Posted on 01/08/2005 5:09:17 PM PST by UnklGene
Northridge quake (LA 1994) was magnitude 6.7. Resulted in 51 deaths. In my book the valley counts as high population density.
No reason to gloat, but your own post requires the "Midwestern city to have limited seismic upgrades" - is not the whole point of "superior american construction techniques" include preparing for seismic activity in active seismic zones?
No desire to start a thread on seismic analytics - but I think the original comment was much more intended as "stuff happens, and when your number comes up it comes up".
Again - no reason to gloat, but no reason to build a straw man either.
Diva's Husband
If only it were no worse than "worthless"!
The Northridge quake was directly under a HUGE-sized city - the Valley has a population of over 1 million, and the Northridge earthquake had impacts as far as Hollywood and Santa Monica.
I think it says a lot for our building codes that it killed only 51 people. Not that this is not a tragedy, but it's not an enormous scale tragedy like the Iran quake, which in fact was a bit smaller than Northridge.
Steyn is right.
When I bought my house, Property JD, this firm you pay $100 to for various reports that confirm mostly what you already knew, told me that my property was not in a Tsunami Inundation Zone. At the time I laughed and wished it WAS, because then it would be in Malibu on the beach.
I don't think Malibu construction techniques would stand up to what the Asians faced, though, and Steyn conceded that point later in the article. In the paragraph we're talking about, he points out that most of the time, not all, natural disasters can be mitigated by better planning.
Just not this particular time.
D
Agreed. It does a LOT of damage!
"So American personnel in American planes and American ships will deliver American food and American medicine and implement an American relief plan, but it's still a "UN-led effort."
That seems to be enough for Kofi. His "moral authority" is intact, and the European media can still bash the Yanks for their stinginess. Everybody's happy."
UNgrateful UNbearable UNjustified
As usual, Mark Steyn shows his brilliance. Thanks for the ping!
How much "moral authority" does it take to say, "Here's some food and some water. Hand on a minute while I rebuild your house?"
In this article, Steyn was more gentle in his criticism of the UN than usual. And he still makes it look pathetic.
WorldNetDaily provided a link to a diplomatic blogsite which, in no uncertain terms, made it clear that the UN has been totally useless in the effort so far.
It ALSO made clear that Annan is a liar--his announcement that "UN operations are underway" early in January was flat-out untrue.
The UN has a number of observers here and there (not in the seriously affected areas.) That's it. No more.
Bookmark for later printing.
I honestly believe old Quid would excerpt his own vanity post. ;^)
Do you have a link regarding the massive boycott claim? I am genuinely interested!!
I agree!
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