5.9 Earthquake

[Kool Kat]

how does the goverment check all of it's infrastructure in a day or two after someething like this happens, all the miles of subway tracks and bridges, Would you trust a bridge the covers a large body of water, these a re questions here in New orleans we asked ourselves after Katrina..... I hope all goes well in the Northeast and now A Huricane as well might be heading to the Carolina's...

In practical terms... the government (Federal and State) cannot check all infrastructure that quickly. :(

Here's an example of the sheer magnitude of checking and performing routine maintenance on infrastructure like bridges.

Look at one state example... North Carolina... where I live.

A quote from the NC Dept of Transportation Website:

"The NCDOT currently maintains 12,712 bridges across North Carolina, ranking our state as 13th in the nation for the highest number of state-maintained bridges."

The Website goes on to state that every bridge in NC is inspected "at least every two years."

That's nearly 13,000 bridges just in NC! :eek1: Multiple it by the number of eastern states impacted by the quake... and the numbers are staggering! :eek1:

So, what do you do? :dunno: