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Re:Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video by sukuriant on Friday March 18, 2011 @12:12PM (#2340848)
You mean that bridge that's about a foot above the water level and, when there's a really turbulent storm, can have rough water on one side and calm water on the other, and have waves literally crashing over the cars from the one side of the water?

Nooo, I would have never thought that bridge would be dangerous in an earthquake! </sarcasm>

I'm not intending to mock you, though it's probably coming off that way. Outside of the cool special effects during a storm (seriously, the 'rough water, bridge, calm water' effect is quite eerie), I have no idea why that bridge was built the way it was.

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Re:Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video by Jach on Friday March 18, 2011 @02:49PM (#2341463)
It's about the same with the I-90 bridge too, and you don't even need a storm to see the cool effect of wavy water on the south side and calm on the north side. It always fascinates me when I drive over it. I've only had a spray of water hit my car once so far, I'll make a note to avoid either bridge during an earthquake. ;)
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Re:Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video by InclinedPlane on Friday March 18, 2011 @05:44PM (#2342109)
It's actually the non-floating parts of the 520 bridge that are the most vulnerable to an Earthquake.
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