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Moviegoers Are Thinking Things Over After Earthquake Hits During 'Noah'
The Wire ^ | 3/29/14 | Adam Chandler

Posted on 03/29/2014 6:37:20 PM PDT by Evil Slayer

No major injuries were reported after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near Los Angeles last night. Beyond word of property damage, power outages, and general anxiety—there were dozens of reported aftershocks—moviegoers, especially those who saw the biblically-themed "Noah," were a little shaken up.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bible; earthquake; god; la; noah; noahthemovie
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To: P-Marlowe

We have a California Redwood framed craftsman. Bolted to the foundations, you’re absolutely right.

I was in a high rise downtown a few years ago during a Whittier Narrows 5 or so. It swayed and we could definitely feel it, but the quake was relatively light and still some distance off. Though I have a feeling most modern high-rise structures would ride fairly well, even in significantly larger events. Look at Tokyo during their big shaker.


21 posted on 03/29/2014 8:21:14 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: P-Marlowe

not arguing Calif being a bear on building codes, but I think in your estimation of stickbuilts withstanding a “10” you neglected to consider earth movement.

Yesterday’s 5.1 caused foundation slab cracks significant enough to red-tag some apartments. In 94, the 6.7 Northridge quake cracked foundations of stickbuilts in Woodland Hills and Thousand Oaks (and probably more areas-these are just two people I knew). The 6.9 Loma Prieta quake in the Bay Area damaged 12,000 homes. Even a modular home can twist and warp from earth movement, and they’re built better than stickbuilts. That stickbuilt house may stand, but it’s not going to be much use when the bedroom is 2 feet higher than the front door, which is now 6 inches wider at the base post-earthquake.

Earthquakes aren’t just about shaking a structure, they’re about how far and which way the earth moves underneath a structure and how well that structure’s foundation bounces, and that’s something they can’t show you on Mythbusters :)


22 posted on 03/29/2014 8:22:50 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum
That stickbuilt house may stand, but it’s not going to be much use when the bedroom is 2 feet higher than the front door, which is now 6 inches wider at the base post-earthquake.

I didn't say the house would necessarily end up in good condition, but it will not fall in on itself. Most new home construction is wood frame stucco. The frame is wrapped in chicken wire and then covered in stucco and it may twist and crack a lot, but bringing it down is almost impossible.

The roof tiles will likely come flying off, which means you shouldn't run outside while the house is shaking but as long as you aren't standing under a chandelier or a loose bookcase, you are probably going to walk out of the house after it is over. You can't say the same thing about a tornado.

23 posted on 03/29/2014 8:38:10 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Viennacon; Evil Slayer

Strange....It always seems to be the religious types hoping for death and destruction by way of quakes, tornadoes and hurricanes.


24 posted on 03/29/2014 8:43:35 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evastion are tools of deceit)
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To: Evil Slayer
had a 5.3 in cKY, during the movie; The Empire Strikes Back,
WOW! I thought these are great SFX!
a very slow motion rolling action.

25 posted on 03/29/2014 9:02:50 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: dragnet2

Strangely, some non-religious types sit around waiting for a religious person to make such a statement, to pounce on him. Its like they have their radar on for this, when everyone else is paying attention to the disaster itself.


26 posted on 03/29/2014 10:40:53 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: Moorings

No they don’t. People that make ludicrous comments should expect heat.

BTW, what disaster are you talking about?

These quake have produced some shorted out nerves, but it’s certainly has not been a disaster by any description at this point.


27 posted on 03/29/2014 10:48:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evastion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
"No they don’t"

If you say so.

28 posted on 03/29/2014 10:56:19 PM PDT by Moorings
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