speeding_infraction
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October 23: Pair from Florida get stranded on top of Engineer Pass, CO in the snow and need a night rescue.
This one tricked my eyes. I thought the jeep was parked on a slope.
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This one tricked my eyes. I thought the jeep was parked on a slope.
It's an easy trail when it's clear, but October at 12,800 feet gets plenty of snow.
Looks a lot like this nearby trail in July, after the bulldozers have been going at it for several weeks:
KennethS
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That’s solidly in the “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” category, for me.
I was curious, so I did some research. The fastest elevator in the world, according to Google, is the one in the Shanghai Tower, at 20.5 m/s. Since the Saudis are full of hubris, let's assume that they beat that speed and round up to 21 m/s. That's a 17 second one-way trip. So, 34 seconds for a round trip - with no time accounted for loading/unloading. For the sake of easy math, and again considering hubris, let's round down to 30 seconds per round trip.
Next, how many elevators? Well, the Shanghai Tower has 97 (the Chinese seem to also have an abundance of hubris). Let's round that up to 100 and break the record, and add another digit for those proud Saudis.
Finally, how many people for each elevator? Well, back to Google for that. The world's largest elevator is in the Jio World Centre in Mumbai, India, and it can carry 235 people.
So, if that new building for the stadium breaks all the records, here's how it maths out:
46,000 fans / 235 people per elevator trip / 100 elevators * 30 seconds per trip = 1 minute
So, if the Saudis break all the records, and all the fans efficiently exit (no loading time), they could get everyone out in 1 minute.
Now let's do the math for something more realistic:
Assumptions:
- 75 elevators (about how many are in the Empire State Building)
- Elevator speed of 6 m/s (a typical speed for that height of building), for a round-trip time of 2 minutes
- Loading time of 10 seconds at the top floor, unloading time of 10 seconds at the ground floor
- Twenty-five people per trip (a typical "large" elevator)
Not as bad as I thought, but I didn't realize the scale of large buildings' elevator capacities, either...
I bet part of the building is a hotel, restaurants and bars. Many of the spectators will stay there afterwards.
KennethS
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Yeah, but a lot of then will need to get to ground level so they can overturn cars and generally run amok. Isn't that the norm for these matches?
"A former news anchor has been charged with murder after she allegedly stabbed and killed her elderly mother.
Police responded to a “reported cutting” at a residence in Wichita, Kan., at about 7:52 a.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 31, per a media release shared on Facebook by the Sedgwick County Police Department (SCPD).
Upon arrival, police found a woman — who was later identified as 47-year-old Angelynn “Angie” Mock— standing outside the home. They then entered the residence and found Mock’s mother, Anita Avers, 80, 'unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds.'"
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/c...-home/63-f0e1c82c-4e7d-4261-b27f-b8e3e41d7a36
That is the former anchorwoman on the left. That's also her on the right, not her mother.
Police responded to a “reported cutting” at a residence in Wichita, Kan., at about 7:52 a.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 31, per a media release shared on Facebook by the Sedgwick County Police Department (SCPD).
Upon arrival, police found a woman — who was later identified as 47-year-old Angelynn “Angie” Mock— standing outside the home. They then entered the residence and found Mock’s mother, Anita Avers, 80, 'unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds.'"
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/c...-home/63-f0e1c82c-4e7d-4261-b27f-b8e3e41d7a36
That is the former anchorwoman on the left. That's also her on the right, not her mother.
speeding_infraction
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^^^thats what I'd call "coyote ugly"
"two bite coyote ugly" - two good bites to the arm and you're outta there!
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/wh...who-fatally-shot-burglar-charged-manslaughter
Months after a homeowner fired shots at several individuals breaking into his detached garage in White Lake Township, the 24-year-old resident has been charged with manslaughter, assault, and two other felony counts.
The gunfire struck two people, killing a 17-year-old.
Dayton Knapton was arraigned on Friday and given a $200,000 cash/surety bond for the four felony charges. Five others, including four juveniles, were also charged in the case of attempted burglary.
The backstory:
Early in the morning on July 8, a homeowner was alerted by a motion detector that had been set off in his garage. He exited his home and after hearing noise, he allegedly fired two rounds before ordering those inside to get out.
Afterward, the individuals inside exited the garage. He then fires his weapon several more times.
Police later became notified that a 17-year-old was at a hospital in Commerce Township while another was near the hospital.
One of those victims later died from their injuries.
A neighbor told FOX 2 at the time it was not the first occurrence of individuals breaking into the garage, adding they believed the suspect burglars were trying to steal dirt bikes that were kept inside.
Months after a homeowner fired shots at several individuals breaking into his detached garage in White Lake Township, the 24-year-old resident has been charged with manslaughter, assault, and two other felony counts.
The gunfire struck two people, killing a 17-year-old.
Dayton Knapton was arraigned on Friday and given a $200,000 cash/surety bond for the four felony charges. Five others, including four juveniles, were also charged in the case of attempted burglary.
The backstory:
Early in the morning on July 8, a homeowner was alerted by a motion detector that had been set off in his garage. He exited his home and after hearing noise, he allegedly fired two rounds before ordering those inside to get out.
Afterward, the individuals inside exited the garage. He then fires his weapon several more times.
Police later became notified that a 17-year-old was at a hospital in Commerce Township while another was near the hospital.
One of those victims later died from their injuries.
A neighbor told FOX 2 at the time it was not the first occurrence of individuals breaking into the garage, adding they believed the suspect burglars were trying to steal dirt bikes that were kept inside.
One of the comments
"it wasn't a Chinese engineering problem, the cause of the crash is suspected to be cracks in the adjacent mountainside, induced by water accumulation and pressure from the nearby Shuangjiangkou reservoir, which triggered the landslide."
Apparently they've had a few bridges go down
I'm wagering gross failure in the geological survey beforehand and/or inadequate shoring for the structure in design.
That actually sounds exactly like an engineering problem to me, but I've been wrong before.
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