NIST does not believe that thermite was used to fail any columns
words matter...NIST used the words believes... instead of knows or has conclusvely proven for a reason it took 8 yesrs to produce this document they chose their words carefully and purposefully
NIST has looked at the application and use of thermite and has determined that its use to
sever columns in WTC 7 on 9/11/01 was unlikely.
not impossible...not conclusively disproven...but unlikely...which just happens to be the same word NIST uses for describing the risk of a fie initiated progressive collapse also reffering to it as an "extremely rare event"..and having a "low probability of occurrence"
testing for thermite/thermate would not necessarily have been conclusive.
this statement does not exclude that testing could possibly be conclusive pos or neg
if it was intended to exclude this possibility the words ..not necessarily...would not of been utilized
con·sid·er/kənˈsidər/
Verb:
Think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision: "each application is considered".
Think about and be drawn toward (a course of action).
Synonyms:
think - regard - deem - ponder - deliberate - reckon
NIST has looked at the application and use of thermite and has determined that its use to
sever columns in WTC 7 on 9/11/01 was
unlikely.
Almost means there is only a little bit of a ways to go to complete something or to reach a certain point. or little short of being; very nearly
btw where did you get that article it's obvious you didn't write yourself
and you left out the link
of course I wrote this myself wtf are you talking about