7.3 Magnitude Earthquake hits Japanese coast

[The once and future king]

Best thread hijack ever.

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Mother Nature heard Bush was coming.

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So did The Terrorists

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7.3 is a bad quake, but no where near as bad as the one in Indonesia last year. Also, Japan has building codes mandating quake-resistant construction. A 7.3 will do some significant damage for sure, but probably nothing like the wholesale collapses you get when a quake of similar magnitude hits a third-world country with lots of cheap, crappy concrete buildings, or old masonry buildings.

[phixxx]

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I think it was a smart choice to base our entire world's infrastructure and way of life on a completely unsustainable natural resource.



Or maybe they didn't know any better. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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You mean like trees?

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Trees are quite sustainable.

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What's next?


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That movie was a bigger disaster than anything we have seen in history. Ye gods it was bad.

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Bad enough FoxNews decided to interview the director for 40 minutes during their 60 minute special on global warming.

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Yeah but 9.1 is incredibly large. You almost never hear of quakes that size. It's really rare.

7.3 is still pretty darn big.

[diebitter]

Do they go up to 11?

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Do they go up to 11?

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Mine do. I had them custom made.

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7.3 is a bad quake, but no where near as bad as the one in Indonesia last year. Also, Japan has building codes mandating quake-resistant construction. A 7.3 will do some significant damage for sure, but probably nothing like the wholesale collapses you get when a quake of similar magnitude hits a third-world country with lots of cheap, crappy concrete buildings, or old masonry buildings.

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Or California.

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I'd rather be 1 mile from 9.1 than right by a 7.3.

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No you wouldn't dude...