Dave Land wrote:
Are you saying that countries like Japan do not have health or education
budgets? I think the biggest contributor to our /not/ having the budget
for projects like this would be military spending.
Hell no - just that they have lots of money (esp true when they started
this). T
On Sep 26, 2005, at 3:53 PM, Russell Chapman wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
From at least one of the shots, it seems that the supports for the
ceiling of the "pitch pressure tank" are about 3-4 feet thick by
20-30
feet wide, spaced about 30-40 feet apart. There may or may not be a
civil engineer o
Dave Land wrote:
From at least one of the shots, it seems that the supports for the
ceiling of the "pitch pressure tank" are about 3-4 feet thick by 20-30
feet wide, spaced about 30-40 feet apart. There may or may not be a
civil engineer on this list who can judge it better than I can, but I
wou
On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:14 AM, Horn, John wrote:
Behalf Of Russell Chapman
http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/
Wierd that a city that sits on an earthquake fault line uses
this sort of design for flood mitigation. I guess that's a
product of how critical their land use is - the land must b
> Behalf Of Russell Chapman
> >
> > http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/
> >
> Wierd that a city that sits on an earthquake fault line uses
> this sort
> of design for flood mitigation. I guess that's a product of
> how critical
> their land use is - the land must be valued so high that any
Dave Land wrote:
Some cities in the world are investing *MASSIVE* amounts of money and
effort to protect them from various natural disasters. Take, for
instance, Tokyo, which is building the world's largest flood-prevention
system of mind-boggling proportions, of which some too-cool-to-be-real
p
On Sep 25, 2005, at 10:21 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Sep 25, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 25, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
What's the answer for cities, that are at higher risk of
catastrophes,
that may require mass evacuations? More highways? Hardened shelters?
So
On Sep 25, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 25, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
What's the answer for cities, that are at higher risk of catastrophes,
that may require mass evacuations? More highways? Hardened shelters?
Some cities in the world are investing *MASSIVE* amounts of
On Sep 25, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
What's the answer for cities, that are at higher risk of catastrophes,
that may require mass evacuations? More highways? Hardened shelters?
Some cities in the world are investing *MASSIVE* amounts of money and
effort to protect them from various n
>At 12:02 PM Sunday 9/25/2005, Gary Nunn wrote:
>>What's the answer for cities, that are at higher risk of
>catastrophes,
>>that may require mass evacuations? More highways? Hardened shelters?
>
>
>Reading the Bible every day so you're sure you're saved.
>:P
>--Ronn! :)
Assume crash posit
At 12:02 PM Sunday 9/25/2005, Gary Nunn wrote:
What's the answer for cities, that are at higher risk of catastrophes, that
may require mass evacuations? More highways? Hardened shelters?
Reading the Bible every day so you're sure you're saved.
:P
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, t
Julia wrote...
>This was all I could find that was at all useful, and doesn't
>address the "why did it take so long to do" question.
After reading quite a bit about the traffic jams and gas shortages, I think
we are saying that the bottom line is, urban centers with a high population
density ar
Yet another subject line which could go either way . . .
Call Roto-Rooter Maru
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and
This was all I could find that was at all useful, and doesn't address
the "why did it take so long to do" question.
http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/09/22RITATRAFFIC.html
Quote from article:
Hurricane Rita is sending a deluge of people into North and Central
Texas, an
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