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Rush Hour, Beijing, China
Posted on 04/09/2006 8:30:01 PM PDT by NCjim
With all those low riders bouncing up and down it will not be long before the big one!
Its those DAMNED jumping mexican cars.
Fear the government that fears your mobility!
This is why I won't live in a large city. The Los Angeles basin and surrounding cities hold over 15 million people. Wouldn't want to be in the middle of all that during the big one.
And the war against the automobile marches on.
No, Boatwright of the Dept of Geology, it's horrifying to live in a 3rd world country where you don't have enough food to eat, little clothing to wear, a meager subsistence of a life.....but, hey, no one's stopping YOU from moving, to get away from the POSSIBILITY an earthquake MIGHT hurt YOU.
Elevated railways would also come crashing down.
Building skyrises in a disaster area is not wise.
And this is the reason the libs wanna give illegals Drivers Lic.,, right? Figures, don't it?
I always find it funny that people are so scared of earthquakes. I lived through a bunch, including the Northridge one, and they are scary when they happen.
But the slow death that comes from living in a cold climate seems much worse. I'll bet as many people die of exposure from the cold each year as die in a single great earthquake.
I moved from California to Pennsylvania, and I just don't understand why there is still a population in these cold states. I'm counting the seconds until my planned departure to the Philippines in November. It may be third world, but at least I won't freeze next winter.
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Oh, well, that does it... Let's just outlaw cars and go straight to Utopia. Nitwits. Actually what they probably want to do is just outlaw cars for the little people.
Yep, you'd be MUCH safer in a subway during an earthquake! (rolls eyes)
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So, which historical document from 1706 did this alleged seismologist find to base this factoid on?
Californians are fond of saying, "We're overdue for the big one," but no scientist, no psychic, no prophet has ever told us when, precisely, it was due.
So much for earthquake prediction.
Boatwright seems overly concerned about the risks inherent in being in an automobile when an earthquake hits. What if it's on a bridge and the bridge collapses? Or worse, under it?
Well, what if a few hundred people are in a train when the bridge collapses?
Mass transit = mass casualties
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Rush Hour, Beijing, China
Exactly what the left has in mind. For the masses, public transit...and bicycles.
Leaves plenty of room on the road for the limousines serving the Politburo...
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