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To: markomalley
Seismologist John Rundle joined Kelly on her show and confirmed that the Washington Monument could very well NOT be tilting as a result of the earthquake and the structure should be checked out. Isn't could be the same as may not be?
11 posted on 08/23/2011 12:23:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: DoughtyOne; Two Thirds Vote Aye

As the sides slope at 1 degree as it rises, it is going to take a structural survey with precise equipment to confirm any tilt — a photographic survey won’t provide any true indication.

They renovated it recently and surveyed all the stuctural in-place characteristics.

When it was being finished in the late 1800s after the civil war lull in construction, the workers topping it out were shaken by an earlier earthquake that was felt from there to Ohio.


36 posted on 08/23/2011 12:47:07 PM PDT by KC Burke
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