tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438038746640767007.post5724497189361051986..comments2023-06-03T06:02:45.149-07:00Comments on Private Bentina: JapanChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02446085633523991387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438038746640767007.post-14847381497749148382011-03-13T09:14:56.375-07:002011-03-13T09:14:56.375-07:00I'm actually glad I don't have TV to watch...I'm actually glad I don't have TV to watch all of this unfold. Living on the pacific rim, these sorts of things really terrify me. It's the reason I get so heated about the people trying to stop the current tunnel project in Seattle in favor of "fixing" the viaduct or waiting until we have a better solution. I don't care if it costs zillions of dollars, if that thing flattens like a pancake and people are on it (like what happened in SF) we will all feel horrible about that kind of loss of life. (end rant)<br>What I am finding interesting is how the nuclear reactors are so unstable. Perhaps nuclear power along the pacific rim is also a bad idea?<br>My heart goes out to Japan too. They face such interesting problems related to this, like so very many elderly people who live high up in high-rise buildings who simply can't get home because they can't climb the stairs. 1st world or 3rd world, these natural disasters affect people in life-threatening ways...<br>Do they have earth quakes in Colorado? I wouldn't think you'd be too in danger there.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15676485158487357907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438038746640767007.post-18415262701897623892011-03-13T20:24:14.552-07:002011-03-13T20:24:14.552-07:00We actually are on a massive fault line, but it ha...We actually are on a massive fault line, but it has been pretty dormant. The biggest things we have to worry about are snowstorms, tornadoes (though those are less likely in the cities and more likely on the plains), and droughts. I don't think we would have to worry about a tsunami...but now I'm nervous to visit Seattle. I remember being the Alaskan Viaduct once and I thought of SF and said, "I will never go on this again!" Definitley scary stuff.Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02446085633523991387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438038746640767007.post-37828306967469854142011-03-13T21:17:16.785-07:002011-03-13T21:17:16.785-07:00Well, it'll be down by 2012 now, parts of it a...Well, it'll be down by 2012 now, parts of it are actually already dismantled as the tunnel is under construction.<br>Tsunamis in Seattle are *highly* unlikely. The conditions would have to be just right and that's just not something to spend a lot of time worrying about. Unless you are at sea level (which almost nobody is due to the hills) it wouldn't be a huge issue anyway.<br>I wish there was someplace to live that was free of natural disasters, but I don't think there is...Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15676485158487357907noreply@blogger.com