Nist Wtc7 Press Release Thurs. Aug. 21, NIST NCSTAR 1-9 & 1A Options

[dMz]

FWIW, there is a press release and webcast scheduled for 11-noon EDT on Thurs. Aug. 21, 2008.

"The draft WTC 7 investigation report released at the briefing will be open for public comment through noon Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 15, 2008."

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/calmed/wtc_081808.html

links to:

http://wtc.nist.gov/

[dMz]

This press release should be starting in about 5 minutes at:

http://wtc.nist.gov/

Download of slides PDF should be at:

http://event.on24.com/event/11/73/59/rt/1/...08_final_v2.pdf

Closed captioned link should be at:
http://event.on24.com/clients/default/main...4/dynMain.html#

[Omega892R09]

This press release should be starting in about 5 minutes at:

http://wtc.nist.gov/

Download of slides PDF should be at:

http://event.on24.com/event/11/73/59/rt/1/...08_final_v2.pdf

Come on Dorothy we are off to see the wizard the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

and what is this I see:

NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse
Report and Recommendations for Improving Building Safety Released for Comment

August 21, 2008
CONTACT: Ben Stein, NIST
(301) 975-3097
ben.stein@nist.gov

Michael Newman , NIST
(301) 975-3025
mnewman@nist.gov


GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in
New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to fires, the
Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced
today following an extensive, three-year scientific and technical building and fire
safety investigation. This was the first known instance of fire causing the total
collapse of a tall building, the agency stated as it released for public comment its
WTC investigation report and 13 recommendations for improving building and fire safety.

"Our study found that the fires in WTC 7, which were uncontrolled but otherwise similar
to fires experienced in other tall buildings, caused an extraordinary event,"
said NIST WTC Lead Investigator Shyam Sunder. “Heating of floor beams and girders caused a
critical support column to fail, initiating a fire-induced progressive collapse that brought
the building down.”

Ben Stein, not the same Bent Steam that caused such furore not long ago with a creationist propaganda movie 'Expelled', surely.

If it was fires alone they certainly did cause an extraordinary event - one column failing caused a symetrical collapse. Oh! Come on Sham Sunder, with all your qualifications you KNOW that just wasn't so. 'Book him Danno'

EDIT: Sorry should have included the link to document from which the above quote came:

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/wtc082108.html

Just had trouble retrieving it as net is down to a crawl again and causes exploder to er well explode sometimes losing all open windows. Seems to happen every time I am logged in here. Me paranoid - Nah!

Makes it difficult to keep on track though.

This post has been edited by Omega892R09: Aug 21 2008, 11:21 AM