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A comment on California's other drought: a major earthquake is overdue. Parent comment

Re:California's other drought: a major earthquake is overdue by ekianjo on Thursday March 15, 2018 @07:18AM (#16591812)
You dont stop a shinkansen at full speed in 60 seconds. Note that in 2011 no shinkansen derailed despite the intensity of the earthquake.
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Re:California's other drought: a major earthquake is overdue by Piskvorrr on Thursday March 15, 2018 @09:43AM (#16592742)
Still, m*v^2; lower speed means dramatically less kinetic energy to go around in case of a derailment.
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