Oh dear: time for an overseas visit...
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I slept through the one last night: most of the time they are very small.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Are you talking about breakfast cereal?
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
No, an earthquake.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Yeah, I've been in at least 3 that I knew about in Maracaibo, Venezuela. There was no damage in any of them. The first time was about 6AM and I was mostly asleep. The closet and dresser drawers were rattling and I mumbled to my wife to be quiet. She was asleep. After I woke up, I finally realized what happened and checked the seismic activity web site and found out there was indeed a tremor, but not very close to us. The second one was on Christmas Eve and we were sitting in the living room (on the 10th floor) and the building started swaying noticeably for a minute or two. We walked down the stairs and waited a few minutes, but there was no damage. The third time I was in the office (12th floor) working and my chair with me sitting in it rolled across the cubical and back. I waited a minute, then went back to work and everyone else was panicking. They all headed for the stairs and I kept working. The came back and asked me if I was going to leave and I asked "Why? It's all over with now." I was told we should walk down the stairs because there may have been structural damage to the building, to which I replied "If there's structural damage, the last place I want to be is in the stairwell with a few thousand other people putting extra stress on the stairs and the structure!" After everyone else cleared out, I walked down.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Los Angeles Regional Earthquake Risk[^]
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Earthquake - whats that? :)
Emigrate to Christchurch, NZ and you'll soon know! Our resident South African (by way of England) import at work experienced his first earthquake (7.1) three weeks ago (this was off the North Island not so far from Wellington) and reckoned he nearly filled his trousers. :laugh: And now we have a volcano erupting. :omg:
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Emigrate to Christchurch, NZ and you'll soon know! Our resident South African (by way of England) import at work experienced his first earthquake (7.1) three weeks ago (this was off the North Island not so far from Wellington) and reckoned he nearly filled his trousers. :laugh: And now we have a volcano erupting. :omg:
Sometimes there are things not worth knowing :) Lesson is dont live on a foult line, Norway is seafely in the middle the european shelf, and the nearest volcano is on Island. And thats a long way. BTW: Strongest earthquace I have experienced is about 2.5....
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Los Angeles Regional Earthquake Risk[^]
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Hell, if Hollywood tumbled into the sea, most people would eventually realise that it was worth celebrating -- but Chile?!? The world can't afford to lose such spicy yumminess!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sometimes there are things not worth knowing :) Lesson is dont live on a foult line, Norway is seafely in the middle the european shelf, and the nearest volcano is on Island. And thats a long way. BTW: Strongest earthquace I have experienced is about 2.5....
Kenneth Haugland wrote:
Sometimes there are things not worth knowing
And some pictures not worth imagining. :laugh:
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Kenneth Haugland wrote:
Sometimes there are things not worth knowing
And some pictures not worth imagining. :laugh:
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Sometimes there are things not worth knowing :) Lesson is dont live on a foult line, Norway is seafely in the middle the european shelf, and the nearest volcano is on Island. And thats a long way. BTW: Strongest earthquace I have experienced is about 2.5....
So true. A pity my parents didn't understand that before they came here. But I've taken the precaution of moving away from the coast so at least the tsunami's won't get me (actually the move was more to get a big house in the country and a bit of land). :)
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Yeah, I've been in at least 3 that I knew about in Maracaibo, Venezuela. There was no damage in any of them. The first time was about 6AM and I was mostly asleep. The closet and dresser drawers were rattling and I mumbled to my wife to be quiet. She was asleep. After I woke up, I finally realized what happened and checked the seismic activity web site and found out there was indeed a tremor, but not very close to us. The second one was on Christmas Eve and we were sitting in the living room (on the 10th floor) and the building started swaying noticeably for a minute or two. We walked down the stairs and waited a few minutes, but there was no damage. The third time I was in the office (12th floor) working and my chair with me sitting in it rolled across the cubical and back. I waited a minute, then went back to work and everyone else was panicking. They all headed for the stairs and I kept working. The came back and asked me if I was going to leave and I asked "Why? It's all over with now." I was told we should walk down the stairs because there may have been structural damage to the building, to which I replied "If there's structural damage, the last place I want to be is in the stairwell with a few thousand other people putting extra stress on the stairs and the structure!" After everyone else cleared out, I walked down.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
"If there's structural damage, the last place I want to be is in the stairwell with a few thousand other people putting extra stress on the stairs and the structure!"
I could be wrong here (not being a high-rise architect) but the central core (lift shafts and stairwells) is generally the strongest part of a building - at least over here (NZ) anyway.
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So true. A pity my parents didn't understand that before they came here. But I've taken the precaution of moving away from the coast so at least the tsunami's won't get me (actually the move was more to get a big house in the country and a bit of land). :)
The contry side bit sounds nice :) As for natural disasters I think that a storm is bad enough...
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Sometimes there are things not worth knowing :) Lesson is dont live on a foult line, Norway is seafely in the middle the european shelf, and the nearest volcano is on Island. And thats a long way. BTW: Strongest earthquace I have experienced is about 2.5....
I think UKs nearest Volcano is probably the same one
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I think UKs nearest Volcano is probably the same one
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
"If there's structural damage, the last place I want to be is in the stairwell with a few thousand other people putting extra stress on the stairs and the structure!"
I could be wrong here (not being a high-rise architect) but the central core (lift shafts and stairwells) is generally the strongest part of a building - at least over here (NZ) anyway.
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So true. A pity my parents didn't understand that before they came here. But I've taken the precaution of moving away from the coast so at least the tsunami's won't get me (actually the move was more to get a big house in the country and a bit of land). :)