Archae
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Fri May-07-04 12:00 AM
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Website with screwups from "10.5" |
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Just found this site, detailing all the screwups in that cheesy movie, "10.5." http://www.earthquakecountry.info/10.5/MajorMovieMisconceptions/Enjoy!
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Fri May-07-04 12:01 AM
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Edited on Fri May-07-04 12:02 AM by Cush
FICTION: Staying on a bicycle during a M7.9 earthquake, or walking during a M9.2 earthquake, while buildings are collapsing all around
FACT: If there is a M7.9 earthquake there is no way a person could stay upright on a bicycle. In a region of intensity VII (explanation of Modified Mercalli Scale of Intensity) people have difficulty standing, and at VII drivers have trouble steering. The Northridge earthquake, which was a M6.7, had intensities above VII, so a M7.9 certainly would have shaking strong enough to knock someone off of their bicycle - especially when buildings right next to the bicyclist are collapsing. The same applies for a person trying to walk during a M9.2 earthquake - it can't be done.
Not even 5 minutes into that movie, and I was laughing my ass off.
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Fri May-07-04 12:06 AM
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But the biggest laugh I got was when the Hummer was the first one to fall off the Golden Gate into the drink. :D
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Fri May-07-04 12:13 AM
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3. Screwups on the screwups website |
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First item. True, there is a correlation between the length of a fault and the possible magnitue of the earthquake. But the magnitude can be caused in more than one way, and subduction quakes are the nastiest of them all, which is why Seattle is at risk for a very large magnitude, and yes the geologists talk about a 10.0 as a possibility.
I am not a geologist, nor do I play one on TV. :D
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Fri May-07-04 12:22 AM
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"Marshal" law declared by President
running as a banner on a television news show.
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Fri May-07-04 12:26 AM
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5. OMG, I forgot about that one! |
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My husband and I both exploded with laughter when we saw that. I asked him what he was laughing about, and he asked me.
I guess that shows why we have been able to stay married for 25 years.
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