tappan zee bridge

• Question:-Which has more traffic on a Saturday tappan zee bridge or george washington bridge?
  We are driving to Ocean city Nj from Mass on Saturday june 27th. I know there is more commuter Traffic on the GW but how much traffic is there on a Saturday? Should i still go the Tappan Zee?
  
  Answer:-unless there is an accident you should be able to get through both with no problems
• Question:-Why do some non-suspension bridges have a big heavy steel structure above them ie) Tappan Zee Bridge NY?
  Why do some have these steel skelatons above road level and others do not? I understand why suspension bridges do but in this case I am talking about non-suspension bridges such as the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York or the old Jamestown Bridge in RI?
  
  Answer:-The roadway has to be held up by *something*.  It's too thin and flimsy to be self-supporting, so it's got to have something else.
  
  The choices are suspension cables or a framework.  The cables of a suspension bridge carry weight up to a catenary cable, which is carried on towers which transmit the weight forces to the ground.  Framework bridges work by carrying the weight as shear forces in the side trusses, and the top and bottom carry tension and compression respectively.
  
  It's hard to describe this without pictures, but here's a short description in words:
  1.) Weight wants to pull the roadway down.
  2.) The ribbon of roadway has tensile strength, but if tension forces are alone the whole thing will fall inward and hang from the towers.
  3.) If the roadway is put in compression it still can't hold itself up against the torque forces of weight; it isn't stiff enough to work as a cantilever.
  4.) You can use a vertical beam from the tower to support a diagonal beam pulling upward on the roadway some distance out from the tower, holding that part of roadway flat.  The beam pulls inward and up, the roadway pushes outward, and the net force is up (against weight).
  5.) You can repeat this, but instead of building another tower you set up another vertical beam going up from the roadway itself.  The top of this beam is tied back to the upper end of the tower through a horizontal beam, and you have another diagonal beam going down to the roadway again some distance further out.  The extra weight and forces require the section next to the tower to be stronger, but you have just increased your free span a lot.
  6.) Repeat in smaller steps until you're halfway to the next pier, where you're met by trusses coming the other way.
  
  The horizontal X-bracing helps resist forces from wind, vibration from vehicles, and the like.
• Question:-Friday Evening Rush Hour from Jersey to Mass via Tappan Zee Bridge?
  I will be driving from New Jersey to Massachusetts on Friday evening after work via the Garden State Parkway to the Tappan Zee bridge, and then through Connecticut. Is it a nightmare if I leave Northern New Jersey around 6:00 or should I be ok traffic-wise?
  
  Answer:-avoid the bridge and take the garden state to the ny thru way up to 84 into ct and ma.
• Question:-Can Cruise Liner Princess pass under Tappan Zee Bridge?
  What is the clearance of Tappan Zee Bridge and
  what is the height of Cruise Liner Ship Princess?
  
  Answer:-Well, first off Princess is a company and not a single ship. Of all their ships only their fleet of small ships might make it under. The Tappan Zee bridge is 157 feet, or 48 meters above the water.
  Princess have 4 ships 'shorter' than that, the Tahitian Princess, Pacific Princess, Royal Princess and Ocean Princess but even then the clearance is less than 2 meters, 6 feet, at high water.
• Question:-How do I get from Boston to Virginia Beach over tappan zee bridge?
  My goal is to avoid the new york city traffic and take the shortest route traffic-wise.
  
  Answer:-I used to drive part of that way frequently.
  
  Take Rte. 90 (Mass. Turnpike) West to Rte. 84 South.
  Follow Rte. 84 West/South thru Connecticut to Rte. 684 South (located in NY)
  Follow 684 South to Rte. 287 West
  Follow Rte. 287 West until it merges into Rte. 87 (NY Thruway) West/North
  Follow Rtes. 87/287 until you go over The Tappan Zee
  Bridge.
  Takes about 3-1/2 hours with no traffic.
  
  Follow Rtes. 87/287 West/North to The Garden State Parkway exit.
  Follow the Parkway South to Rte. 95 South.
  Follow Rte. 95 South to Rte. 64 East
  Follow Rte. 64 East to Virginia Beach.
• Question:-how do i get from RI to PA using the Tappan Zee bridge as opposed to the G.Washington bridge?
  Tried to mapquest it, but they only give directions using the g.washington bridge...
  
  Answer:-The Tappan Zee is I-287 (and I-87). So from Rhode Island, you'd probably want to take I-95 to just across the NY border, get on I-287 West/South, cross the bridge, and stay on 287 when it splits with 87, continuing into New Jersey. Then you can take 287 to any of I-80, I-78, or I-95 (NJ Turnpike) depending what part of PA you're heading to. Alternatively, once you have crossed the Tappan Zee, you could get on the Garden State Parkway (south) to 80,78, or 95, but it's a much busier highway.
  
  There's all sorts of highway options once you've crossed the bridge, so you may want to check a map for the most direct way to whichever highway you're taking into PA. 287 is typically a good highway to avoid the NY traffic.
• Question:-Anyone know if New York State is reimbursing tire damage by the current construction on the Tappan Zee Bridge?
  Please let me know who i need to write/speak to.
  
  Answer:-You need to call Rudy Guiliani. Tell him he's a douche bag for me!
• Question:-How do you get from east side manhattan to 95N to get on tappan zee bridge?
  
  
  Answer:-head uptown using 1st. ave. and cross the Harlem river using the Willis Ave bridge [ first ave ends at the bridge]. take the Deegan -I-87 - North to the tappan zee . there is no need to use I-95
  before you go check and see if the Yankees playing at home.and at what time the game is. Your route will take you past the Stadium .plan accordingly
• Question:-Tappan Zee or George Washington Bridge?
  Going on a trip. Scenario:
  
  This Friday night between 12:30-2 am.
  
  Going South.
  
  If you suggest Tappan Zee Bridge, at what point do you suggest getting back on 95 South again?
  
  Answer:-That late at night, they could be doing road construction in the Bronx which is just as bad as daytime traffic.
  
  If you do decide on the Tappan Zee, exit 95 at I-287 right after crossing into New York state. Follow 287 back around to 95. Or if you don't mind the tolls after crossing the bridge take the exit for the Garden State Parkway and take that back to 95, which is a little shorter.
• Question:-Where do people who want to jump off the Tappan Zee Bridge park?
  
  Just wondering, b/c I see they've put up suicide dissuasion signs in both eastbound and westbound directions.
  
  Answer:-Wherever they want, since they don't have to worry about paying the parking ticket.

san onofre

• Question:-How are the showers at san onofre bluffs?
  How are the showers at san onofre bluffs?
  the state site says cold outdoor showers but my question is, are they private or does everybody sees you shower, i have 2 teenage daughters and dont want them to be uncomfortable
  
  Answer:-
• Question:-What's an easier way to get to San Onofre?
  I've tried getting directions, but you have to use the toll road. I'd rather just take Pacific Coast Highway, but I still don't know how to get to San Onofre from there.
  
  Any directions would be helpful. Thanks.
  
  Answer:-Coast highway does not extend to the Sano off ramp. Go to the first Off ramp on the freeway south of San Clemente get off there and follow the road that parallels the freeway south towards the state park. Then there are signs to point you in the right direction.
  PS; sometimes there are some pretty long lines that form early in the morning. They only let so many people in. In the old days it was cooler. You actually had to go onto the Marine base to get to the beach. So if you did not have a Sano sticker or a father in the military you couldn't get to the beach without a 3 mile walk. There were a lot less people in the water!!! Have fun!
• Question:-Do San Onofre State Beach campsites have grills?
  do all san onofre state beach (bluffs) camp sites come with grill grates on the firepits?
  
  Answer:-The sites I have been to have them. Round steel pits with a full grate. Some may have a half grate. It's been a few years so they may have disappeared by now.
  
  Here's the number to check 949-492-4872
  you can also check with the ranger at the entrance or the campground host (used to have an RV between trails 4 and 5 next to the surf camp)
• Question:-Is it ok to go camping in September at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego?
  I'm planning a family camping trip and wanted to know if the weather is still ok in September.
  
  Answer:-The weather will be fine but camping at San Onofre is not really camping. The "campground" there is nothing more than a parking lot. I would try San Elijo just south of there with actual camping spots right near the beach.
• Question:-Does anyone know what the large white flowering plants are along Hwy 101 near San Onofre?
  They seem to grow wild. The flowers are very large. It may be some kind of day blooming plant.
  
  Answer:-Isn't that near the Surfing Spot known as Trestles, if so they're called Beatniks!
• Question:-How easy is it to get a job at a nuclear powerplant like San Onofre?
  If I have a PhD. in Electrical Engineering and 12 years experience.
  What salary could I expect?
  
