Earthquake Anyone

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I see that there are some concerns that the Washington Monument might be tilting.

How has PE-ness not weighed in on this?

His game is really sagging lately.

 

[kevo_55]

^^ It seems that he has been having trouble getting on top of things lately.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^^Yeah, but after a beating, he rises to the occasion.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

He doesn't poke his head in and say hi that much anymore.

 

[csb]

I don't want to have to get a seismic license. I hear it takes forever to hear back from the board.

 

[csb]

Oh man...can it be fixed with duct tape?

http://news.yahoo.com/washington-monument-...-021629839.html

 

[Exception Collection]

Oh man...can it be fixed with duct tape?
http://news.yahoo.com/washington-monument-...-021629839.html

The first article I read said "some cracks"... it reminded me of how homeowners will call engineers about every little crack in their floor or concrete wall, so I was sitting there thinking "wait, concrete cracked? And the problem is..?"

Not to say it couldn't be significant cracks - that's very possible - but people without training, in my experience, will frequently get excited about damage that is in no way structurally important.

 

[Dark Knight]

Oh man...can it be fixed with duct tape?
http://news.yahoo.com/washington-monument-...-021629839.html

The first article I read said "some cracks"... it reminded me of how homeowners will call engineers about every little crack in their floor or concrete wall, so I was sitting there thinking "wait, concrete cracked? And the problem is..?"

Not to say it couldn't be significant cracks - that's very possible - but people without training, in my experience, will frequently get excited about damage that is in no way structurally important.

You are probably right but; Do you think they are going to take any chances there?

 

[pbrme]

One night in the summer of 05, while on a project in Montana, an earthquake hit and made me feel like a little girl. I was fighting a cold and decided to chug a bunch of nighttime syrup before bed. As I was just starting to drift off, my upstairs apt. started to shake, and in a semi-hallucinagenic state It seamed as though ktulu itself was ripping open a portal in my bedroom. I clenched the blankets around my head so tight for what seemed like an hour, found out the next day it was 5.6 100 mi. away. You should get carded for cough syrup, it is the shiite.

 

[Exception Collection]

You are probably right but; Do you think they are going to take any chances there?

No, and they shouldn't - it absolutely should be investigated. I'm just laughing at the news coverage of it, and how it's in panic mode about a few cracks.

I just hope that the follow the Engineer's instincts and calculations: If it needs repairs, repair. If it doesn't, leave it alone.

 

[Exception Collection]

One night in the summer of 05, while on a project in Montana, an earthquake hit and made me feel like a little girl. I was fighting a cold and decided to chug a bunch of nighttime syrup before bed. As I was just starting to drift off, my upstairs apt. started to shake, and in a semi-hallucinagenic state It seamed as though ktulu itself was ripping open a portal in my bedroom. I clenched the blankets around my head so tight for what seemed like an hour, found out the next day it was 5.6 100 mi. away. You should get carded for cough syrup, it is the shiite.

Back when I was a kid, I slept through a quake while sick. My dream? I was in a 3d Tetris game, with blocks falling quickly all around me, slamming into the ground and making it shake.

 

[NCcarguy]

I'm on the second floor of a 100 year old building, and we were rocking pretty good....I sat very still trying to determine what my excape route would be. Still pretty cool though, it was my first one. Now on to the Hurricane!

 

[Master slacker]

Now on to the Hurricane!

:woot:

 

[Dark Knight]

I'm on the second floor of a 100 year old building, and we were rocking pretty good....I sat very still trying to determine what my excape route would be. Still pretty cool though, it was my first one. Now on to the Hurricane!

It looks like steering to the East. Hopefully will not make landfall and will only be a "rain storm".Praying for all of you in the East coast. My friends, hurricanes are not to be taken lightly. They are nasty, and very powerful.

 

[Undertaker]

It was felt here in Ohio. Don't know. I was driving at the time it happened.

 

[csb]

Undertaker! Long time no see!

 

[Undertaker]

Undertaker! Long time no see!

Was down and under but now can see the light.

 

[csb]

Yay!

 

[Undertaker]

Yay!

Was out for a long time. Whats new around here?Too many pages of unread posts and I suffer of intelligent laziness.

 

[csb]

Don't try to catch up. Trust me. Just jump in new.