Out of the Blue

Wow, was there a lot of snow out there to shovel. I use the past tense optimistically, because even after clearing most of it last night, there's still more out there to clean up. It took well over three hours to do what I did, and even then I left a couple of spots undone. Still, the majority of it is gone, and I managed it all without destroying my back, much less having a heart attack, so I'm calling it a win. They're forecasting more winter weather for the weekend, but I'm pretending they may be wrong, even though meteorology seems to have become remarkably more accurate in recent years.

Snowed-In Links: Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play: Tanks Online.
Stories: Snow storm moves north as blizzard warning remains in some areas.
The Matrix is reportedly getting a reboot.
Science: Quantum physics offers insight into music expressivity. Thanks Neutronbeam.
Media: Disaster That Changed Engineering: Hyatt Regency Collapse.
Best way for removing cedar shingles.
Hilarious Jack Russell Goes Crazy with Excitement at Crufts.
Follow-ups: Avatar 2 delayed because of Avatar 3, 4 and 5.
Production on Batman probably not starting until 2018.
View : : :
11.
 
Re: Out of the Blue
Mar 15, 2017, 17:52
11.
Re: Out of the Blue Mar 15, 2017, 17:52
Mar 15, 2017, 17:52
 
Cutter wrote on Mar 15, 2017, 17:01:
Wow, yeah I remember that Hyatt Regency walkway collapse. That was just crazy.
I remember it too. The title is click bait though, it didn't change engineering at all. The result was changes in the process of reviewing building plan alterations. It is a great example of how important structural engineering is, and why any alteration to construction should be carefully reviewed for unintended consequences. Didn't Kansas City also have a coliseum roof failure? If I remember correctly, in that case no one was in the coliseum at the time.

Googled it, Kemper Arena -- two years before the Hyatt walkway failure.
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” -- Carl Sagan
Date
Subject
Author
1.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
2.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
3.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
6.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
4.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
5.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
7.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
8.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
10.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
 11.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
 Re: Out of the Blue
13.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
14.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
15.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
12.
Mar 15, 2017Mar 15 2017
16.
Mar 16, 2017Mar 16 2017