on Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:39:52PM -0800, Sandy Sandfort (sandfort@mindspring.com) wrote:
C'punks,
Friend of mine sent me this. I like the poetic justice of it.
Terminal velocity of dust is pretty low. Reports are that the bulk of the WTC debris are same. There are structural components from the base of the towers, and debris from neigboring buildings, which are more substantial. Frankly, a modicum of HE attached to a guided device is more effective ordinance. There's a poetic sense to this, but not much military practicality.
S a n d y
A Good Idea!
All of the rubble from New York ... all the huge blocks of concrete and steel, the old busted up computers, refrigerators, hot water heaters, air conditioners, fire trucks, broken glass, etc., should be shoveled into C130's and C5A's, flown over Iraq and Afghanistan and dropped from 32,000 feet.
A Frigidaire can do a heck of a lot of damage from 5 miles up. With each assault, we can drop pamphlets: "Greetings, from the 110th floor of the World Trade Center!"
The next day it would read, "...from the 109th floor..."
Then the 108th, etc., etc.
After 110 days of this, I can't imagine there would be much left standing on the ground. Can't you just see the headlines:
"WORLD TRADE CENTER STRIKES BACK!"
What wonderful irony this would be, and think how much money we wouldn't have to spend on new bombs or missiles! Not to mention the 100-million tons diverted from the New York City landfill.
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Karsten M. Self