Posted on 08/23/2011 9:08:59 PM PDT by neverdem
I gotta show this to a guy who keeps spewing about how much better off he is having to deal with earthquakes instead of the occasional midwest tornado.
Californians, have no fear of this man behind curtain. Good ole California with its ever changing and constantly updated building code is taking quakes into account.
Thanks for posting an interesting read. Definitely worth thinking about!
Great line, and so true.
Extremely impressed at the minimal building damage (leaving aside the power plants) in Japan. Swaying buildings. Amazing.
Don’t think the U.S. will hold up as well should the same size quake hit.
I am here in Richmond, VA — the largest metroplex near to the Earthquake today. I am from Los Angeles and was 3 miles from the epicenter of the Northridge Quake.
This was a 5.8.
Richmond reaction: 24 HOUR TEAM COVERAGE OF OUR HORRENDOUS ORDEAL! Thank God no one was hurt or even killed! Here is someone who was near a window when it hit! “Well, Joan, I stepped a few steps away and that was sorta that.”
We will be broadcasting nonstop for the next 24 hours, then we will reduce to only 12 hours a day for the next 3 weeks.
Los Angeles reaction: A tiny 5.8 quake rattled a few nerves today. OK, now to Slappy Jockstrap for the sports of the day! How are Kobe and Tiger doing these last few days, Slappy?
I was on the 12th floor of a 28 story building in an earthquake. It was a mild 5.0 something quake but I sure felt the building swaying. At first I felt like I was dizzy then I realized what it was. I had never been in an earthquake in a tall building before.
Your friend is right of course, unless he lives in a third world country. Not much chance any quake is going to kill a million people on the west coast. Might happen in the Midwest when the New Madrid goes off, of course.
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Show him this too:
“The total number of people killed by earthquakes in the United States since 1950 was 398. Compare that with the number of deaths from tornadoes in that same period. That number, excluding the current outbreak, totals 4,857.”
-http://coastcontact.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/tornado-zone-or-earthquake-zone/
Do you think we'll point at the folks out there and call them soft?
No.
Thanks for the ping!
Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings kill people.
That appears to be the point of the article.
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Poorly, I'd like to add.
Our older houses are standing up to quakes far better than the recent ones. Houses are being built too rigid, and the result is foundation ruptures are becoming the rule rather than the exception in California.
Yep, I just though I could say it a bit more concisely.
Charm, wit and levity
will win you in the start
but in the end it’s brevity
that keeps the public’s heart...
It’s Bushes fault! OOPS! That is so yesterday. Tea Party’s fault!
So very true as you have demonstrated!
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