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I never understood the Jet Fuel/Steel Beams conspiracy about 9/11. About 10 years ago, a tanker truck exploded somewhere on I-95 in Connecticut. I can't remember the details, but it melted the steel bridge deck and the bridge collapsed, closing I-95 until it could be replaced. Seems like a big FU to the conspiracy loons, but maybe they'll just say that the tanker explosion was also carried out by the government in an attempt to dupe us or something. :rolleyes:
 
BostonUrbEx said:
I never understood the Jet Fuel/Steel Beams conspiracy about 9/11. About 10 years ago, a tanker truck exploded somewhere on I-95 in Connecticut. I can't remember the details, but it melted the steel bridge deck and the bridge collapsed, closing I-95 until it could be replaced. Seems like a big FU to the conspiracy loons, but maybe they'll just say that the tanker explosion was also carried out by the government in an attempt to dupe us or something. :rolleyes:
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They'll tell you to "keep drinking the Kool Aid." I die a little inside each time I hear that expression.
 
BostonUrbEx said:
I never understood the Jet Fuel/Steel Beams conspiracy about 9/11. About 10 years ago, a tanker truck exploded somewhere on I-95 in Connecticut. I can't remember the details, but it melted the steel bridge deck and the bridge collapsed, closing I-95 until it could be replaced. Seems like a big FU to the conspiracy loons, but maybe they'll just say that the tanker explosion was also carried out by the government in an attempt to dupe us or something. :rolleyes:
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Jet fuel can't melt beams. Perhaps you're thinking of aspartame ;-)

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BTW, from a previous job, I am fairly familiar with the type of fire suppression systems required for aircraft hangars where fueled aircraft are permitted to be stored. These are the most intense fire suppression systems imaginable:

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So, yeah, this doesn't directly answer the question, but yes, fires from fully fueled aircraft can be extremely intense and require substantial systems to control.

Also, here's a video of such a system in action:
https://youtu.be/8csL5Y2_pnE
 
bigpicture7 said:
BTW, from a previous job, I am fairly familiar with the type of fire suppression systems required for aircraft hangars where fueled aircraft are permitted to be stored. These are the most intense fire suppression systems imaginable:

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So, yeah, this doesn't directly answer the question, but yes, fires from fully fueled aircraft can be extremely intense and require substantial systems to control.

Also, here's a video of such a system in action:
https://youtu.be/8csL5Y2_pnE
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I always love reading the "oopsies" stories from those systems.

"Sorry we accidentally set the system off with your $5 billion dollar fighter jets in there."
 
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statler said:
Is that bad? Should that not be like that?
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There are procedures for cleaning, inspecting and reinstating the aircraft but they are time-consuming and expensive...lots of costly downtime. The primary objective is preventing the giant fireball that occurs if a hangar goes up w/ tens of thousands of gallons of fuel in there...everything else is secondary to that.

But as Wormtown suggests, false deployments are a really undesirable thing...
 
datadyne007 said:
Lol at people responding to statler's sarcastic joke.
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hehe ok got me; but I dunno it looks like harmless foam to most ppl; it's like pulling the emergency slide on an airplane (MAJOR pain in the ass to re-set, and potentially dangerous), but maybe ppl just think it's a harmless balloon.

Statler, I am learning your dry sarcasm ; )
 
To be fair, it can be really hard to read online. :) Sorry.
 
It is uncanny how every year around September 11th there is a day in Boston that has exactly the same weather as September 11th 2001. Today is such a day. Cold overnight and dry, just a hint of dew and the feeling that you need a jacket leaving the house followed by a completely cloudless morning.
 
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