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ducpainter

#81705
March 12, 2011, 04:40:16 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on March 12, 2011, 04:35:27 AM
I wasn't.  I had faith in their ability to construct and manage their nuclear facilities for catastrophic seismic events.  Nobody is better than the Japanese in that regard. 

I wasn't.  But I am now.


Whenever man convinces himself that he can control anything, it's a safe bet we can also make the beast with two backs it up.

I had faith too. >:(
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 perspective
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lethe

#81706
March 12, 2011, 04:41:10 AM
Even the best can't plan 100% for an earthquake of that magnitude and a powerful tsunami afterward.  :(
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ducpainter

#81707
March 12, 2011, 04:42:14 AM Last Edit: March 12, 2011, 04:47:20 AM by ducpainter
Quote from: lethe on March 12, 2011, 04:41:10 AM
Even the best can't plan 100% for an earthquake of that magnitude and a powerful tsunami afterward.  :(
Still a fail.

Let me re-phrase...

a monumental fail.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ungeheuer

#81708
March 12, 2011, 04:49:22 AM
Quote from: lethe on March 12, 2011, 04:41:10 AM
Even the best can't plan 100% for an earthquake of that magnitude and a powerful tsunami afterward.  :(
Japan is no stranger to large quake and tsunami activity.  OK, this event is at the extreme end of the scale, but if you're gonna build a nuclear power plant someplace where you know it will be subject to frequent and possibly substantial seismic activity...........  :-\

Quote from: ducpainter on March 12, 2011, 04:42:14 AM
Still a fail.

Let me re-phrase...

a monumental fail.
Indeed so.
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ducpainter

#81709
March 12, 2011, 04:54:47 AM
Nature will continue to baffle man...

we believe we're smarter than we really are.

Plan for the biggest quake...

Nature will build a bigger one.

Same goes for hurricanes, tornadoes, and any other natural disaster on the list.

The thing that gets me is we see it happen time and time again and we continue to plan for perceived worst case scenarios when we build stuff that can cause so much damage.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


lethe

#81710
March 12, 2011, 04:57:56 AM
That's why I overbuild everything.
Once the weather warms up and I start doing that garage wall, the plan I have in my head is probably ridiculous but 1,000 years from now some archeologist will dig it up and think it was ruins of a shrine to a god or something.
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ungeheuer

#81711
March 12, 2011, 05:06:55 AM
^^ well that's reassuring.

Quote from: ducpainter on March 12, 2011, 04:54:47 AMThe thing that gets me is we see it happen time and time again and we continue to plan for perceived worst case scenarios when we build stuff that can cause so much damage.
Yup.  Slow learners.  Or slaves to expediency and cost constraints.  Hard to justify building for an event of inconceivable magnitude..... 

... cept for lethe  ;).
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ducpainter

#81712
March 12, 2011, 05:08:02 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on March 12, 2011, 05:06:55 AM
^^ well that's reassuring.
Yup.  Slow learners.  Or slaves to expediency and cost constraints.  Hard to justify building for an event of inconceivable magnitude..... 

... cept for lethe  ;).
Mike is special. ;D
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


lethe

#81713
March 12, 2011, 05:09:47 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on March 12, 2011, 05:08:02 AM
Mike is special. ;D
I'd be dangerous if I had lots and lots of money.
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ducpainter

#81714
March 12, 2011, 05:10:42 AM
Quote from: lethe on March 12, 2011, 05:09:47 AM
I'd be dangerous if I had lots and lots of money.
You already are. [laugh]
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ungeheuer

#81715
March 12, 2011, 05:15:32 AM
Quote from: lethe on March 12, 2011, 05:09:47 AM
I'd be dangerous if I had lots and lots of money.
[laugh]
Most people with lots and lots of money are dangerous (I'm the exception to that rule - and no I dont have lots and lots of money  ;)).
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lethe

#81716
March 12, 2011, 05:22:51 AM
On a nicer note, my wife brought these home from an older Polish guy at work.

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ungeheuer

#81717
March 12, 2011, 05:27:04 AM
I dint know that the Lehigh Valley was in Poland  [drink] ;D.
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ducpainter

#81718
March 12, 2011, 05:28:19 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on March 12, 2011, 05:27:04 AM
I dint know that the Lehigh Valley was in Poland  [drink] ;D.
More like Poland is in the Lehigh Valley. ;)
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


lethe

#81719
March 12, 2011, 05:29:38 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on March 12, 2011, 05:27:04 AM
I dint know that the Lehigh Valley was in Poland  [drink] ;D.
and I didn't know Australia was on Mars, learn something new every day  [thumbsup]
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