07-07-2009, 10:55 AM
False security. Lava zone one? Do you want to permit a titanium house with the same tile they build the shuttle out of? Don't think that's extreme. I engineer a lot of crazy crap, it's wholly doable to design a house that will withstand a lava flow. It will cost, well, 200 million dollars, off the cuff.
100 mph real sustained wind will blow anything down.
a 8 or better earthquake will crush or at least leave all akimbo any house, even if it survives. Hard to level a lot.
Lava, of course.
There is a wave, designed by nature, that will sink any boat. If it's got your number, it's surprisingly small, as tank test bear out. The magic number for boats is if the wave height is 1.2 times the beam of the boat, you could indeed sink. That's pretty tiny seas, really, and the rest is just dumb luck.
What to do, what to do. Perhaps stop and think what the objectives are.
100 mph real sustained wind will blow anything down.
a 8 or better earthquake will crush or at least leave all akimbo any house, even if it survives. Hard to level a lot.
Lava, of course.
There is a wave, designed by nature, that will sink any boat. If it's got your number, it's surprisingly small, as tank test bear out. The magic number for boats is if the wave height is 1.2 times the beam of the boat, you could indeed sink. That's pretty tiny seas, really, and the rest is just dumb luck.
What to do, what to do. Perhaps stop and think what the objectives are.