U.S. proposes rules for safer skyscraper after 9/11

[cynatnite]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled recommendations for building safer skyscrapers based on lessons learned from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but cautioned the new standards were not meant to protect against another hijacked plane attack.

A three-year probe into the collapse of the World Trade Center towers that killed 2,749 people produced 30 recommendations for improved structural integrity, enhanced fire resistance materials, better evacuation procedures and communications systems for police and firefighters.

"Our recommendations are for a normal range of events. We were not measuring how a high-rise building would withstand an airplane impact," said Dr. Shyam Sunder, lead investigator for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's 10,000-page study. "It is better to keep terrorists away from airplanes and keep airplanes away from buildings."

The agency recommended fortifying and fireproofing horizontal beams and trusses in floors and not just the building's support columns -- something Sunder said could save lives.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050624/ts_nm/security_skyscrapers_dc

[tuvor]

1. Rule #1:

Read the fucking PDBs.

[BattyDem]

2. Rule number one should be ...

"Make sure no one tells NORAD to stand down" :eyes:

[AllyCat]

3. If one believes MIHOP: Keep the demolition guys out of the basement

[SnoopDog]

4. This is easy...

Make sure the president doesn't order up a new 911.
Make sure the administration does not order the military to stand down.
Make sure that explosives are not pre-installed.
Make sure the FAA reacts properly to rouge aircraft.

That should do it.

[Burried News]

5. Thank you for posting this - please note according to it the WTC

did not conform to either NY or NJ building codes. The NY Port Authority is a superagency state; laws did not apply to it except as allowed by its charter. The stairwells had walls that were only two layers of sheetrock, not concrete block as NY code would require. They were easily penetrated and their failure relates directly to how few above the fires escaped. Truly a very good example of Burried News.:cry:

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[Burried News]

8. I know the feeling. Good work friend.

I am new here and wanted to post it yesterday but did not know how.

[lumpy]

9. Please give us a reliable source that

confirms that the towers didn't conform to the NY building codes and perhaps we might believe you.

[cynatnite]

10. Here's a source:

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/wtc_briefing_june2305.htm

These are the guys that did the actual study.

[leesa]

6. Just keep the Bushes away with their explosives.