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From: Tim May
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:39
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:39
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In article <6gwyc.886$Pt.172@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>, Brian Humphrey <brian.humphrey@prodigy.net> wrote: > Tim, I'm still waiting for an answer! > > > In regards to (an at times silly thread that purported to discuss) how > many > > people died due to "delayed response" (?) during the Northridge Earthquake > > > > "Tim May" <timcmay@removethis.got.net> answered: > > > > > 2 > > > > Tim, can you kindly cite a source? > > > > > The other dead were crushed in pancaked apartments, etc. > > > > Tim, can you offer at least one source for this as well? > > > > > As with the 1989 Loma Prieta quake (which I was about 7 miles from the > > > surface center of), where those who died pancaked under collapsed > > > freeways and collapsed buildings were essentially squished organs. > > > > Are you certain of this? Yes. About 50 people died when the Cypress structure flattened their cars. Another dozen or so died when their cars tumbled off of collapsed sections of bridges. Half a dozen died here in Santa Cruz when masonry walls collapsed on them. Your strange axe to grind about how what "really" killed these people was "slow emergency response" is just silly. There's not a lot to be done quickly when a thousand tons of concrete has collapsed most cars down to 10 inches in overall height. Even in "pockets" where the collapse was not so close to the surface below, very few of those injured could be reached. After a day or two, the moans stopped. At night, the ice weasels came. --Tim May
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