Hurrican Charlie.........

Gonz said:
That particular fault? I don't think so. The area has seen lots of quakes. It's an L.A. suburb. 6.7 is big but not surprisingly so.
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OK, so you're saying that was the biggest EVER on that fault??

Luis: I realize they have had earthquakes before...I am asking if they have ever had an earthquake as large in magnitude as the one that destroyed that parking garage...on that SPECIFIC fault



Gonz said:
DON'T USE Kilo's. 190MPH is a cat5. You scared me using those foreign numbers. :p
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Winds are measured in Kilos per hour now??? *scratches head* km/hr honey...km/hr...:p
 
Ever? unknown. Since the desert was turned into an orange grove & those removed for tract homes, yes, I believe so.
 
Gonz said:
Ever? unknown. Since the desert was turned into an orange grove & those removed for tract homes, yes, I believe so.
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Then THAT is why that parking garage collapsed...there had never been such a large earthquake at that location. They probably didn't have anything to suggest there ever would be either...therefore the structure wasn't designed to withstand that sort of force :)
 
It's kinda like why they don't build houses in Hawaii to withstand snow...or why they don't build houses here to winthstand flooding...every structure can't withstand EVERYTHING that might by some SMALL chance happen to it...you have to know which are definately gonna happen and deal with those first, then start going down the list of possiblies until you get to something that has such a low chance of happening you don't need to consider it...then you have all the things you must take into account when designing your structure...all of the strengths it must have :)
 
Yeah, we've got a severe networking storm that weighs alot. strange....
 
PuterTutor said:
Yeah, we've got a severe networking storm that weighs alot. strange....
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But not only does it weigh alot...the weight is moving at a very rapid rate!!!!!
 
MrBishop said:
Yeah...only Buffet lines are measured in Kilos/hour :rofl:
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Oh and the movement of liquids can be measured in kilos/hr...L/hr is mroe common but kilos/hr does have its uses...
 
OK ignore my last post...I'm an idiot...I had NO clue what he was talking about..and I just assumed it was something real adn serious...

BUFFET LINES! I get it now!!

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The surrounding area is susceptible to earthquakes, we're not talking about small faults, these are tectonic plaques moving. Let me put our big earthquake as an example, the epicenter of it was located near Playa Azul and Lazaro Cardenas, that's 700km away from Mexico City, yet the shockwave was so powerful that it brought down buildings there and killed thousands. It doesn't matter if the fault is located right under your house, if the fault is big enough the earthquake will cover great distances at great speeds.

I'm possitive that californians are concious of the constant treath of the several faults over there, hence the only conclusion for their buildings falling apart with an earthquake of middle magnitude can only be blamed to poor engineering and/or cheap budget.
 
Nixy said:
Oh and the movement of liquids can be measured in kilos/hr...L/hr is mroe common but kilos/hr does have its uses...
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Nixy, there's no kilo unit, kilo is a preffix that stands for 1000. Kilograms, kilometer, kilopascals, kilowatts, etc are units, kilo isn't. ;)


On topic: any news on the hurricane?
 
Everything in Cali is built to withstand an X magnitude earthquake. Sometimes the engineers miscalcualte or the concrete is weak I suppose but it's all built under strict code.

Thanks Luis, at least somebody understood the reference. Silly Canucks.

Cat5 cable or category 5 hurricane. What's the subject matter ? :p
 
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Luis G said:
Nixy, there's no kilo unit, kilo is a preffix that stands for 1000. Kilograms, kilometer, kilopascals, kilowatts, etc are units, kilo isn't. ;)


On topic: any news on the hurricane?
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It's the use of the term. When we say klicks..we mean distance, and kilos means weight. Actually...for a place that is meant to use metric...we use Pounds, inches, etc more often....except for speed and liquid measurements (1 bottle of coke=2L). :confused:
 
MrBishop said:
It's the use of the term. When we say klicks..we mean distance, and kilos means weight. Actually...for a place that is meant to use metric...we use Pounds, inches, etc more often....except for speed and liquid measurements (1 bottle of coke=2L). :confused:
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klicks stands for kilometers?
and klits stands for temperature??? :D
In the common tongue kilo means kilogram as well in here, thou, when written things change, it is not permisible and it must be written as kg. Go figure, the inconsistencies of the language.
 
Gonz said:
Ah, I never understood the reference (ie Vietnam War movies). It make sense now. Dumb but it makes sensee.
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I figured it out during Platoon. :)

Oh, and soda bottles are 2 liters here too. About the only blessed thing that actually got converted.
 
Luis G said:
Nixy, there's no kilo unit, kilo is a preffix that stands for 1000. Kilograms, kilometer, kilopascals, kilowatts, etc are units, kilo isn't. ;)
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Yes, I'm WELL aware of that! But, when refering to "Kilograms" "kilos" is often used as an abbrviation. You say "I have 10 kilos" to someone and thy know you mean kilograms.
 
Luis G said:
klicks stands for kilometers?
and klits stands for temperature??? :D
In the common tongue kilo means kilogram as well in here, thou, when written things change, it is not permisible and it must be written as kg. Go figure, the inconsistencies of the language.
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I guess TECHNICALLY if I was submitting a paper or something I couldn't write "kilos" but this is just a discussion...
 
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