[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And when the tsunami hits?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

So, who wants to be stuck in this thing right after the earthquake, when the tsunami is on its way?

An oldie but a goodie from January.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

The Titanic was unsinkable too.

[DoughtyOne]

I take a government offical’s word for it, about like I take a woman’s text over the internet when it comes to sincerity.

There are good ones. There are bad ones. Take with a liberal dose of skepticism.

[thoughtomator]

Safest place to be during an earthquake is nowhere near anything that might fall on you.

Seems to go without saying, really, but apparently newspapers don’t agree.

[monkeyshine]

Yeah right, a tunnel is the safest place in an earthquake.

[Rebelbase]

Because everyone can make to the tunnel in a couple of minutes?

[Steve_Seattle]

I agree that you don’t want to be on the lower level of a two-tiered highway during an earthquake, but I also wouldn’t want to be in a tunnel built in unstable landfill adjacent to former tide flats, as is this tunnel. Even a relatively small breach of a foot or two would be disastrous

[NonValueAdded]

Tunnels, eh? Look up “the big dig”

[Wuli]

The tunnel is only as “safe” as its weakest points which is at the tow open ends of the tunnel, which could experience collapse of those entrance and exist points, trapping the “safe” perasons inside.

No. Put me in an open field away from any structures.

[Cyclops08]

Oh yeah, I want to be in a tunnel with tons of dirt and rock over my head during an earthquake.

[umgud]

I’ve done construction projects in Alameda CA. We stayed in Oakland and commuted thru the Posey Tube (as in underwater) to Alameda. After a while, my workers complained of “Carpool Tunnel Syndrome.”

[norwaypinesavage]

"Great Northern Tunnel that was built in 1905 suffered virtually no damage at all."

Right, and the "Big Dig" tunnel in Boston had cement ceiling panels fall down from no earthquake at all.

[Daniel Ramsey]

The Stallone movie, Daylight comes to mind.

[Veto!]

Except perhaps the BART tunnel under SF Bay, that I refused to ever get in. Bay Bridge good enough, I’d rather drive. in spite of the fact that part of it went down during a quake.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Open field.

[higgmeister]

Tunnels can have poison rocks in the ceiling. One drop will kill you.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Can see the retraction after the great fail: “Oops, never mind”.

[metmom]

They can say that all they want.

I’ll take my chances above ground, thankyouverymuch.

[OrangeHoof]

Viaduct?

Vie not?