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The heat from the uncontrolled fires caused steel floor beams and girders to thermally expand, leading to a chain of events that caused a key structural column to fail. The failure of this structural column then initiated a fire-induced progressive collapse of the entire building. According to the report's probable collapse sequence, heat from the uncontrolled fires caused thermal expansion of the steel beams on the lower floors of the east side of WTC 7, damaging the floor framing on multiple floors. Eventually, a girder on Floor 13 lost its connection to a critical column, Column 79, that provided support for the long floor spans on the east side of the building (see Diagram 1). The displaced girder and other local fire-induced damage caused Floor 13 to collapse, beginning a cascade of floor failures down to the 5th floor. Many of these floors had already been at least partially weakened by the fires in the vicinity of Column 79. This collapse of floors left Column 79 insuff...

Phantoms and Monsters: Pulse of the Paranormal

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Humanoids & Other Two-Legged Cryptid Encounters Posted: 17 Oct 2019 11:03 AM PDT I have collected the following accounts: When I was younger I saw something in an older house in midtown Sacramento, CA that I still can't explain. This house belonged to the couple who would babysit me when my mom would have to work a closing shift at the diner she worked at. Most visits to the babysitters were unremarkable. I remember that the husband had a whole room devoted to model trains and that they were nice people who treated me well. I never minded having to go over there. Usually, my mom would show up pretty late at night to come pick me up. So the female babysitter would put me to sleep on some cushions on the floor of the living room, and she'd fall asleep on the couch right above me. This particular night, I couldn't fall asleep (this is is still fairly common for me...I don't fall asleep easily in silence and darkness) and was just kind of lying there and...

Weekly horoscopes beginning Sunday, 27 October 2019

Weekly horoscopes beginning Sunday, 27 October 2019 ------------ ----------- ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - If you`re born within cusp period (16 to 26 of any month); you`re advised to read horoscopes of both signs covered by that period. You`re in the border; you may have influences from houses within those signs. Outlines are longer versions; consists of every possible detail of everyday and based on three parts of each sign: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Decan; that is, any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac. Even if you know or don`t know your Decan; I recommend, please read all three Decan. ------------ ----------- ---------- --------- -------- ------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - Aries Personal theme: I am!! Fire & cardinal sign: March 21 -- April 19 Your horoscope for this week: Ordinarily, when confronted with unwelcome changes, you`ll assess the situation then either ignore them and do as intended or, alternatively, fight...

Phantoms and Monsters: Pulse of the Paranormal

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Bigfoot Group Observed in Rural Perry County, Missouri Posted: 01 Nov 2019 01:21 PM PDT I recently received a telephone call from 'EK' in reference to a multiple Bigfoot sighting he had in mid-August 2019. He was in the process of helping a friend move from Tennessee to Perry County, Missouri. When they reached their destination, the new residence was in a rural section of Perry County, Missouri. It was approximately 6:30 am local time. The dawn light was just beginning to creep through. The house was near a neighbor's larger house which had a corral with horses behind it. EK was beginning to unload furniture, when his friend pointed in the direction of the corral and mentioned that there was movement in the woods behind it. EK paused and looked in the direction of the corral. He noticed the movement as well, but was unsure what he was looking at. He began to walk toward the corral, while remaining on his friend's property. He continued to watch as t...