NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/folklore/urban/32137

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From: [e-mail] (Ben Jackson)
Subject: Re: Skyscraper FALLS DOWN.
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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 19:36:03 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (bill nelson) writes:
>[e-mail] (Jim Kasprzak) writes:
>: |>      BUT, can one of them actually fall down? The thought of a mountain
>: |> of steel, glass, office equipment and attourneys splatting all over
>: |> Battery Park is terrifying, but somehow also strangely compelling.
>:
>:  Two World Trade Center was secured by means of underground cables anchored
>: to the bedrock outcropping somewhere in the close vicinity of the Woolworth
>: Building. There were originally six of these cables, but rumor says that one
>: of them was cut through during student protests in the early 70's.
>
>So, what would this accomplish - besides keeping the building from sliding
>across the street or onto a different block. It would have no effect on
>keeping the building from tipping.  For documentation, check out a good
>book on "Statics" sometime.

You think sliding down the street is a laughing matter?  Imagine all the mail
that would never get there!  Or even worse, all the mail would be delivered
to whatever poor unsuspecting business got sucked into the hole.

Ben "No skidmarks, that building wasn't even trying to stop!" Jackson

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"If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall."-Lewis
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