tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post66210152926147046..comments2024-01-03T18:00:06.854-06:00Comments on Webutante: Another Wyoming Reality Check: Earthquakes Happen HereWebutantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-83870720914714537022010-08-06T21:00:22.949-05:002010-08-06T21:00:22.949-05:00Thank you Paul and Bob....so far, so good today.Thank you Paul and Bob....so far, so good today.Webutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-62799446518040755282010-08-06T19:33:55.428-05:002010-08-06T19:33:55.428-05:00Whew! I hope that is the last one you will experie...Whew! I hope that is the last one you will experience!Bob's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971565970366294930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-27613686651440468862010-08-06T11:31:04.296-05:002010-08-06T11:31:04.296-05:00I suspect that earthquakes needn't be very hig...I suspect that earthquakes needn't be very high on my fret list here in Houston. <br /><br />The entire city, and much of the surrounding area, sits on a shelf of Beaumont clay, resulting in many structures not lasting more than 30-40 years or so before being torn down and replaced (because of all the cracks from settling). <br /><br />I understand that all those skyscrapers in the title picture on my blog are only possible because they dig way down and pour a reinforced concrete raft, at least as massive as the building itself, and use it to literally <i>float</i> the building.<br /><br />Not quite like Manhattan, where you have granite bedrock. On the other hand, I doubt that clay will transmit seismic waves as efficiently as that granite but would more likely damp them out.<br /><br />(Of course, I could be wrong and we've just been lucky all this time. :-)<br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-57397835401631210922010-08-06T09:31:35.954-05:002010-08-06T09:31:35.954-05:00We all thought we were ever so clever....once........We all thought we were ever so clever....once.....Webutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-21082794587090718462010-08-06T09:12:13.040-05:002010-08-06T09:12:13.040-05:00I used to get strange a look from my mother when I...I used to get strange a look from my mother when I would ask, "So, I should never say never?" I thought I was clever. Might be why my mother said she had to drag me up.mRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391693179836662351noreply@blogger.com