This is our worst scenario for buildings - unmortared piles of stone. Over the years, I have settled on 2 cm/s for this type of damage. People run out of office towers at 2 mm/s. Note that the floppy building in the background is still standing. I always look in the background of these pictures.
Obviously, they should follow Guatemala by using concrete and steel. Also the extremely heavy roofs of Peru are a factor.
Very gloomy today. All is cold.
Looks like we can sing "Final Curtain" for the heat blob.
ps in summary, the Arctic Vortex was killed for HeatDay, and has now come back with a vengeance. 50% tariff on ice!
ps since trumps killed off mimic, I have to go to satellite. You can see the weather being dragged down the middle.
I can't find any new lurid 'Ellie will kill you' headlines.
ps the Gulf Stream continues to drip like an ice cream cone. I'm waiting for more 'Cold is caused by carbon' articles. I saw a few now.
This is happening very fast for ocean currents.
ps on the dog walk this morning and a young coyote prances by us, ignoring my old barking dog. They are getting ready for winter.
ps yeah! Back to lurid headlines.
We're all going to DIE!
Why wasn't it equipped with the usual chaff defence, etc? Because it is equipped for royalty. There is only so much you can load onto a plane before it becomes a boat anchor. I am sure there was once a discussion of anti-missiles and toilets and the toilets won.
