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[–] -2 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

Since we're all fighting about it, the version of WTC 7 I heard:

Buildings above a certain height tend to have magnesium charges installed, so that in the even of catastrophe (like say two hijacked airplanes), they can be brought down in a controlled manner with as little collateral as possible. I've heard WTC 7 was accidentally wired up alongside the twin towers, so when the call was made, it came down as well.

Is that true? No fucking clue.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 minutes ago

    Like a system like the swiss bridges? They have marked points but don't just leave the charges on the bridge. It flies in the face of conventional engineering to plan a failure point on something that should never fail. So all building are wired to go at any moment? You would think there would be a few more accidents and this would require a large and obvious agency to manage and monitor in secret. Considering how much demolition work costs it is not "easy" to bring a building down.

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