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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Earthquake Today in Washington, DC. Shakes Much of the Eastern U.S.
August 23rd, 2011
A few hours ago, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Washington DC area and much of the eastern United States. The quake sent people fleeing onto the streets from homes, businesses, and government buildings alike. Family and friends of this blogger report readily sensing the significant/violent “shake rattle and roll” of the quake throughout the northeastern portion of the U.S – from the South Jersey/Philadelphia area through New York City and Long Island and even as far north as the greater Boston region and out to Ohio as well. The quake maintained a reported epicenter located approximately in the middle of the State of Virginia.
As I have long been blogging:
THE TIME HAS LONG SINCE PASSED WHEN ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EARTHQUAKE BUILDING AND SAFETY CODES!!
Maybe this message eventually will be heard by someone?
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
Earthquake rattles Washington area
http://www.washingtonpost.com/earthquake-rattles-washington-area/2011/08/23/gIQATMOGZJ_story.html
Build to Earthquake Building Codes in U.S., Regardless of Location
http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2010/01/build-to-earthquake-building-codes-in.html
A few hours ago, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Washington DC area and much of the eastern United States. The quake sent people fleeing onto the streets from homes, businesses, and government buildings alike. Family and friends of this blogger report readily sensing the significant/violent “shake rattle and roll” of the quake throughout the northeastern portion of the U.S – from the South Jersey/Philadelphia area through New York City and Long Island and even as far north as the greater Boston region and out to Ohio as well. The quake maintained a reported epicenter located approximately in the middle of the State of Virginia.
As I have long been blogging:
THE TIME HAS LONG SINCE PASSED WHEN ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH EARTHQUAKE BUILDING AND SAFETY CODES!!
Maybe this message eventually will be heard by someone?
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
Earthquake rattles Washington area
http://www.washingtonpost.com/earthquake-rattles-washington-area/2011/08/23/gIQATMOGZJ_story.html
Build to Earthquake Building Codes in U.S., Regardless of Location
http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2010/01/build-to-earthquake-building-codes-in.html
Thursday, June 23, 2011
AMTRAK Asks SEPTA to Temporarily Stop Running Trains.
June 23rd, 2011
As reported today on Philadelphia’s WTXF Fox 29 News at 5 o’clock and again on its News at 6 o’clock, AMTRAK was forced to ask SEPTA (SouthEastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) to temporarily stop running its trains on AMTRAK’s rails for some period of time as the rail system did not have enough power to run both rail system’s trains. As it was reported, such a lack of power for the trains was mostly a result of the extremely aged power system which powers the trains. It seems that much/many of the components which power the infrastructure of the rail system date back to the 1920’s and 1930’s. Riders from NJ Transit rail system commented that such a lack of power condition happens repeatedly to riders of that system (as AMTRAK owns much of the rails in the northeastern corridor of the nation). In fact, it was reported that three times during this past week alone, a condition of insufficient power has existed which has affected SEPTA’s rail system. (Similar delays were also reported between NYC and Boston today as well.)
As I am aware that President Obama and Congress has recently approved one point three billion dollars ($1,300,000,000) for capital improvements of AMTRAK’s rail system, it appears that the infrastructure repairs can not hit the streets (or rails) soon enough.
As I repeatedly blog:
REBUILD THE NATION’S INFRASTRUCTURE!!!
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
See:
Amtrak Runs Amok With Power Outages
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/money/amtrak-runs-amok-with-power-outages-062311
Also:
In February 2009, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which appropriated $1.3 billion to Amtrak for capital investment.
ARRA Projects:
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&p=1237608345018&cid=1246045294707
Reports & Documents
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&p=1237608345018&cid=1241245669222
SEPTA
http://www.septa.org/
As reported today on Philadelphia’s WTXF Fox 29 News at 5 o’clock and again on its News at 6 o’clock, AMTRAK was forced to ask SEPTA (SouthEastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) to temporarily stop running its trains on AMTRAK’s rails for some period of time as the rail system did not have enough power to run both rail system’s trains. As it was reported, such a lack of power for the trains was mostly a result of the extremely aged power system which powers the trains. It seems that much/many of the components which power the infrastructure of the rail system date back to the 1920’s and 1930’s. Riders from NJ Transit rail system commented that such a lack of power condition happens repeatedly to riders of that system (as AMTRAK owns much of the rails in the northeastern corridor of the nation). In fact, it was reported that three times during this past week alone, a condition of insufficient power has existed which has affected SEPTA’s rail system. (Similar delays were also reported between NYC and Boston today as well.)
