Video Tour of NY Subway Mega-Projects
Miscellaneous
Getting Soil Samples from Outside Continental USA Back Into the Country
I’ve never thought too much about this, I guess I’m still waiting for my first geotechnical assignment in Hawaii! But if you bring soil samples into the continental USA, they must go through a heat […]
Geologic Hazards
What Would a Large Earthquake Do to Downtown L.A.?
From the USGS Newsroom:
USGS scientist Ken Hudnut fills us in on how science created the theoretical magnitude 7.8 earthquake behind the Great Southern California ShakeOut—the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history, coming Nov. 13—and what such an earthquake would do to downtown Los Angeles.
Seems like they did it right wiith this study. They had multiple teams independenlty come up with the ground shaking model, then had different structural engineers who are experts in seismic design of large buildings review the tall buildings in the L.A. area for the design earthquake. They say that buildings would likely come down in the 7.8 magnitude event. Click through to watch the video interview from the USGS.
Miscellaneous
Videos: gINT and Web GIS; Free On-Demand gINT eSeminars
You can claim that I’m biased because gINT is a sponsor of GeoPrac.net. But long before GeoPrac, I was a gINT user. I’ve been a fan and power user of the software for over 10 […]