On Mar 9, 11:09 pm, Mark_Reich...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> National Geographic takes a page out of the History Channel's book and
> does a variant on Life after People. They seem to have borrowed some
> of the special effects but it is different enough not to be a
> retread. It will run again on Wednesday.
>
> Still, I am yet again disappointed but not surprised at the absence of
> one of the longest lasting monuments. They have special section just
> on monuments but only talk of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of
> Liberty, not even that tall stone obelisk in D.C. And once again,
> despite mentioning that a stainless steel sink will last for
> centuries, completely forget the biggest use of stainless steel ever,
> the Gateway Arch.
Its been a while, but I remembers, years ago(more than I can remember)
the PARADE magazine insert had an article on how long the Arch would
last, I think it was on the order of 5000 years, Up to a point the
legs of the are Arch are filled with cement and that would last the
longest, the top part would collaspe from internal rust. Of course
this was before we realized that the area near the New Madrid Fault
and mostly like would be toppled by that.
My main complaint was the goofy setup at the beginning, with the
Rapture like disappearance of all people and driverless cars &
pilotless planes cra****ng. Thought they didn't address what would
happen to the crews boats in the ocean, how long would they stay a
float?
Life After People said that the Nukes would shut down and nothing on
the Waste storage pools. That was interesting relevation, also about
the gas/chemical storage fa****ies.
One question comes to mind, suppose some superplague, airborne with
100% fatality were to come about and the people new that there was
little or no hope of recovery, what safe guards could be put inplace
on all those fa****ies? How about setting the Nuke Power plants not
to shut down for as long as they can and keep the waste storage pools
running as long as they can? How long would they last?
Just my $0.02
Space Cadet AKA Keith W of St Lousi
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