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earthquakes risk trying
In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes three judgment
The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis. It was originally envisaged as a rather rough-and-ready procedure by which we could grade earthquakes. We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium, and small; the point is, we wanted to avoid personal judgments. It actually turned out to be quite a finely tuned scale.
earthquakes vibrations facts
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.
earthquakes drs plot
[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically.
earthquakes names justice
The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.
earthquakes energy introducing
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.
earthquakes scientist building
Scientists say an 8.9 earthquake here could knock down buildings, flood coastal areas... and improve the roads. Bill Maher
earthquakes california lakes
If there are greater activities in Vesuvius or Pelee, then the southern coast of California and the areas between Salt Lake and the southern portions of Nevada, we may expect, within the three months following same, inundation by the earthquakes. But these are to be more in the Southern than the Northern Hemisphere. Edgar Cayce
earthquakes people news
We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it. Biz Stone
planets concern right-now
Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet. Edward James Olmos
planets cooperatives
Nothing can survive on the planet unless it is a cooperative part of larger global life. Barry Commoner
planets
Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet! Bill Walton
planets given ifs
If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet. Bill Gates
planets treat
That's Mars. And over there, that is Venus. What a treat - two planets in the same sky. George Stovall
planets plan-b plans
We usually say there is always a ‘Plan B,’ but there is no ‘Planet B’. Jan Eliasson
planets collectives humans
To me, inner and outer are so strongly linked that any collective change that happens within human beings, within the human psyche, inevitably will be reflected externally in what happens on the whole planet. Eckhart Tolle
planets bigs profit
Big business is willing to destroy the planet for short-term profits Bernie Sanders
planets ifs
We batter this planet as if we had someplace else to go. Ann Druyan
unfinished-business way quitting
If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time. Chogyam Trungpa
unfinished
For me, it's one win. We've still got unfinished business.
unfinished
Raoden looked up at his friend. "We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished. Brandon Sanderson
unfinished states dear
Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: 'My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don't you ever finish them?' James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: 'My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours? James Whistler
unfinished-business priorities unfinished
When priorities are in place, one can more patiently tolerate unfinished business. Russell M. Nelson
unfinished
That was all well and fine, but there was still some unfinished business, I felt, with the Lakers, Phil Jackson
unfinished-business liberty unfinished
Liberty is always unfinished business Havelock Ellis
unfinished-work long remembrance
Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes. Marian Wright Edelman
unfinished-work unfinished shows
Never show unfinished work. R. Buckminster Fuller