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The unreported earthquake story in Japan: liquefaction
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| March 18, 2011
| DTogo
Posted on 03/18/2011 11:29:04 AM PDT by DTogo
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Certainly not as severve as the complete devastation north of Tokyo surrounding Sendai, but the structural integrity of NUMEROUS skyscrapers, bridges, massive housing structures, and even Tokyo Disneyland, has yet to be assessed.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:29:08 AM PDT
by
DTogo
To: DTogo
Mission District, San Fransisco, 1989...
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:31:39 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 786 of our national holiday from reality. - It's never 3 AM at the White Hut)
To: maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; AmericanInTokyo; ...
FReepers in Japan, what have you seen/heard on the ground (figuratively and literally) over there about liquefaction?
日本 ピング (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:31:47 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: DTogo
We know about liquefaction on the California coast. In 1989, the part of San Francisco that was land fill (Marina District - huge damage and fires) took a huge hit while that which was built on original rock foundation saw little damage.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:32:49 AM PDT
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Jim W N
To: DTogo
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:33:21 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: DTogo
The city of San Francisco is built on sand. If you go to Golden Gate park and scratch the grass you'll see sand, not dirt. And there is no bedrock either. Just sand as far down as you can go.
To: DTogo
Wasn’t Mexico City also built on what was a swamp?
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:34:58 AM PDT
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: null and void
Actually, it was the Marina...
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:35:11 AM PDT
by
Jim W N
To: DTogo
Yikes. Tokyo has one hell of alot of landfill real estate.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:35:45 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: ExtremeUnction
They have some big buildings there.
What are they sitting on?
To: ExtremeUnction
Well, not exactly. That part near GG Bridge is part of the Marina landfill which liquefied. However, further inland, the foundations are attached to original rocky land and there was little damage.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:37:52 AM PDT
by
Jim W N
To: DTogo
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:39:14 AM PDT
by
seeker41
(CULPRIT CHINESE COMPANY INFO.)
To: DTogo
Wow. Those videos are frightening.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:40:01 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: DTogo
Nothing to see here folks. Keep moving....keep moving
To: DTogo
I had to look this up after reading about the quake in Christchurch...think “quicksand”...
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:40:49 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: DTogo
How do you know it hasn’t been considered?
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:42:24 AM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Obama; a skid mark on the undershorts of American history.)
To: DTogo
Tokyo Disney is closed.
They will make a decision on when to reopen on Monday.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:43:45 AM PDT
by
kidd
To: skeeter
Yikes. Tokyo has one hell of alot of landfill real estate.Yes, with some of my family on top of it.
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:44:28 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: nascarnation
The phenomena is well known to foundation engineers. Buildings resting on properly designed and properly quantified pile foundations resist the liquefaction.
The slabs shown are apparently compressing the sand/soil and when the water is pressed out the slab falls. The fact that all or more indicates irregular or non homogeneous fill over the ares. The slabs likely have no piles under them
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:44:49 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
To: DTogo
The liquefaction of Japan is well recorded with video..
A LOT OF liquid surging thru those place(s)..
Tsunamis's are all about liquidfaction..
Those things liquefy villages, towns, even citys..
Like a blender or juicer..
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posted on
03/18/2011 11:44:56 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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