Anchorage Earthquake

[Jimjamesak]

Airport Tower communications during/after earthquake.

https://youtu.be/o80cNJ_XhX0

They got lucky it wasn’t too busy at around 8:30 that having to go CTAF wasn’t too bad.

Also good the new tower didn’t collapse like the old one in 64.

[Jimjamesak]

Re: Anchorage Earthquake

Good NYT article on Anchorage.

Relevant part:

“We have come a long way since the 1964 earthquake,” said Joey Yang, the chairman of the civil engineering program at the University of Alaska Anchorage. “Anchorage definitely knows about the power and damage a major earthquake can cause to the infrastructure and buildings.”

Developers must undergo rigorous requirements before building here, he added, particularly in some of the most seismically sensitive areas. Professor Yang is part of an earthquake commission that advises city leaders, whom he credited with taking the building review process seriously.

That is no joke, I know construction on buildings has been stopped before because they felt the design wouldn’t handle an earthquake.

I know someone asked it and yeah, 1964 is always on the mind here. I was watching a press conference earlier today and a reporter from LA asked our School District Superintendent how and why the response at schools went so smoothly and the Superintendent responded “well, we do practice this every October.”

I kind of shudder to think what would’ve happened in other cities.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Anchorage Earthquake

Good NYT article on Anchorage.

Relevant part:

That is no joke, I know construction on buildings has been stopped before because they felt the design wouldn’t handle an earthquake.

I know someone asked it and yeah, 1964 is always on the mind here. I was watching a press conference earlier today and a reporter from LA asked our School District Superintendent how and why the response at schools went so smoothly and the Superintendent responded “well, we do practice this every October.”

I kind of shudder to think what would’ve happened in other cities.

Probably not well here in Indy. Road damage would probably blend in and go unnoticed though...

[Jimjamesak]

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Off-ramp from viral photo is now fixed.

[Twitch Boy]

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Off-ramp from viral photo is now fixed.

Even cooler, heard the guy in the trapped Toyota made his flight.

[aparch]

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Expedited schedule, open checkbook, and the need to get a critical access point re-opened?

You can move mountains in hours with that kind of carte-blanche.

[Jimjamesak]

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This happened a year ago today. Most of the damage has been repaired though two schools are still closed indefinitely, there’s still a few roads to be fixed and I’m sure plenty of houses as well.

[alfablue]

Re: Anchorage Earthquake

Scared me for a moment. Glad things are improving!!