As I am aware that President Obama and Congress has recently approved one point three billion dollars ($1,300,000,000) for capital improvements of AMTRAK’s rail system, it appears that the infrastructure repairs can not hit the streets (or rails) soon enough.
As I repeatedly blog:
REBUILD THE NATION’S INFRASTRUCTURE!!!
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
See:
Amtrak Runs Amok With Power Outages
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/money/amtrak-runs-amok-with-power-outages-062311
Also:
In February 2009, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which appropriated $1.3 billion to Amtrak for capital investment.
ARRA Projects:
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&p=1237608345018&cid=1246045294707
Reports & Documents
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&p=1237608345018&cid=1241245669222
SEPTA
http://www.septa.org/
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Water Main and Gas Main Breaks Continue…
June 9th, 2011
While significant amounts of work appears to be underway on many of the nation’s roadways, the gas main and water main systems seem to be in the same poor and antiquated conditions as always. During my limited travels, I have encountered water main breaks in Cambridge and Medford [among other breaks in] Massachusetts, Brighton New York, and a gas main break somewhere around the Fort Lee New Jersey area.
There are continually so many water main and gas main breaks in our nation that it is becoming difficult to locate the specific story information when searching for any given break – as there are so many reported breaks throughout the nation. Infrastructure failures such as these are becoming so common place that the news media sources are starting to not report on these matters. Don’t let anyone fool you, these types of catastrophic infrastructure failures can be dangerous in addition to being costly and inconvenient.
Rebuild nation’s infrastructure!!
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
Crews battle water main break in Cambridge
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/12004493543516/crews-battle-water-main-break-in-cambridge/
Water main break repaired in Cambridge
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/water-main-break-repaired-in-cambridge-25-apx-20110605
Massive water main break closes West Medford Square
http://www.wickedlocal.com/northofboston/features/x1595585542/Massive-water-main-break-closes-West-Medford-Square
Brighton residents clean up after broken water main break
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2124559.shtml?cat=566
Old Bridge street reopens following gas main break
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/old_bridge_street_reopens_foll.html
Garden State Parkway entrance ramp in Old Bridge remains closed following gas main break
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/gas_main_break_closes_garden_s.html
While significant amounts of work appears to be underway on many of the nation’s roadways, the gas main and water main systems seem to be in the same poor and antiquated conditions as always. During my limited travels, I have encountered water main breaks in Cambridge and Medford [among other breaks in] Massachusetts, Brighton New York, and a gas main break somewhere around the Fort Lee New Jersey area.
There are continually so many water main and gas main breaks in our nation that it is becoming difficult to locate the specific story information when searching for any given break – as there are so many reported breaks throughout the nation. Infrastructure failures such as these are becoming so common place that the news media sources are starting to not report on these matters. Don’t let anyone fool you, these types of catastrophic infrastructure failures can be dangerous in addition to being costly and inconvenient.
Rebuild nation’s infrastructure!!
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
Crews battle water main break in Cambridge
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/12004493543516/crews-battle-water-main-break-in-cambridge/
Water main break repaired in Cambridge
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/water-main-break-repaired-in-cambridge-25-apx-20110605
Massive water main break closes West Medford Square
http://www.wickedlocal.com/northofboston/features/x1595585542/Massive-water-main-break-closes-West-Medford-Square
Brighton residents clean up after broken water main break
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2124559.shtml?cat=566
Old Bridge street reopens following gas main break
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/old_bridge_street_reopens_foll.html
Garden State Parkway entrance ramp in Old Bridge remains closed following gas main break
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/gas_main_break_closes_garden_s.html
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Earthquake in Philadelphia. Second Quake in Phila. Area this Month.
June 2nd, 2011
An earthquake rumbled parts of the City of Philadelphia, PA, a few days ago. The quake measured 1.9 on the seismic Richter scale, according to news sources and the US Geological Survey. It was the second reported quake in the greater Phila. Area this month. No injuries and only minor damage was reported as a result of the latest quake.
Nevertheless…,
I take this opportunity to reiterate my long-standing position in support of constructing buildings in accordance with earthquake building codes/specifications everywhere in the U.S. Nation.
AVT, P.E.
Earthquake caused boom in N.E. Philly
http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-28/news/29594217_1_magnitude-earthquake-boom-government-seismologists
Mystery Boom Caused by Earthquake: USGS
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Mystery-Boom-Caused-by-Earthquake--122775629.html
Earthquake Off Long Island, New York. Build to Earthquake Building Code Specifications Everywhere in U.S.!!
http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2010/12/earthquake-off-long-island-new-york.html
Another previous blog on this subject:
http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2010/01/build-to-earthquake-building-codes-in.html
Richter magnitude scale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale
An earthquake rumbled parts of the City of Philadelphia, PA, a few days ago. The quake measured 1.9 on the seismic Richter scale, according to news sources and the US Geological Survey. It was the second reported quake in the greater Phila. Area this month. No injuries and only minor damage was reported as a result of the latest quake.
