And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Middle East construction is a time bomb of falling buildings and roads breaking up just waiting for a 7.5 earthquake to show just how poorly the construction business operates. Do these nations have engineers that have actually gone to school and what about building with earthquake codes ? Thousands die because of poorly constructed buildings falling on top of them with no time to evac a building. Turkey is proof of this statement, 7.5 destroyed the city at epicenter.
30 seconds of research would have told you that Turkey is striving to catch up with Arkansas:
"Turkey is an upper-middle economy country that’s located partly in Europe and partly in Asia. Unemployment stands at a rate of 14%, which is relatively high compared to other nearby countries. Turkey is one of the few countries in the world that’s self-sufficient agriculturally and doesn’t rely on other countries for food.
What is the average Salary in Turkey? Seeing as this will depend on several factors, Turkish workers earn an average of $1,574 per month, which translates to $18,890 a year. These figures are gross and are inclusive of benefits such as housing and transport. This brings the net pay after tax and other compulsory deductions to an average of $458/month. For hourly jobs, the average pay is $9.01 an hour. Taxation Income taxes in Turkey are categorised into two; personal income tax and corporate tax. Personal tax is deducted from an individual’s income and the rate varies from 15% to 35%, depending on one’s income. Another type of taxation, which is levied on expenditure, is the Value Added Tax (VAT). The standard rate is 18%, but there’s also a reduced rate of 8% and 1% applied to specific products. Although salaries are a bit high, tax rates are just as high, resulting in a very little amount of take-home salary.
Maybe so, but there are quite a few satellite photos with 'Before & After' sliders built in, to allow side-by-side comparison. What you will see is that certain buildings pancaked, while similar building adjacent are still intact. You might notice the mosques - they are intact too. There are quite a few pancaked buildings in clusters. My inference is that building codes are easily navigated to cut corners, and that many people are able to do this. Maybe someone has a block of land and puts up a series of buildings, cheap. Maybe the religious organizations are a little more careful to consider the long term - usually there is a committee of elders making decisions, and usually they are conservative. I remember working in North Africa and noting that lots of buildings had rebar sticking out of the roof. That meant the building was 'unfinished', even though 2 or 3 families might be living there, for years. 'Unfinished' buildings don't get taxed - if you pay off the building inspector.
No biggie; we have multiple roads that look like that here in Texas.....oh that's right; they were designed by Texas A&M civil engineers. So it's normal. Carry on.
Roads like that occur all over the Midwest and West. Mostly they are township roads that follow property lines. But offsets also occur in north-south routes, because longitudinal lines on a sphere converge to a pole, but surveyors treat the Earth's surface as a plane, no convergence.
Townships, which don't exist back east, have very limited eminent domain powers, so they can't force straight routes that ignore property lines.
My sister in NH cannot understand townships. She also cannot understand how a school system could be an independent entity, not a department in a city.
That does not look like it happened to recently. Been driven across for a while. Field appears to have been plowed since. Maybe from a previous EQ.
ReplyDeletegood observation.
DeleteThen why people looking at and taking pictures of the curiosity?
DeleteOf course its been driven over. Its offset but still flat. In turd world countries people don't stop because of a sneeze.
The offsets from the 1854 and 1966 quakes (similar to shown here) are still visible on Hwy 46 near Cholame, California. (near where James Dean died)
half-a-lane, half-a-lane, half-a-lane onward....
ReplyDeleteIf it happened here in the U.S. only 2 out of 20 drivers would use their signals to indicate a lane change
ReplyDeleteScalar Technology - Weaponized Tesla
ReplyDeleteAppears recent-the furrows at lower left stop right at the displaced embankment, and the furrows in the field show displacement.
ReplyDeleteWhen entire SoCal area shifts 100 feet northward on the San Andreas fault we will see a major change in American politics.
ReplyDeleteOtisburg?!?
DeleteMiddle East construction is a time bomb of falling buildings and roads breaking up just waiting for a 7.5 earthquake to show just how poorly the construction business operates. Do these nations have engineers that have actually gone to school and what about building with earthquake codes ? Thousands die because of poorly constructed buildings falling on top of them with no time to evac a building.
ReplyDeleteTurkey is proof of this statement, 7.5 destroyed the city at epicenter.
30 seconds of research would have told you that Turkey is striving to catch up with Arkansas:
Delete"Turkey is an upper-middle economy country that’s located partly in Europe and partly in Asia. Unemployment stands at a rate of 14%, which is relatively high compared to other nearby countries. Turkey is one of the few countries in the world that’s self-sufficient agriculturally and doesn’t rely on other countries for food.
What is the average Salary in Turkey? Seeing as this will depend on several factors, Turkish workers earn an average of $1,574 per month, which translates to $18,890 a year. These figures are gross and are inclusive of benefits such as housing and transport. This brings the net pay after tax and other compulsory deductions to an average of $458/month. For hourly jobs, the average pay is $9.01 an hour.
Taxation
Income taxes in Turkey are categorised into two; personal income tax and corporate tax. Personal tax is deducted from an individual’s income and the rate varies from 15% to 35%, depending on one’s income.
Another type of taxation, which is levied on expenditure, is the Value Added Tax (VAT). The standard rate is 18%, but there’s also a reduced rate of 8% and 1% applied to specific products.
Although salaries are a bit high, tax rates are just as high, resulting in a very little amount of take-home salary.
Maybe so, but there are quite a few satellite photos with 'Before & After' sliders built in, to allow side-by-side comparison. What you will see is that certain buildings pancaked, while similar building adjacent are still intact. You might notice the mosques - they are intact too. There are quite a few pancaked buildings in clusters. My inference is that building codes are easily navigated to cut corners, and that many people are able to do this. Maybe someone has a block of land and puts up a series of buildings, cheap. Maybe the religious organizations are a little more careful to consider the long term - usually there is a committee of elders making decisions, and usually they are conservative. I remember working in North Africa and noting that lots of buildings had rebar sticking out of the roof. That meant the building was 'unfinished', even though 2 or 3 families might be living there, for years. 'Unfinished' buildings don't get taxed - if you pay off the building inspector.
DeleteThose wires must be pretty tight.
ReplyDeleteNo biggie; we have multiple roads that look like that here in Texas.....oh that's right; they were designed by Texas A&M civil engineers. So it's normal. Carry on.
ReplyDeleteRoads like that occur all over the Midwest and West. Mostly they are township roads that follow property lines. But offsets also occur in north-south routes, because longitudinal lines on a sphere converge to a pole, but surveyors treat the Earth's surface as a plane, no convergence.
DeleteTownships, which don't exist back east, have very limited eminent domain powers, so they can't force straight routes that ignore property lines.
My sister in NH cannot understand townships. She also cannot understand how a school system could be an independent entity, not a department in a city.
Farmer: "So do I pay more taxes or less taxes now?"
ReplyDeleteWhich side of the road are you speaking of?
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