Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Los Angeles - Where Will the Next Five Big Earthquakes Be? - TIME
Los Angeles - Where Will the Next Five Big Earthquakes Be? - TIME:
"Earthquakes have always been part of Los Angeles' past — and its future. In 1994 a 6.7-magnitude quake hit the Northridge area of the city, badly damaging freeways, killing more than 70 people and causing $20 billion in damages. But those numbers could be dwarfed by a major quake in the future. The geologic record indicates that huge quakes occur roughly every 150 years in the region — Los Angeles lies along the southern end of the San Andreas Fault — and the last big quake, which registered a magnitude 7.9, happened in 1857. Los Angeles has done a lot to beef up its building codes and emergency response in the 15 years since the Northridge quake and may be better prepared than any other major U.S. city, but its sheer size ensures that the next Big One will be bloody."
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
John Battelle's Searchblog
John Battelle's Searchblog: "A Report Card on Web 2 and the App Economy
March 18, 2011
BY JOHN BATTELLE
As I noted earlier in the week, I had the opportunity to speak at a GM conference today. I was asked to peer into the future of the 'app world,' and deliver any divinations I might discover.
I like a challenge like this, as it forces me to weave any number of slender threads of my current thinking into a more robust and compact narrative."
March 18, 2011
BY JOHN BATTELLE
As I noted earlier in the week, I had the opportunity to speak at a GM conference today. I was asked to peer into the future of the 'app world,' and deliver any divinations I might discover.
I like a challenge like this, as it forces me to weave any number of slender threads of my current thinking into a more robust and compact narrative."
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