The West Coast probably got three feet of extra tide, on top of the storm surge you were getting from the latest system coming ashore.
OT: the weather is colder but the snow is depleting as a result. It looks like the Iditarod trail conditions are going to suck for the first third of the race and people are going to break sleds and bones as a result. The dogs should be fine as long as they have the cold temperatures, and they are wearing booties against stone cuts.
]]>Yeah, the Finns did finish with some sort of metalic medallion…but they really were “zambonied” by the USA team. Humiliation on ice. Is it bad of me to cheer on the Canucks this afternoon? Ooops. Game’s back on. Gotta go, eh. 🙂
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OT: Suomi did get Bronze.
]]>There have been at least a half dozen aftershocks between 6.0 and 6,9. I’ve been in a few 6s, and they are no fun especially on the Coronado Bay bridge, which is high enough for an aircraft carrier to pass underneath.
It looks like, from the videos, that several overpasses were pulled apart by the movement of the supports.
Yes, it is very fortunate that the Chileans paid attention to their “big one”.
]]>Good thing Chile at least learned their lesson after the 60’s. It would have been a lot worse!
Nice to know that some people somewhere learn…
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You need actual buildings to need codes, and under the Duvaliers they built monuments, not buildings.
Actually, they have codes in Haiti. They are another excuse for a bribe. Buildings only have to stand until the checks clear the bank on their way off-shore. It isn’t the existence of codes, it is the enforcement that matters.
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