Comments on: Fault http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bilal http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-119112 Bilal Sun, 25 May 2008 20:19:02 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-119112 Thanks for the info LL and Clifford! Thanks for the info LL and Clifford!

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-119078 Clifford Sun, 25 May 2008 05:46:46 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-119078 Hi LL... Thanks. Bilal... See LL's comment. Don't want you worrying too much, now! -cvj Hi LL… Thanks.

Bilal… See LL’s comment. Don’t want you worrying too much, now!

-cvj

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-119067 Lab Lemming Sun, 25 May 2008 01:24:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-119067 Dear Clifford, If you are the sort of person who finds that nightmares are mitigated by practical action, you can have a chat to your administration to see if the buildings that house your department have been retrofitted, and if so, to what code. The USGS predicts an order of magnitude fewer deaths than the similar sized Chinese quake had, despite a higher population density. The reason for this is engineering. It is doubtful that a quake that size will be fatality free, but if the buildings are designed to stay standing, then fewer people get hurt. Dear Clifford,
If you are the sort of person who finds that nightmares are mitigated by practical action, you can have a chat to your administration to see if the buildings that house your department have been retrofitted, and if so, to what code.

The USGS predicts an order of magnitude fewer deaths than the similar sized Chinese quake had, despite a higher population density. The reason for this is engineering. It is doubtful that a quake that size will be fatality free, but if the buildings are designed to stay standing, then fewer people get hurt.

]]> By: Bilal http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-118532 Bilal Thu, 22 May 2008 14:52:25 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/22/fault/#comment-118532 Last night, I dreamt of a huge earthquake hitting California. It was so vivid! I think I have been reading too much about the earthquake in China. Last night, I dreamt of a huge earthquake hitting California. It was so vivid! I think I have been reading too much about the earthquake in China.

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