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Michael Jordan made over $300,000 a game. With $40 million in endorsements, he made $178,100 a day, working or not. If he slept 7 hours a night, he made $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums danced in his head. If he went to see a movie, it would cost him $7.00, but he'd make $18,550 while he was there. If he wanted to save up for a new Mercedes S-Class ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours. Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax deferred account (401k), at the beginning of the year, he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st. If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you'd be living comfortably at $65,000 a year. Amazing isn't it? However, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today. Game over. Nerd wins.
Introduction
Stacy Warmack, P.E.
B.C.E. University of Minnesota 1996 P.E. Utah, California 9+ years structural engineering experience Experience in design large commercial to small residential
Types of Disasters
Human disasters
Disasters created by human ignorance or willful destruction
Natural disasters
Disasters created by forces of nature
Human Disasters
Human errors/mistakes
Learn from history Be aware of the natural cycle of overdesignsuccess-underdesign-failure-overdesign
Terrorism
Research possible threats Implement building code changes where necessary
Human Errors
Hyatt Regency Hotel Walkway collapse, 1981 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse, 1940
Bridge was swaying so much that it was closed and a camera crew came out to document the sway and captured the collapse.
Terrorism
World Trade Center attack Oklahoma City bombing
Natural Disasters
Loss of life can be reduced with research, expertise and diligence Snow Wind/Hurricanes Earthquakes/Tsunami
Snow
Ice rink roof collapse, Germany
Wind/Hurricanes
Hurricanes Katrina/Rita
Hurricanes Katrina/Rita
Earthquakes
1906 San Francisco earthquake, 8.3 Kashmir earthquake, Pakistan, 7.6, 10/8/2005
Kashmir Earthquake
60% of buildings made of unreinforced concrete block masonry (CMU) 60% of CMU buildings were destroyed CMU building collapse accounted for majority of deaths
Kashmir Earthquake
Utah Earthquakes
Were due for an earthquake
Small earthquakes happen every day Geological record shows a major (6+) earthquake approximately every 2500 years Its been ~3000 years since the last one
Be aware
In an earthquake, move away from things that could fall on you. If you live in a CMU house, get out or stand in door jamb.
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