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Originally Posted by Rochard
So your saying that every floor should be able to carry all of the weight above it? That's physically impossible.
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The ground floor carries all stories above it or rather the frame does.
The q is do the beams run up higher than one floor or are they just boxes (floors) built on boxes.
I would think the beams would go verticle many stories which means no "floor" supports anything but rather the frame supports the floors independent if a floor gives way.
If a floor gives way the frame does not compress straight down into powder. With enough weight maybe but not with what was above and not from the SLOW momentum that (supposedly) started it all going.
One thing's for sure. It pancaked.. either by weight and some momentum combined with weakened structure OR by demolition.