RE: East Coast Earthquake 8-23-2011

[Leigh Porter <leigh.porter () ukbroadband com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patrick () ianai net]
> Sent: 24 August 2011 14:46
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: East Coast Earthquake 8-23-2011
>
> On Aug 24, 2011, at 8:55 AM, JC Dill wrote:
> > On 23/08/11 3:13 PM, William Herrin wrote:
> > > A. Our structures aren't built to seismic zone standards. Our
> > > construction workers aren't familiar with*how*  to build to seismic
> > > zone standards. We don't secure equipment inside our buildings to
> > > seismic zone standards.
> >
> > They should be.
> > They should be.
> > You should.
> >
> > Earthquakes can happen anywhere.  There's no excuse to fail to
> build/secure to earthquake standards.
>
> Tornados can happen anywhere, there's no excuse to fail to build/secure
> for tornados.
>
> [Etc.]
>
> Things that cost money are not done unless the probability of the
> danger is higher than vanishingly small.  This temblor - at 5.8 with no
> injuries or fatalities - was the largest earthquake on the entire east
> coast in 67 years, and the largest in VA in well over a century.  Think
> of the _trillions_ of dollars which could have been put into
> healthcare, public safety, hell, better networking equipment :) we
> could have used instead of making all buildings on the east coast
> earthquake safe.

Indeed, we are not going to be building earthquake proof buildings in London for example.

Riot proof maybe..

--
Leigh Porter


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