IN BAD TASTE: Putting the blame where it belongs?

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Thu Sep 12 09:45:01 2002

Clint Wolff (VAX collector) wrote:
> One good OT deserves another... In Clive Cussler's latest book,
> terrorists attempt to sail a supertanker full of propane up to
> the dock and explode it. In the book Dirk Pitt speculates the
> WTC towers would not collapse, but the rest of the area would
> be badly damaged.

A few years ago I read that a supertanker like that would have the
power of a small nuke. It is the fire not the explosion that causes
damage in the cities. Remember that the FIRE not the plane crash
that damaged the WTC.
Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 09:45:01 BST