Category: Natural Disasters

Mega cities with efficient centralized infrastructure are societal suicide pacts.

As many of you know, after Katrina devastated New Orleans, I spent several months studying why it happened and the damage from the storm. I probably single-handedly made the …

UPDATE: Title changed out of respect for those older than I but not quite elderly, especially those frequent commenters who took offense... I aim to please.Here's a good news …

A number of things strike me as I watch what follows (plucked from VerumSerum).  It speaks volumes of Japanese engineering that the apartment complex did not collapse at the …

CNN with a report showing the magnitude of the Japanese quake: The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan …