Dubai Hotel Fire

AndyBoBandy · 31-12-2015 09:19PM

leavingirl wrote: »

who is talking about a collapse?

Probably Fox News, they've been waiting 14 years for a chance to peddle something about fires falling skyscrapers

RobertKK · 31-12-2015 09:20PM

leavingirl wrote: »

who is talking about a collapse?

A former police commissioner from New York on CNN. Says when the intense heat will do to the builing similar to what happened the WTC.

31-12-2015 09:21PM

Stojkovic wrote: »

Both insisted on top billing.

Names appeared together, one higher on the right than the other lower on the left screen.

Worse than that.

They both had to get the exact same screen time and lines of dialogue.

Can you imagine how goddamn annoying that would have to be for anyone working on the movie?

Bubbaclaus · 31-12-2015 09:21PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Probably Fox News, they've been waiting 14 years for a chance to peddle something about fires falling skyscrapers

Switched to Fox for about 15 seconds, the first sentence I heard contained both the 'Gulf war' and 'ISIS'. I was genuinely impressed how they were able to fit them into 1 sentence about a fire.

AndyBoBandy · 31-12-2015 09:23PM

RobertKK wrote: »

A former police commissioner from New York on CNN. Says when the intense heat will do to the builing similar to what happened the WTC.

I hope they get the same guy back tomorrow when the building hasn't collapsed at the speed of gravity.

RobertKK · 31-12-2015 09:25PM

Fireworks finally over, fire still rages.

leavingirl · 31-12-2015 09:27PM

RobertKK wrote: »

A former police commissioner from New York on CNN. Says when the intense heat will do to the builing similar to what happened the WTC.

this criminal:
http://pix11.com/2013/05/28/exclusive-photos-bernie-kerik-is-home-after-3-years-in-prison/
yeah I believe that fairy alright. A fairy with another fairy story.

31-12-2015 09:30PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I hope they get the same guy back tomorrow when the building hasn't collapsed at the speed of gravity.

The way it falls down (if it does) will be entirely down to the type of construction, fireproofing and adherence to the specifications when building.
In other words, the circumstances are very different to those that brought down the world trade centre, plus there was no massive explosion to remove the fire protection from the structure.

ThisRegard · 31-12-2015 09:31PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Steve McQueen and Paul Newman were absolute divas on that movie.

That's saying something for the cast of that movie, it's quite the who's who of 1970s Hollywood. Even OJ Simpson and The Man from Uncle made an appearance.

Meanwhile, La Roux and New Order are ****e on TFI.

leavingirl · 31-12-2015 09:36PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

In other words, the circumstances are very different to those that brought down the world trade centre, plus there was no massive explosion to remove the fire protection from the structure.

no massive explosions where?

Atlantic Dawn · 31-12-2015 09:37PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

That's saying something for the cast of that movie, it's quite the who's who of 1970s Hollywood. Even OJ Simpson and The Man from Uncle made an appearance.

Meanwhile, La Roux and New Order are ****e on TFI.

They used helicopters in the film, I remember after 9/11 people were questioning why helicopters were not used as part of the rescue effort. Here's the trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nch1URmJvMA

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-12-2015 09:48PM

Those buildings are built to withstand a 9/11 scale explosion

Dyr · 31-12-2015 10:03PM

I'd say the sheiks are watching that and going "jaysus lads to ye think we're made of water?"

Gaoth Laidir · 31-12-2015 10:05PM

There's a big difference between an external fire - which this is - and an internal fire that engulfed the WTC. This is just a skin burn.

ScouseMouse · 31-12-2015 10:06PM

I'm sitting here in dublin with my brother who lives in dubai and he builds them. He knows this building well and says it's just superficial. It's so over engineered in concrete, the building will be fine.

He's a contracts manager that built some of the biggest projects in dublin.

leavingirl · 31-12-2015 10:08PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

There's a big difference between an external fire - which this is - and an internal fire that engulfed the WTC. This is just a skin burn.

lol

ceadaoin. · 31-12-2015 10:09PM

RobertKK wrote: »

A curtain on the 20th floor of the hotel is suspected of having caught fire and burning down the hotel.

Seriously? A curtain going on fire supposedly caused the entire building to become engulfed in flames?

Looking at the pictures I don't see how there can't be any serious injuries or deaths. I wonder will they count the staff of the hotel, lots of whom will be low paid immigrant workers, in their figures. Highly doubtful.