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Originally Posted by uno
No I didn't say any of that, nor am I aware of where you would even get such an impression.
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I admit that I read into it because it was a question.
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Originally Posted by uno
Do you think 2 of the largest buildings in the world were designed, in a worst case scenario, to take out all of southern Manhattan by falling on their side?
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I guess the answer is: Yes.
If you meant to imply that they were designed to NOT take out all of southern Manhattan in a worst case scenario, then what are you intending? That they were built to collapse straight down right through all that steel support in a worst case scenario?
Like I said, if things were so 2012-bad, and the towers were to collapse, it would be the sinking of Manhattan...
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Originally Posted by **********
Not true! All tall buildings oscillate. The Taipei 101 Skyscraper for example has a 700 Ton Ball inside it that moves as the building sways due to wind, tremors and other harmonic vibrations, and acts as a damper that absorbs that energy away from the structure of the building itself. This is usually called the "Tuned Mass Damper".
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Eh... that's what I said:
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even a great earthquake only makes them oscillate
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