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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
What's the inverse-square law,

Any point source that spreads out equally form the origin point obeys the physics of inverse square -- The intensity of the influence at any given radius r is the source strength divided by the area of the sphere.

This is evidenced in things like the blast damage at the OKC bombing being greater at distances farther away from the blast than directly in front of it ... OOOOOPS ... well maybe the inverse square law has some flaws or exceptions.

93 posted on 01/01/2004 9:06:29 PM PST by templar
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To: templar
This is evidenced in things like the blast damage at the OKC bombing being greater at distances farther away from the blast than directly in front of it ... OOOOOPS ... well maybe the inverse square law has some flaws or exceptions.

No, really it was a single blast from a Ryder truck parked out front that sheared reinforced concrete columns....but not the sheetrock just adjacent...

285 posted on 01/02/2004 12:30:28 AM PST by GluteusMax
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To: templar
So, does that mean those of us in New Mexico would only have to be concerned about X inches of falling ash?
306 posted on 01/02/2004 12:56:02 AM PST by Quix (Particularly quite true conspiracies are rarely proven until it's too late to do anything about them)
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