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Alaskan Way Viaduct - Earthquake Simulation

This visualization shows the collapse of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, part of Washingtons State Route 99, and adjacent seawall due to a seismic event. The simulated earthquake is similar to the 2001 Ni...  
 
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K3vinDS (5 days ago) Show Hide
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this kind of looked like the Earthquake in the 2012 movie
AgentHog (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Now what they want you to do is give all your money to them to build a tunnel, that will also fail in an earthquake, like everything else.
Aleks0o01 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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haha, you think that the gov will take part of the 4 billion dollars? this isn't a corrupt nation moron. we have laws that prohibit that and if there is corruption in the us, washington as some of the lowest. and what? do you not think digging a tunnel up will cost tons of money? or replacing an entire seawall that was built decades ago? get scientific proof and dont just talk about money.
AgentHog (1 week ago) Show Hide
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That is a good one, haha.
myrbob1 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Engineers are people too -- the reason for structures is....duh, people -- so don't be so sarcastic missy. Odly enough nobody would even CARE if it was just structures that fell crashing down. Plus, I'd like to see the same simulation regarding the tunnel.
oneawkwardgirl (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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NO TUNNEL NO TUNNEL NO TUNNEL! I'd rather be on top of the ground rather than a stupid pipe underground.... your simulation showed pipes bursting... why wouldn't the tunnel?  Idiots.
Interst890 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I was totally against the tunnel idea. What this video needs is less pauses (or none at all would make it look less government-y) and a good soundtrack with great music and a killer voiceover announcer. We want something (or nothing) to replace the viaduct we know bad things will happen if we dont. waste of $?
mymindisweird (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Nah, actually Seattle used to be Las Vegas before before Las Vegas was ever really... Las Vegas. HELL YEAH, WA STATE HISTORY WAS USEFUL FOR ONCE!
syrnix1976 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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$80,000 here $500,000 here, pretty soon it all adds up to real money. Government keeps taking a bigger and bigger bite out of the economy and the citizen keeps getting less. Consider that in the Rosselini Era of the late 50's and early 60's the state buil more roads and highways than in the 40+ years since combined, all with a nominal sales tax increase of less than 1% a toll that expired. Now we just pay and pay without any end in site. 10% + effective sales tax is a huge burden.
Aleks0o01 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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actually, taxes are good. the people that dont want to pay taxes are bumb. higher taxes for better schools, free health care, better transportation and green technology. just look at sweden! paying 40%+ tax and they're the happiest nation on earth. and while it might not work in the entire nation (300+ million is hard to keep track of), it can work in a state, and it has worked in WA for many years. we shouldnt be worrying about our selfish needs, instead we should worry about a better world.

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