Today’s earthquake is another stark reminder that government regulations do save lives: From seawalls that line stretches of Japan’s coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world’s most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the […]
They finally reached the remaining miners in West Virginia and the outcome was not good. Last night they finally reached the final four missing miners and all were dead. This now makes the disaster at Big Branch the worst mining accident in nearly 4 decades, and one that could have been adverted. We have heard […]
One of the long time corner stones of the Republican Party has been trying to rid ourselves of any government regulation. They believe that people and business should be able to regulate themselves. Here’s an example of what that system produces: The market concentration for health insurance is so monopolized in some areas that insurance […]
They just got a little shorter thanks to the Chile earthquake this weekend: The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said. Earthquakes can involve shifting hundreds of kilometers of rock by several meters, […]
Looks like they could be facing a natural disaster up north: Hardware stores and auto parts shops scored a post-holiday run of business this week as Anchorage-area residents stocked up on protective eyewear and masks ahead of a possible eruption of Mount Redoubt. Monitoring earthquakes underneath the 10,200-foot Redoubt Volcano about 100 miles southwest of […]
Originally uploaded by intoxination Since the weather is getting nice (even with earthquakes), I been trying to get sometime to venture out and have some camera play time. Here is a cocoon I noticed on a small birch we have in the backyard. I used a set of macro filters I bought, and was very […]
After writing my earlier post, just after midnight, about the lack of preparation on the Government’s part for the disaster in the Gulf, I received an email alert about a new article just released by Knight Ridder. “Federal government wasn’t ready for Katrina, disaster experts say†is the title of the article and it goes […]