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5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:29:39 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:27 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:06 -0600, Canuck57 wrote: On 24/08/2011 8:39 PM, Tim wrote: Looks like the Washington monument got some pretty good cracks in it's walls on this one.... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...t_8641358.html I would not doubt the cracks were already there and the quake just shook them loose. But not sure I would want to be too close to it when she goes. Some better picks and details. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...wmdJ_blog.html Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. I guess you forgot who was in control of BOTH houses in 1996... January 3, 1995: Republicans gained control of both houses for the first time since the 1950s. |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
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says... On 8/25/11 8:01 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote: On Aug 25, 7:29 pm, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:27 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:06 -0600, wrote: On 24/08/2011 8:39 PM, Tim wrote: Looks like the Washington monument got some pretty good cracks in it's walls on this one.... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...st-coast-quake... I would not doubt the cracks were already there and the quake just shook them loose. But not sure I would want to be too close to it when she goes. Some better picks and details. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ngton-monument... Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. Looks like the quake was just to much for it looking at the places where it cracked (pics we have available). I am not sure if any different maintenance would change that. I would guess most of the restoration was cosmetic, probably not really structural. The original engineering just seems to have failed.. The Washington Monument is, for all intents and purposes, an unreinforced masonry structure and has little ability to resist the seismic forces of a strong earthquake. I supposed a first-class engineering firm could seismic retrofit it, but the expense would be enormous and there would be visible differences in the monument's appearance. There are some cast iron supports inside the monument, but they are not sufficient to hold the structure up in case of a big quake. In California, which has a lot of unreinforced masonry buildings, significant retrofitting has been mandated, but the purpose of the retrofitting has not been to protect the buildings but, instead, their occupants. This involves installation of a new steel skeleton inside the buildings so that when a large quake hits, the outside of the building may fall into the street, but the inside of the building will not collapse. That's the theory. I'd bet that an earthquake in the "7" range would have flattened the monument. Oh, boy..... snerk |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
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says... On 8/25/11 7:29 PM, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:27 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:06 -0600, wrote: On 24/08/2011 8:39 PM, Tim wrote: Looks like the Washington monument got some pretty good cracks in it's walls on this one.... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...t_8641358.html I would not doubt the cracks were already there and the quake just shook them loose. But not sure I would want to be too close to it when she goes. Some better picks and details. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...wmdJ_blog.html Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. The monument was not retrofitted to resist earthquakes. You can't "resist earthquakes", you idiot. You can, however, make a building not suffer damage in a relatively strong earthquake. Mostly by making the building less stiff. |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
On Aug 26, 9:40*am, iBoat More wrote:
In article , says... On 8/25/11 7:29 PM, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:27 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:06 -0600, wrote: On 24/08/2011 8:39 PM, Tim wrote: Looks like the Washington monument got some pretty good cracks in it's walls on this one.... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...st-coast-quake... I would not doubt the cracks were already there and the quake just shook them loose. But not sure I would want to be too close to it when she goes. Some better picks and details. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ngton-monument... Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. The monument was not retrofitted to resist earthquakes. You can't "resist earthquakes", you idiot. You can, however, make a building not suffer damage in a relatively strong earthquake. Mostly by making the building less stiff.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ....and you'd know all about '"less stiff", eh Kevin? |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
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, says... On Aug 26, 9:40*am, iBoat More wrote: In article , says... On 8/25/11 7:29 PM, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:27 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:06 -0600, wrote: On 24/08/2011 8:39 PM, Tim wrote: Looks like the Washington monument got some pretty good cracks in it's walls on this one.... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...st-coast-quake... I would not doubt the cracks were already there and the quake just shook them loose. But not sure I would want to be too close to it when she goes. Some better picks and details. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ngton-monument... Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. The monument was not retrofitted to resist earthquakes. You can't "resist earthquakes", you idiot. You can, however, make a building not suffer damage in a relatively strong earthquake. Mostly by making the building less stiff.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ...and you'd know all about '"less stiff", eh Kevin? Are you infatuated with my junk, Coward #2? |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
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says... In article 392e2996-658f-42cc-8816- , says... On Aug 26, 9:40*am, iBoat More wrote: In article , says... On 8/25/11 7:29 PM, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:27 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:58:06 -0600, wrote: On 24/08/2011 8:39 PM, Tim wrote: Looks like the Washington monument got some pretty good cracks in it's walls on this one.... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...st-coast-quake... I would not doubt the cracks were already there and the quake just shook them loose. But not sure I would want to be too close to it when she goes. Some better picks and details. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ngton-monument... Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. The monument was not retrofitted to resist earthquakes. You can't "resist earthquakes", you idiot. You can, however, make a building not suffer damage in a relatively strong earthquake. Mostly by making the building less stiff.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ...and you'd know all about '"less stiff", eh Kevin? Are you infatuated with my junk, Coward #2? Hey, Harry, you forgot to change your handle back!!! BUSTED! |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:52:32 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:55:08 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:29:39 -0400, wrote: Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. I guess you forgot who was in control of BOTH houses in 1996... January 3, 1995: Republicans gained control of both houses for the first time since the 1950s. Target paid for the restoration. So, we're supposed to rely on Target for our national monuments? That's what it's come to? That's what you're advocating?? |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
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says... On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:52:32 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:55:08 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:29:39 -0400, wrote: Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. I guess you forgot who was in control of BOTH houses in 1996... January 3, 1995: Republicans gained control of both houses for the first time since the 1950s. Target paid for the restoration. So, we're supposed to rely on Target for our national monuments? That's what it's come to? That's what you're advocating?? Well, our government sure doesn't have the money to do it. |
5.9 Earthquake in Virginia & Lake Anna Nuke Plant?
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:18:42 -0400, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:41:44 -0700, wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:52:32 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:55:08 -0700, wrote: On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:29:39 -0400, wrote: Maybe if the right wing would be willing to maintain our infrastructure, including funding national parks and monuments, this wouldn't have happened. The monument was restored in 1996 Clinton must have cut corners on the restoration. I guess you forgot who was in control of BOTH houses in 1996... January 3, 1995: Republicans gained control of both houses for the first time since the 1950s. Target paid for the restoration. So, we're supposed to rely on Target for our national monuments? That's what it's come to? That's what you're advocating?? Yes that is what it has come to. The feds spend over 40% of GDP right now, the highest in our history with the exception of the middle of WWII when we nationalized every industrial company in the US. It is simply unsustainable. Well, I don't mind spending my tax dollars on things like national monuments. Feel free to not send in your tax payments in protest. The fact is that this is absolutely the wrong time to worry about the deficit. Right now, the issue is JOBS. If it takes gov't intervention to get people jobs, that's a heck of a lot better than another recession. Taxes? They are currently collecting 43% of all of the total taxable income in the US (2,17 T of the $5t reported) and to balance the budget they would need to collect 76%. As I said, end subsidies, impose penalties on corps that ship jobs elsewhere, ask the rich to pay their fair share. That is the AGI of everyone from zero to Bill Gates. It is scary when you do the "tons of research" I get accused of doing. In real life it is just looking at the IRS database, available on the GPO web site and crunching the numbers a little. So, you don't do enough research? Well, get to it, because your research seems to be seriously flawed or you're making conclusions that aren't supported by facts. |
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