• How Did Alaska Repair its Roads So Quickly After the Earthquake?

    How Did Alaska Repair its Roads So Quickly After the Earthquake?

    I’m sure you all heard about the massive earthquake that went through Anchorage, Alaska last week that was strong enough to destroy the smooth asphalt roads, turning them into rubble in just a matter of minutes.  While that in itself is incredibly interesting, it only took road crews a few days to make those roads…

  • Why Is It So Hard to Predict If a Tsunami is Going to Strike?

    Why Is It So Hard to Predict If a Tsunami is Going to Strike?

    If you live anywhere on the west coast of North America, you probably woke up to quite a surprise on Tuesday.  Early in the morning, NOAA’s National Tsunami Warning Center issued tsunami warnings for the south coast of Alaska and north coast of British Columbia.  This came after a powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake rocked the Gulf…

  • 5.9 Earthquake hit the whole East Coast: Ohio,NY, NJ, DC, VA and …..

    Just a few moments I felt the building shaking. The first thing I did was go Twitter and ask “Did anyone else in DC feel the earth quake?” Turns out it was the not just DC or the DMV area. It was everywhere on the east. The news is still coming in. Sprint is not…