Nevertheless…,
I take this opportunity to reiterate my long-standing position in support of constructing buildings in accordance with earthquake building codes/specifications everywhere in the U.S. Nation.
AVT, P.E.
Earthquake caused boom in N.E. Philly
http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-28/news/29594217_1_magnitude-earthquake-boom-government-seismologists
Mystery Boom Caused by Earthquake: USGS
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Mystery-Boom-Caused-by-Earthquake--122775629.html
Earthquake Off Long Island, New York. Build to Earthquake Building Code Specifications Everywhere in U.S.!!
http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2010/12/earthquake-off-long-island-new-york.html
Another previous blog on this subject:
http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2010/01/build-to-earthquake-building-codes-in.html
Richter magnitude scale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Politicians Who Increase Taxes Seem Ignorant of Basic Economics
May 21st, 2011
It would seem to me that any politician who supports increased taxes knows little – if anything – about the basic models of macroeconomics. As I recall, nearly the first week of any economics course teaches of what is called a “deadweight tax loss.” An increase in taxes creates what is called a “deadweight tax loss” to the overall economy – a loss which represents both a loss to suppliers/producers and a loss to consumers as well. Conversely, when taxes are decreased/lowered, whatever deadweight loss was associated with the difference in the lower tax is returned to the economy. As such, any politician who supports increased taxes then surely knows nothing of the basic models of macroeconomics, or the politicians simply don’t care about taking the consumers’ taxdollars to support the politicians’ political ‘rice bowls.’ The American politicians’ continued selling/prostitution of our American birthright to bankers and the politicians’ never-ending support for the off-shoring of our industries – which thereby also decreased tax revenues – does not justify any politicians’ continued devastation our economy by creating increased deadweight tax losses.
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
PS. Additionally worth noting, the average/typical ‘corporate tax’ is just another way to tax the consumer, as any taxed corporation merely passes the tax on to its customers.
See:
Tax and Deadweight Loss (note: Deadweight Loss and Tax Revenue at bottom)
http://www.basiceconomics.info/tax-and-deadweight-loss.php
Deadweight Loss
http://www.econmodel.com/classic/terms/deadweight_loss.htm
Deadweight Loss With A Tax for economics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F6PSIOJQuU&feature=related
Dead Weight Loss due to tax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSlrQ_4Gw4
Tax Avoidance and the Deadweight Loss of the Income Tax (Feldstein, 1995; interesting abstract – I didn’t read the paper)
http://www.nber.org/papers/w5055
Deadweight Loss (Remember, what I have said about avoiding any blind trust in Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_loss
It would seem to me that any politician who supports increased taxes knows little – if anything – about the basic models of macroeconomics. As I recall, nearly the first week of any economics course teaches of what is called a “deadweight tax loss.” An increase in taxes creates what is called a “deadweight tax loss” to the overall economy – a loss which represents both a loss to suppliers/producers and a loss to consumers as well. Conversely, when taxes are decreased/lowered, whatever deadweight loss was associated with the difference in the lower tax is returned to the economy. As such, any politician who supports increased taxes then surely knows nothing of the basic models of macroeconomics, or the politicians simply don’t care about taking the consumers’ taxdollars to support the politicians’ political ‘rice bowls.’ The American politicians’ continued selling/prostitution of our American birthright to bankers and the politicians’ never-ending support for the off-shoring of our industries – which thereby also decreased tax revenues – does not justify any politicians’ continued devastation our economy by creating increased deadweight tax losses.
Adam Trotter, P.E. / AVT
PS. Additionally worth noting, the average/typical ‘corporate tax’ is just another way to tax the consumer, as any taxed corporation merely passes the tax on to its customers.
See:
Tax and Deadweight Loss (note: Deadweight Loss and Tax Revenue at bottom)
http://www.basiceconomics.info/tax-and-deadweight-loss.php
Deadweight Loss
http://www.econmodel.com/classic/terms/deadweight_loss.htm
Deadweight Loss With A Tax for economics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F6PSIOJQuU&feature=related
Dead Weight Loss due to tax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSlrQ_4Gw4
Tax Avoidance and the Deadweight Loss of the Income Tax (Feldstein, 1995; interesting abstract – I didn’t read the paper)
http://www.nber.org/papers/w5055
Deadweight Loss (Remember, what I have said about avoiding any blind trust in Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_loss
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