Re: Available consultant Vijay for Unix System Admin with sun Solories Expireance.

On 12 Jul 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.admin, in article
<slrng7hrnt.26q8.read_the_sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jpd wrote:

Moe Trin <ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Notice the pictures on page 116 (beginning of article) and 122 ("With
a deafening crescendo").

There's that. Though not all fire burns that hot, and likely there'll
be more left of the building afterward. Whether that's an advantage is
something else again.

Most of the larger wildfires are that bad.

But it is quite feasible to adjust buildings to be more fire resistant,
just like one can make buildings able to survive tsunamis[1]. The ``less
excess trees in the vicinity'' is a good start, as already mentioned.

These places are frequently built as vacation/get-away places, which
means they are meant to be rustic looking and not detract from the
woodsy look. But this also means they aren't occupied year-round, and
that means grounds maintenance is spotty.

Though there's bound to be more choices than brick and mortar or wood.
Sky scrapers employ all sorts of tricks against earthquakes, so one'd
expect at least some of that would be down-scaleable to single homes.

The problem with masonry of any kind is that it tends to be to rigid
yet not strong enough to resist the forces involved. Wood is a lot
more flexible. Thus, the foundation is meant to be tied to the "local"
earth (and thus not go walking about), and the building is required to
be securely tied to that foundation. "One inch bolts twelve inches
long every N (8 I think) feet holding the frame to the foundation. In
the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 (Mg 7.2), our house was swaying
pretty well and jumping up/down (a seismograph about a half mile away
recorded ground movement as ~10 degrees off vertical, 11 inches peak
to peak, at ~ 1/2 Hertz) and the damage (other than peace of mind)
was limited to a decorative glass falling off the television stand,
an empty glass bottle falling off the table, and an electrical wall
switch with the lever sheared off by a 2 meter tall bookcase (that
remained upright with all the books in place). About seven years later
when we sold that house, an inspection determined that the brick
fireplace was creaked, and I had to have it replaced before we could
sell. The house was 50 years old, and we had no idea when the cracks
had occurred but there was substantial steel reinforcement of the
brickwork as constructed.

Then again, I don't know whether letting the home burn then build it
again and re-stock with the usual consumerist crap isn't cheaper.

We have the same problem with houses built on flood planes. What
generally happens is that the insurance cost (required by the bank
that lends you the money to build) increases - some times quite a lot.

The mementos and other valuables are another story, of course. A small
heat-resistant vault in the cellar (or the nearest substitute -- some
sunken compartment in the concrete slab underneath the tinder?) might
do it.

It has to be well insulated (the "safe" where some of the valuables
are stored has a one hour fire rating a 3000F) and waterproof. But
that assumes you have your valuables in there, and that 'fire rating'
only means paper won't char - doesn't say anything about plastic stuff
melting..

[Left (i.e. driver side) highway exits]

Ugh. What I've seen is things like splitting the N available lanes
in two with each continuing to be a motorway but going in different
directions.

Those are quite common. I know of several places here with three way
splits (2-3-2 for the most part).

Single-lane split-off on the left, uhm, no. This may work
somewhat better in places that allow overtaking on the right.

Legal under specific conditions that would/do include the left exit.
The other minor problem is "High Occupancy Vehicle" (translation "car
pool") lanes, which tend to be the left-most lane. These are generally
for commute times/places, and it's legal for busses to be in those
lanes. Other vehicles risk a $350 file for being there except in an
emergency. Generally, if I have to go downtown for the day, I'll drive
to the "Park-N-Ride" site - park the car for free (under cover - very
important in Arizona), and grab the Express Bus. The freeway is
invariably jammed at a couple of places, but that HOV lane is rarely
effected and the car pools (minimum 2 people in the car, but 3 in some
states) and busses are whipping along at 80-100 KM/H - while I'm
sitting on the bus sucking on a jug of coffee and reading. To bad this
service only runs mainly on the freeways. It goes no where near my or
my wife's commute.

Old guy
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