[BC] Frontline Wireless emergency network

[Glen Kippel]

On 3/5/07, Phil Alexander <dynotherm at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> What was wrong with the design? Execution and governmental interference
> that prevented design execution had much more to do with failure.
> Originally,
> the buildings were designed to take a hit by fully fuelled 707-323, the
> long range version that took off with >250,000 lbs. of Jet A. That
> was the biggest thing in the air at the time, and the planes that hit
> were only somewhat bigger. If the beams had been encased in asbestos
> cement all the way to the top, the possibility of catastrophic structural
> failure would have been greatly diminished.


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That is what I heard.  Midway thru, somebody said "asbestos!  Oh, no!  That
stuff's dangerous!  Can't use it!"  ISTM that having a building collapse is
more dangerous.  Oh, well ...

And I get tired of people ragging on the NYPD and FDNY for not being able to
communicate.  Their repeaters were on top of the WTC, which they didn't
exactly expect to come down.  I hope they have some alternate sites now.
The hams stepped in to provide some communications and helped out a great
deal.  I saw an article on that in QST.