, until it got hit with tonnes of burning rubble, got lit on fire, which caused the diesel fuel tanks to ignite, and caused the submarine batteries to burst, and caused power transformers to explode, and eventually it fell down.
none of this should be taken as a claim that the building fell from "Fires Alone" any more than it fell from shoddy construction alone, or shitty maintenance alone, or getting hit by burning rubble alone, or being build on a too-small foundation alone, or because the janitor on floor 25 didnt dust the cubicles thoroughly enough alone, , or because the good folks at Iglesia Ni Christo didnt pray hard enough that day alone.
NIST is responsible for reportiong their findings, and soothing the fears of a panicky public. if they had said "yep, diesel fuel fires can burn hot enough to soften steel structural components and can cause shit to collapse" then no building would ever allow diesel fuel in the doors, for "safety"
however, diesel fuel and gasoline CAN AND DO burn hot enough, even in open air, without a building acting as a refractory to melt and weaken structural steel, and WILL cause the collapse of even very large structures, including structures which are FAR MORE SUBSTANTIAL than an office building.:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/us/30collapse.html?_r=0
psst... this actually was "Fires Alone" since the bridge was designed to get hit by trucks and not collapse, and has been hit by trucks many times without collapsing.