What do they have water tanks on top for? Is that a standard thing with sky scrapers? Is it for fire fighting, or is it just part of the running water system of the buildings? I'm from West Michigan and we don't have very many tall buildings. Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA Carlos Murillo wrote:

Wow, I haven't seen that movie forever. I don't recall any water tanks. was that movie based, even loosely, on anything real? Chad Fernandez Michgan, USA Jeff Hellige wrote:

I don't know how much basis in reality the problems in that movie had, but I do know this: 1) I've seen many more referrals to large water tanks built into skyscrapers 2) it must be a nightmare to try and fight any kind of large fire in those types of buildings As for the water tanks in the movie, if I remember correctly they really didn't come into the story until towards the end and I believe that Steve McQueen does end up rupturing them so that the water spills down the building into the fire. Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757

Such a shock. I watched coverage most of the morning, then had to get away Damn, people are angry, angry like I remember during the hostage crisis in Iran. This is such an evil insane attack. Once the source is known, they will surely suffer as they never imagined possible, and their cause be trampled into bloody mud. The innocent will suffer, we will suffer, the whole world will be damaged by this. I am SURE I heard on the radio in the last week some bit about heightened security risk over the next 10 days. Intelligence knew something was happening. Very sadly I suspect this type of attack to be repeated soon. It was simply too easy and too effective, for other organizations not to try it again. If I understand what happened, someone smuggled a knife like object on to the plane, stabbed flight attendants and forced people to the back then told the pilot to fly to some airport near the target. Once the plane was within visual range of the target the pilot was removed, and the nutball just drives the plane into the building. What kind of security is going to protect against that kind of attack? I have a knife like object I use to open my mail, its called a CIA Letter opener, made of glass reinforced nylon it has no xray image, yet is strong enough to be pounded thru 5/8" plywood without breaking. Obviously much of what allowed this to happen was that it was the first time, and people thought they were being hijacked by some nut. My guess is that the forth plane was flown into the ground because the pilot knew about one of the earlier flights. Anyone else think this has a REAL good chance of tanking the world economy? Especially if more terrorist acts follow? Thats when war starts looking very likely.

On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Carlos Murillo wrote: The WTC was not a key and real production resource? The WTC WAS our economy (in a most abstract sense). I for one am holding my breath. This may just be a precursor to something far more sinister to come. Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org

At 06:24 pm 11/09/2001, you wrote: Speculation: It's probably for both firefighting (sprinkler systems) and normal water supply to taps, toilets, etc. It would make sense, since once the water is pumped up there, normal gravity plumbing would be sufficient to supply water to the building. -- Cheers, Ade. Be where it's at, B-Racing! http://b-racing.co.uk

Chad Fernandez wrote: Fire fighting system in case the water main is knocked out or weak pressure. I would imagine that the WTC and other tall buildings would have to pump water anyway. Mains pressure is only as high as the local water tower. -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861 email: terryc(a)woa.com.au www: http://www.woa.com.au Wombat Outdoor Adventures <Bicycles, Books, Computers, GIS> "People without trees are like fish without clean water"

Not to mention the amount of sway in the towers on a normal calm day and you could tell that there was a fairly stiff wind drawingt he dust and smoke off the site which likely acted like a windy day on a rotting tree. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Bob Shannon -> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:24 PM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: Re: OT: World Trade crash... -> -> -> The B24 moves much slower, and is far far lighter than a full load of -> jet fuel for a 767. -> -> The fact that those towers stood as long as they did is amazing. -> -> Clearly this is a turning point for American history, lets hope -> we move in -> the right direction. -> -> Chad Fernandez wrote: -> -> > >Looks like it hit sideways on edge, taking out that side of -> the building. a -> > >B24 hit the ESB, not that much damage. -> > -> > Yeah I knew the ESB was hit quite some time ago, A B24 sounds right. I -> > imagine a B24 would be much smaller. -> > -> > Chad Fernandez -> > Michigan, USA -> ->