Pistolero
Well-Known Member
I don't like tornadoes or hurricanes, winds that strong are very bad.
But somehow, the earth just needs to HOLD STILL and I am not OK with it failing in that duty.
I have done some earthquake resistant mount designs for large art work. Hope to never
experience the need for the systems I designed to work. I learned from some experts in
LA, at The Getty.
Rick,
I used to live in Naples, Italy, looked across the bay at Vesuvio every day, and behind us
was Sulfatara, another series of volcanic crates, steaming vents, etc. If you look at
Google Earth just a bit north of Naples along the coast, from overhead the myriad
of volcanic craters is obious. And of course, across the Bay of Naples at the foot of Vesuvio was
Hercolano, and then wrapped around to the right of Vesuvio, sort of behind from where
we lived, was Pompeii. Visited both Herculano and Pompeii, and climbed Mt. Vesuvius.
I very much agree with our assessment of volcanoes. Stay away. Happy to be far away
from Mt. Vesuvius, or it's active cousin, Mt. Etna, south of there in Sicily, and basically
erupting continuously for decades.
We drove past Mt. St. Helens about two months before it blew. It was an obvious
volcanic cone from a distance, with beautiful snowfields on the upper portions. We
didn't know the name, but saw it as a magnificent old volcano. My wife and I looked
at it, and remarked on "another big volcano". Then BOOOM! We found out the name
of that one.
Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcanoes are all bad....in about that order, IMO.
Bill
But somehow, the earth just needs to HOLD STILL and I am not OK with it failing in that duty.
I have done some earthquake resistant mount designs for large art work. Hope to never
experience the need for the systems I designed to work. I learned from some experts in
LA, at The Getty.
Rick,
I used to live in Naples, Italy, looked across the bay at Vesuvio every day, and behind us
was Sulfatara, another series of volcanic crates, steaming vents, etc. If you look at
Google Earth just a bit north of Naples along the coast, from overhead the myriad
of volcanic craters is obious. And of course, across the Bay of Naples at the foot of Vesuvio was
Hercolano, and then wrapped around to the right of Vesuvio, sort of behind from where
we lived, was Pompeii. Visited both Herculano and Pompeii, and climbed Mt. Vesuvius.
I very much agree with our assessment of volcanoes. Stay away. Happy to be far away
from Mt. Vesuvius, or it's active cousin, Mt. Etna, south of there in Sicily, and basically
erupting continuously for decades.
We drove past Mt. St. Helens about two months before it blew. It was an obvious
volcanic cone from a distance, with beautiful snowfields on the upper portions. We
didn't know the name, but saw it as a magnificent old volcano. My wife and I looked
at it, and remarked on "another big volcano". Then BOOOM! We found out the name
of that one.
Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcanoes are all bad....in about that order, IMO.
Bill
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