Posted on 03/16/2011 8:53:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Where is anyone dying here? It’s not like I said that part of Kalifornia would become the new Atlantis! LOL
Well, I wouldn’t wish it on an OC Freepers...
...but some of those Real Houswives Leatherfaces...now they would not be missed.
Just sayin!
I remember hearing tell of a story about the Space Needle in an eartquake. Seattle radio station KJR used to have an on-air studio up on the oservation level for a little while. They had an earthquake, and the deejay could feel the Needle swaying back and forth...and the needle on the turntable of the record that was playing never even skipped.
There was a video clip of the Needle during the Nisqually quake, taken from the KOMO studios across the street. You here the “chank-chank-chank” of the bolts in the steel being moved, but the Needle wasn’t damaged.
With its proximity so close to L.A., I’d worry about the Newport-Inglewood fault.
“The Space Needle may or may not withstand a major quake such as that but either way, it will be one heck of a ride for those caught up top.”
Just like Santa in Jackas 3.
I am not any advocate of nuclear power at any cost, any level of risk. As a conservative I am willing to endure short term hardship for long term gain.
Given all the quake documentaries being run this past week, I was surprised to find that it’s almost concensus that New Madrid “died” after that two year event in 1811-12.
Really??? Well, I hope they are right. In the mean time, if I lived in that area, I’d be prepared anyway.
Lets set some parameters on this discussion, ok? At one end is shut down, inspection and then fire back up if nuke plant checks out. That will result in elec supply issues as you point out. At the other extreme is total decommission and permamant shut down. Also an interruption of supply. I advocate the first position. What position do you advocate?
That's different than what I read about Germany. Their Green Party pushed through an agreement in the early 2000's that would shot down all nuclear power there by 2020. Merkel attempted to push that date to the 2030s but the political fall out from the Japanese situation have caused her to allow the seven oldest to be taken offline without an eye to them returning to service.
There's no reason to shut down San Onofre for a panic inspection. It's routinely inspected. No nearby fault is going to cause a 9.0, the sea wall is built 5 feet above the calculated maximum tsunami expected if the nearby fault slips. Obviously every nuclear power installation is going to take into account lessons learned from the Japanese experience.
Honestly, I don’t know.
There is so much money involved, the temptation to cheat is very high. Heck, the owners of the plant in Japan had another incident a few years ago that they covered up for a while.
You statement does not bode confidence, especially the last line. How obviously can it be that a reactor built 30 years ago could not possibly take into account the Japanese experience (presuming you mean the present situation in Japan)?
On quakes and where they are located, nobody can predict where they will hit and what their magnitute will be or the size of a Tusnami (taking a lesson from Japan).
Germany took steps because of those lessons learned in Japan. You seem to be trying to infuse politics into what should be a factual discussion.
In other words, Japan is now fighting a nuclear melt down like it is a forest fire, using helicopters to drop water. Radiation is blowing to the U.S. and will hit on Friday. We are getting a look at what happens when people in the past advocated doing nothing. Seems the lesson is pretty clear.
That is my concern also.
The worst part will be the pyroclastic flow shook loose by the quake
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