Disaster machines: Simulating earthquakes

[TheDylanJoyce]

Amtrak would survive an Earthquake...great video!

[kbs1212]

And I still live in an old brick building. Lol.

[BEPfan01]

WOW what a bad simulation! Earthquakes include different seismic waves, this simulator only simulated S-Waves, or Shear Waves, which produces the side-to-side motion.

[johny260]

@BEPfan01 i could do better

[emogrrl96]

if it fell it would've been a total waste of money! LOFL

XD

[zxzrp0]

Why simulate when you can make one.

HAARP?

[holm79]

The accuracy??

Haarp can be used activate earthquakes, but if "the powerwave" hits the controlcenter to, the idea is lost!

To risky i believe..

[gordon5cc]

@holm79 Yeah Haarp cant make earthquakes it just triggers them. meaning they were going to happen anyway just maybie a few years later.

[LakeGuy2010]

So saving money isn't always a hallmark of bad construction then. Interesting.

[RyanShortFilms]

Nice!

[ksmithy91]

Buildings above 20 storeys fare relatively well in earthquakes. The most powerful vibrations from a quake range from 0.5 hertz to about 5 hertz. As a typical 20-storey building has a frequency of 0.5 hertz, and taller buildings have even lower frequencies, they are likely to be beyond the range of resonance.

[lowamc]

Mankind has this need of controlling everything around. But don't forget that Mother Nature can crush us whenever she sees fit.

[ajmalkhan360]

very true

[holm79]

So well said..

[BlondeEmoMeh]

less tall thin buildings they have risk of more damage

[drgn2288]

Damn, it must feel like hell to be in a tall building during an earthquake

[Avalikia]

Actually, many tall buildings are safer in an earthquake than shorter buildings, both because more thought is put into the design and because the weight of the top causes the building to sway more gently which in turn reduces the change of structural failure anc collapse. So you might get seasick, but you probably won't die.

[gordon5cc]

@drgn2288 From experiance its not much different... earthquakes are a lot worse than that and its pretty dificult to tell. Mostly the only thing you'd notice is the shaking isn't quite as sharp but still scary as a mo-fo. Btw i've been through a 7.3 and 6.4 so i know =] well plus another 7000 aftershocks inbetween those two.

[shortattentionspan1]

......... It's good to see government money used for good... instead of bushit in iraq ........

[globaltrance86]

you're right, money needs to be used for education, science, and environmental things instead of war

[fjeffrey10]

Interesting.

[11zoef]

well done

[PrincessCandy1000]

wow

[2007videowatcher]

I agree with avery864. Let's see and hear something interesting like, what are you doing to stop buildings crashing down in an earthquake. The video is too short dudes.

[robinoi]

Well what's your big plan, wiseguy? Going round expecting everyone else to come up with the goods, fat load of good that'll be when 10,000 tons of broken glass showers down on your head as you stand in the street yelling 'How come noone took heed of my request to show us a vid about how to stop buildings falling down in earthquakes?' Just sit at yoru computer and expect everyone else to get on with it, like the world's greatest delegator. Jesus.

[2007videowatcher]

Did I touch a nerve somewhere? I am not looking for the answers but more so what is being done to design buildings that don't come crashing down. I am not a religious person, but I take offence to your comment "Just sit at yoru computer and expect everyone else to get on with it, like the world's greatest delegator. Jesus."

I'm not Jesus, he wasn't a delegator, he was more than that, he saved you and by the way, it's your not yoru.

[robinoi]

He was a delegator and you obviously think you are too and so you think you're Jesus, blasphemer;.

[sammyboy1112]

i didnt expect that and very interestng

[Fizziwig2006]

Very useful.

[JohnDeBunkTest]

Very interesting. Very informative.