Interesting that the Empire State Building took a direct hit of an american
air force bomber with a much more explosive fuel (aviation gas) than jet
fuel and damage was minimal. Makes you wonder about building standards and
building permit enforcement today.
Ralph
At 02:23 PM 9/11/2001 EDT, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 9/11/01 11:18:10 AM, brian@posthuman.com writes:
>
>>How many extropians now are weighing the idea of living in or near a
>>major city- unnecessary risk? I was leaning that way recently, and
>>now even more.
>
>It's not as bad as you might think. I'm in "LA" but at 50 miles from
>downtown I'd
>survive if "LA" was H-bombed. The issue is more being in symbolic areas,
>which
>are far more restricted in size. I don't think I will ever work or live in a
>place
>like the Empire state building now.
>
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