On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:51:50 -0500, John Fields
wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:42:05 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:
Hurricanes are all wimped out by the time they hit LonGuyland. And if
NYC ever did have a decent quake (which it will, eventually) it will
be a pile of smoking rubble.
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Since NYC wasn't built above a geologically active zone, how do you
figure that?
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(Having lived in New Orleans and San Francisco, I figure that
hurricanes are a lot more dangerous than earthquakes.)
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Rather provincial figuring.
In order to come up with a more accurate estimate, I think you need to
assay the damage done, worldwide, by hurricanes and earthquakes, and
then post your findings.
Will you?
Of course not.
I was at my client's location when the Long Island quake hit. It
jerked the building so bad I thought the adjacent commuter train had
derailed and hit the building. By the time I uttered, "What the f...
was that", everyone else had fled the building ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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