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dimwit wrote:A remake of the 1973 movie
Mulboyne wrote:The producers apparently get upset when people say that since they claim they are going back to the original books rather than remaking the original film. I see their point but I think they are fighting a losing battle there
Mulboyne wrote:I caught this film the other day. It is truly dreadful. There's a montage of its disaster clips on YouTube:
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The bloke on the plane is the Prime Minister.
Mulboyne wrote:I caught this film the other day. It is truly dreadful. There's a montage of its disaster clips on YouTube:
Giant sinkhole appears in Hakata street
A giant sinkhole appeared on a five-lane boulevard in central Fukoka, southwestern Japan, on November 8, 2016
A giant sinkhole appeared in the middle of a busy city on Tuesday, swallowing part of a five-lane street near the main railway station.
The gaping hole, around 20 meters by 15, exposed support columns of nearby buildings at a traffic intersection in Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, prompting fears of further collapses.
TV footage showed two separate holes steadily expanding as they sucked in asphalt and soil in front of Hakata Station, some time after 5 a.m.
“It was a bit dark outside, and my first impression was, ‘Is the road really falling?’” a young man who saw the sinkhole form told public broadcaster NHK.
Comments on Guam tipping over
During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 25, 2010 concerning the U.S. military installation on the island of Guam, Johnson said to Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize", to which Admiral Willard replied, "We don't anticipate that." Johnson's office later backtracked by saying Johnson is simply a tremendous deadpan and that he was using a facetious metaphor.
The U.S. military had proposed building a new aircraft carrier berth on Guam and moving 8,600 Marines, and 9,000 of their dependents from Okinawa, Japan. Including the required construction workers, this buildup would increase Guam's population by 45%; the total land the military might control or tenant could grow to or surpass 40% of the entire landmass of Guam. In a February 2010 letter, the United States Environmental Protection Agency sharply criticized these plans because of a water shortfall, sewage problems and the impact on coral reefs. By 2012, these plans had been cut to only have a maximum of 4,800 Marines stationed on the island, two thirds of which would be there on a rotational basis without their dependents.
dimwit wrote:Giant sinkhole appears in Hakata street
A giant sinkhole appeared on a five-lane boulevard in central Fukoka, southwestern Japan, on November 8, 2016
dimwit wrote:Giant sinkhole appears in Hakata street
A giant sinkhole appeared on a five-lane boulevard in central Fukoka, southwestern Japan, on November 8, 2016
A giant sinkhole appeared in the middle of a busy city on Tuesday, swallowing part of a five-lane street near the main railway station.
The gaping hole, around 20 meters by 15, exposed support columns of nearby buildings at a traffic intersection in Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, prompting fears of further collapses.
TV footage showed two separate holes steadily expanding as they sucked in asphalt and soil in front of Hakata Station, some time after 5 a.m.
“It was a bit dark outside, and my first impression was, ‘Is the road really falling?’” a young man who saw the sinkhole form told public broadcaster NHK.
Russell wrote:That looks like a great opportunity for Japan to show its skills in pouring concrete...
Yokohammer wrote:Russell wrote:That looks like a great opportunity for Japan to show its skills in pouring concrete...
It was Japan's skills in pouring concrete that caused the problem.
This can happen in Tokyo, Osaka, even Sendai ... any city that has underground structures. There have been a couple of similar but smaller-scale cases since around 2000, IIRC. Expect more as the infrastructure ages and expansion is attempted.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Not at all surprising to see a French sub on land...
Yokohammer wrote:Russell wrote:That looks like a great opportunity for Japan to show its skills in pouring concrete...
It was Japan's skills in pouring concrete that caused the problem.
This can happen in Tokyo, Osaka, even Sendai ... any city that has underground structures. There have been a couple of similar but smaller-scale cases since around 2000, IIRC. Expect more as the infrastructure ages and expansion is attempted.
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