Comments on: Could the Burj Khalifah Collapse?

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:10:00 +0000

ooops. I meant DUBAI. Pardon my temporary ignorance to geography. (giggle)

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Actually Paolo C the Burj Khalifa, although built very effeciently, can easily and quickly collapse if attacked in several positions near the base. The only reason the Twin Towers did not collapse more quickly is because other skyscrapers blocked the planes from hitting lower. The point of impact is why the South tower collapsed first although being hit second, though as you can see nothing is blocking the base of the Burj Khalifa.
BESIDES, IT’S IN THE MIDDLE EAST! If someone there has enough money to buy enough explosives or hiijack a plane to destroy first 10 floors, then that puppy is coming down.

By: Expert

Expert — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +0000

How come people are so ignorant to say that terrorists won’t attack anything in the middle east? wtf?!? There are far more terrorism acts in the middle east than anywhere else in the world.

By: Paolo C

Paolo C — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:24:08 +0000

It might shrink or bend but it won’t collapse. But someone likes to believe in the fairytales of 911.

By: Aria

Aria — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:24:38 +0000

I say that the building will not collapse. I think this because this building is in the middle east. The middle east(iraq and afganistan mainly) is home to terrorist. They will not betray there home. They are going for the U.S. The twin towers were a terrorist attack because they were attacking a big city with a big building. The terrorist prey and believe that god hates America. The terrorist also say something in arabic like i have done this for you god. so ya that is my idea.

By: antonette

antonette — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:56:09 +0000

As a Filipino expat living in UAE for 6 years now, i quite share the views expressed by some who commented here. There is truely a wide gap between rich and poor people here which the UAE society has long denied. Life is not fair. While the world is amazed by how Dubai has came out into an architectural haven, some expats here have smirk on their faces when talked about this whole situation. Dubai may look good on the outside but on the inside it has the numerous numbers of human rights abuses, low wage/ high wage discrepancy, racial discrimination of non-white/Asian people, etc. Behind all of these i would still like to got Dubai this weeken to see Burj Khalifa.

By: Baxter

Baxter — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:15:43 +0000

Hey, guys – well, I visited the Burj Al Khalifa.

It looks pretty solid to me. An Aussie guy I know works in the cement pouring business in Dubai and he said they dig deep into the sand, pour a butt load of concrete and put everything on poles – a Dutch technique apparently. So unless there’s a act of God (or terrorism) that thing ain’t going nowhere.

By: Jared Krauss

Jared Krauss — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:49:11 +0000

I’d like to just say that beyond anything else, in my opinion, the world revolves around hegemony- the struggle by those in power to keep it and the rest of the world attempting to gather some power.

That being said, anytime there is a gap between the rich and the poor, especially one as extreme as in Dubai, there is a resentment that grows.

This in itself is enough for terrorism. I think you have an over generalized idea of what terrorism is. It’s not necessary for someone to blow up a building to commit terrorism.

Also, try to avoid insulting and apologizing in the same comment.

What’s most interesting to me is that you describe others that comment on the articles as bored and unintelligent. Yet, aren’t you here, wasting copious amounts of time commenting on an article that you basically call out as pointless?

Just food for thought. – To Adam Ehad

By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:37:40 +0000

Thanks, Dan.

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:57:15 +0000

Fair point, Tim. I guess it is a little strange for folks to invoke the Babel story without acknowledging how it ends.