*rubbles On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:39 AM, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> amazing how vulnerable we are . Just 10 m jump in the crust and all goes > topsy turvy. > > *** > > The great > > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong > Plateau> > > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over > much of > > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread > liquefaction and > > Umesh > > flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > > > Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear M-da > > This data was mined from the net. In any case its not very important, how > many died then. Most important is how many are going to die trapped > underneath the rubbles, agonizingly waiting for rescues to come. > > Most of the stilted buildings are great recipes for disaster during > earthquakes. I attended a seminar recently on earthquake damage > mitigation. > Providing shear walls in stilted high rises can mitigate the disaster to > some extent. > > Builders take out their money and move onto the next project. Its for the > residents to think and see whether the flats they are living in are > abodes > or death traps. Ultimate price will be paid by them in case of any > calamity, > which I think is bound to happen; at 8.5 plus Richter, not many concrete > structures are known to stand in one piece. > > You are right, after the 1897 quake, British devised the *ikra *cement > plastered wooden gridded structure; we still have such walls in my > ancestral house at Bordoloni and they lasted for more than half a century. > I > think if must we go vertical, at least walls can be made of stuff which > does > not form bubbles during an earthquake. Buildings will be gone but life can > be saved in case of a disaster. > > God save our people! > > -mkd > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:33 AM, mc mahant wrote: > > > > > > > scale) and already 22000 are dead> > > Earthquakes do not kill. Concrete falling on people do. The whole 3 > > storey school fell and buried 1100+alive.RIP > > > > In Jorhat Earthquake 1950 -me classX - We ran out- but I came back to > drag > > a sick boy out of thee Sick room. Next moment a brick partition wall( > > constructed later) fell. He would have been hit and---. The British- > built > > Assam Type Hostel with Tin Roof still Survives. > > > > Shillong earthquake1897 must have made Brits shy away from Concrete > > multistorey. > > That was a good move. > > But Steel and Cement and Bank and Govt. do not like it any more. > > > > I was trying hard to propagate low-mass optimum Section Precast slabs > for > > Construction of all Assam houses. 1980>1990+ I did build some 30 > housesbig > > and small in Guwahati. 3 fell in Constructing.Rest exist. All at 20% PWD > > cost. > > Govt.,University, Public should have developed further from my general > > designs and ensured Assam's Disaster-free Concrete housing. > > But PWD hates my designs,Banks hate them ,the New Rich cannot stand them > > at all. The New Rich whose Mothers are still polishing their village > home > > floor with cowdung - mustnow have 1"Thick Makrana Marble in their > Guwahati > > Nth Floor Cage-- over 5" thick cast-in situ (1000s of Bamboos lost) > > concrete floor-- instead of mine 40mm. > > > > > > The Builders( generally non-Matric) boast "Earthquake Proof Designs > > Checked by Computer" > > Everybody is Happy for now. > > > > Ahmedabad,Latur--etc where 10,000 s died in Quakes afew years back are > in > > India's "SAFE BELT". > > ' > > GOI Brains Trust lists Assam (call NE) in Zone V-most' > Earthquakeprone > > and dangerous'--. > > Nobody Died in 1950 Quakes--as we never heard. > > > > So where did you get this Manoj?:<1500 people were killed> and the > > drainage of the region was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were > the > > cause of most of the fatalities aftermath of this > earthquake.>Floods--May > > be. > > > > Till end of 1950 we saw at Neamati Ghat Whole Massive Coniferous Dried > > trees floating down as far as eyes could see. And Dazed Massive Fish > going > > for a song. Smell of Sulphur /H2S all over Jorhat that night-and for > many > > more. > > > > Rethink Housing. > > Rething Cities. > > Rethink Lifestyles. > > Live well -rurally- with disseminated Jobs and Healthy Work from homes- > > maybe through Internet. > > You need clever LEADERS. > > MM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > do > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:15:40 +0530> From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [Assam] eartquake in > > assam- a stark reality> > Hi all> > The earthquake of Sichuan is only > 7.8 > > richter and already 22000 are dead.> > Guwahati has partly become a > concret > > jungle and most of the construction> doesn't have the minimums to > withstand > > the kind of earthquake that recurs in> our region.> > > > 1897:> > The > great > > Assam earthquake of 1897 (8.7 richter) is the largest known Indian> > > intraplate earthquake. It raised the northern edge of the Shillong > Plateau> > > by more than> 10 m, resulting in the destruction of structures over much > of > > the Plateau> and> surrounding areas, and causing widespread liquefaction > and > > flooding in the> Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains.> > 1950:> This > > "Independence Day" earthquake was the 6th largest> earthquake of the > 20th > > century. Though it hit in a mountainous region> along India's > international > > border with China, 1500 people were killed> and the drainage of the > region > > was greatly affected. The resultant floods> were the cause of most of > the > > fatalities aftermath of this earthquake. The> initial shock was followed > by > > thousands of aftershocks, some of which> were big earthquakes enough to > be > > reckoned.> It had a magnitude of 8.7 and struck a relatively sparsely > > populated> region along the Indo-China border. This earthquake is often > > referred to> as the "Assam Earthqake of 1950".> The earthquake occurred > at > > 19:39 pm on August 15, 1950. It was felt> throughout north-eastern India > and > > in many parts of eastern India. It was> also felt throughout Bangladesh, > > Bhutan and Myanmar. Damage> occurred in the entire region as far as > Kolkata. > > It was felt across a wide> area of the subcontinent, over an area > totalling > > 4.5 million square miles.> > -- > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya > > Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> > > > -- > > > Manoj Kumar Das> C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave> New Delhi 17 India> 0091 > > 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654> > _______________________________________________> > > assam mailing list> [email protected]> > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Watch hottest Bollywood videos, clips, movie tailors, star interviews, > > songs and more on MSN videos. > > http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > -- > Manoj Kumar Das > C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave > New Delhi 17 India > 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > --------------------------------- > Sent from Yahoo! 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