Did you feel the earth quake?

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Did you feel it?

Wow, an earth quake now and a catogory 4 hurricane MAY slide by New York towards the weekend.

Looks like backup plans for the tanks are called for again.

A funny comment from the abc news live feed, a speaker said, "we have all the contingency plans for everything except earth quake in Washington, the Capital."

Heard another comment from a so called expert in the field, "quake of higher magnitude is unlikely to happen later." Well, all I can say is no one else in the field expect a 5.9 quake there before today either. We are smart but mother nature continuously surprised us smart people.

Good news is that no structure has fallen so far in NYC even they though the news feed say most buildings in our area are not built for this magnitude.

Better news is no one has been reported hurt so far.

 

[Wesley]

Cat 4 Hurricane? Crap! Need to get a few battery air pumps.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

The Plates here are denser,colder,harder so that is why we can feel it all the way from here.West coast,5.9 is laughable.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

The Plates here are denser,colder,harder so that is why we can feel it all the way from here.West coast,5.9 is laughable.

True 5.9 for the West Coast is common but their buildings are made to handle that while NYC aren't. So we should be more careful now.

The important point is that the scientists have not identified the REASON(I am talking about the epicenter) yet-that's is we still don't know why and how it happened and thus what the highest magnitude we will get in the near or "predictable" future.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Plate movements are never predictable especially at sea even though this wasn't one but this one wasn't huge thank god.

 

[Xavier613]

It was awesome in south jersey. Totally being sarcastic, My 9th floor apartment rocked so hard my rockwork collapsed and tank sloped over back and front. Spent the next 5 hours on damage control.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

It was awesome in south jersey. Totally being sarcastic, My 9th floor apartment rocked so hard my rockwork collapsed and tank sloped over back and front. Spent the next 5 hours on damage control.

Now backup plans for tanks include rock slide, crack glass and water leak from quake.

 

[saveourship]

True 5.9 for the West Coast is common but their buildings are made to handle that while NYC aren't. QUOTE]


Not completely true, since airfields/ heliports became a major form of transportation in the NY metro area, most buildings were designed to withstand a given amount of impact from a vehicle in flight. It's why most buildings have large, bright lights or beacons at the top. Also the foundation and piles were designed to absorb and distribute the vibration from higher up as it is to absorb from below since the Ramapo fault is somewhat close. 50 or so miles I believe ?

I'm not an engineer, just an accountant, but I do have a few certs from ACI.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

That's some reassuring info.

True 5.9 for the West Coast is common but their buildings are made to handle that while NYC aren't.

Not completely true, since airfields/ heliports became a major form of transportation in the NY metro area, most buildings were designed to withstand a given amount of impact from a vehicle in flight. It's why most buildings have large, bright lights or beacons at the top. Also the foundation and piles were designed to absorb and distribute the vibration from higher up as it is to absorb from below since the Ramapo fault is somewhat close. 50 or so miles I believe ?

I'm not an engineer, just an accountant, but I do have a few certs from ACI.

 

[bizzarro]

Not just you were thinking about this.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08...ity-buildings-after-5-8-magnitude-earthquake/

But you never know with buildings that were built prior to 1995 (pre-earthquake proof) if they would be able to sustain a real earthquake not a quick tremor.

 

[steve614]

 

[Treef]

earthquake, hurricane, zombie apocalypse next? :bigeyes2:

 

[Wesley]

We need to get some chainsaw that can mount to the arms!

 

[Treef]

We need to get some chainsaw that can mount to the arms!

Agreed from my experience killing zombies (in Left 4 dead) chainsaws are a must.

cmon people MR needs some emergency measures for the zombie apocalypse! We should start off by strapping lasers onto our fishes to protect our reefs!


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[masterswimmer]

That is classic. Thanks for the chuckle.

Russ