Lucy Jones
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The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them
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2018
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“The last thing any of us will want to do is accept that, sometimes, shift just happens.”
― The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
― The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
“damage to tunnels in earthquakes is extremely rare. This is true for a couple of reasons. First, the amplitude of seismic shaking underground is only half of what it is at the surface. When a seismic wave hits the surface of the earth, it is reflected back downward, and that reflected wave also causes shaking. So, at the surface, movement is double what you’d find within the earth. Second, tunnels generally have a round or oval cross section, which is a very stable shape.”
― The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
― The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
“At a primal level, we abhor randomness because it leaves us vulnerable.”
― The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
― The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
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