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World's Tallest Building Causing Earthquakes?
IZ Reloaded writes "A geologist thinks that the increase in the number of earthquakes in Taiwan is due to Taipei 101, the world's tallest building. CNN reports: 'Lin said Taipei 101 weighed 700,000 tons and estimated stress from vertical loading on its foundation at 4.7 bars, of which some would be transferred to the earth's upper crust due to extremely soft sedimentary rocks beneath the Taipei basin. If a fault is about to crack, then a little pressure can trigger an earthquake. It's like the last straw that breaks the camel's back.'" More from The Guardian.
Big building causes earthquake, earthquake destroys big building.
Or burn down, fall over, and sink! ;-)
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Well, the tower isn't what does it, it is the Earthquake Machine stored in the basement (owned by the United States, of course) that is really behind it.
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I think my statement is only slightly more farfetched.
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The biggest problem now is finding a way to blame this on the United States.
What, are you saying that the construction of the Taipei 101 and an increase in earthquake activity are both caused by a third, unknown factor?
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Perhaps the factor in question is the global decrease in number of pirates?
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1) Read story about world's tallest building.
2) Move to Earthquake prone area
3) Put fragile stuff up high
4) File lawsuit
5) ?????
6) Profit!!!!!
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> The CN Tower is 553 meters. Taipei 101 is a feeble 509 meters.
Sure, but that's like what, 474 meters US?
Someone gets it! I have been saying this for a long time as I have been trying to get a research grant to investigate the relationship between a decrease in the number of pirates and an increase in average global temperatures (see graph).
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CN tower only a few stories tall, not even a tower really they just put a little round building on a big stick.
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...I told them that building had bad Feng Shui.
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You're right - this link shows there were over 17 active pirates in 2005 alone, and that's not including other piracy-related groups such as buccaneers or raiders.
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If it turns out to be true they may regret naming it like it was designed by first year engineering students "101"
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You mean they're wearing only partial pirate regalia?
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...earthquake causes building.
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