  Answer:-I worked at nuclear power plants for over 30 years and not one PhD of any knid was employed at any of them.
  Engineers at power plants seldom, if ever, design anything. They monitor the condition plant systems and write work and test procedures for their systems. They don't even work on or supervise maintenance of the main generator, transformers or distribution systems. There is a slight advantage to having an MBA, but most management of all types have experience in the operation of nuclear power plants. Plants usualyy contract any services that would be suitable for a PhD, although some corporate level PhDs might be used.
• Question:-Can you camp using a tent at the bluffs at San Onofre State Beach?
  I'm looking to camp for one night at San Onofre State Beach, I was just wondering if anyone knew first of all the best location to camp there, and also if you can camp using a tent in the Bluffs or if it's only RV. Thanks!
  
  Answer:-Yes, you can use tents. I've been there tent camping before.
• Question:-Does the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ever test its sirens?
  Just a random question, I'm sure it does, but I was curious as to whether or not anyone can send me proof of such.
  
  Any answer lacking proof will be downrated.
  
  Answer:-It is an annual event required by federal law. The best way is to google san onofre siren test. I got 813 hits.
• Question:-Have there been a lot of shark attacks at San Onofre?
  My friends have been surfing and Stand up paddling boarding at San Onofre and have been seen a lot of decent size white sharks. Have there been a lot of attacks there? They want me to go with them soon so is there a better chance of being attacked there or should i just not worry about it and go have fun. thanx for your help
  
  Answer:-http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/ISAF/ISAF.htm
  
  http://sanodaze.blogspot.com/2008/05/3-shark-attacks-have-san-onofre-area-in.html
  
  I guess the first answer, yes, more than usual. The second is go ahead a surf, "Dr. Ralph also said officials should keep the attacks in perspective.
  
  "People have a much better chance of dying of food poisoning than being bitten by a shark," he said. "It's far more dangerous driving to the beach than it is getting in the water."
• Question:-what would happen if the San Onofre nuclear reactors suffered a earthquake and a tsunami?
  they are located in a earthquake prone area right next to the ocean
  
  Answer:-the san andreas is a slip fault, not a subduction fault, so there won't be a tsunami.
  you could get a tsunami from Asia, or Alaska, but neither is likely to be a serious problem.
  
  the reactor would be fine in a quake, just as the reactors in Japan did not suffer significant quake damage.

rightnow

• Question:-Is it a good time to buy real estate rightnow?
  We are the first timers to buy our first home , we have a small budgets , we are looking for a home is around 200 grand, with convenient locations. Rightnow with the mortgage rules tighten up and mortgage interest rate hike to 5.5% minimum , is it a good time to buy a home? Please put ur insights. A confused first time home buyer !!
  
  Answer:-this question will have a lot of people saying yes an no but since i invest in real estate
  the answer is a big Yes the reason is the market is ripe no time in history is a better
  time now than to buy a home for pennies on the dollar an turn around an fix it up
  an rent it out if your a cash buyer you are already in the game to buy some good deals
  if you don't have money an what i mean by money i'm talking about a
  Minimum of $10k to buy a fixer upper an another $5k to $10k for rehab to get
  the home rent ready i use contractors that will give me a written estimate which
  is free as well i check the comps in the area to see what my property would be
  worth with a Realtor or an Appraiser of course you can use zillow.com or eppraisal.com
  which are free an also homes that have sold in the last 3 months
  i also check with property mgt an see what the rents will be in my area that i'm buying
  also you can use your IRA or 401K to buy real estate the best time to buy is now.
  
  also
• Question:-What does it mean? How do I get over the pictures in my head rightnow?
  I recently had a scary dream where I touch my head and parts of my scalp come in my hand. I look at the scalp in my hand and noticed full & dark hair follecile growth still attached to it (basically inside out of the scalp). I touch my head again in my dream and notice parts still coming out as I continue to touch it. This dream is like picture infront of my eyes and it scares me everyday. Please help.
  
  Answer:-the best thing about it is find some nice picture and put it in the point that you can see always
  it will be remove easily
  I am sometimes like you
• Question:-Whats the best broadway musical rightnow?
  Iam visiting NY and only have money to see one show, I like musicals and special effects! any recommendations?
  
  Answer:-Best is relative... but if you like special effects you might want to check out either Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Mary Poppins, or The Little Mermaid.
• Question:-My pc is very slow and infectec with virus, i don't have funds rightnow, is there any temporary measure?
  My pc is very slow and infected with virus, rightnow i have no funds, is there any free drive cleaner to solve the probleblem temporarily?
  
  Answer:-As a couple of others have suggested,try AVG free version.If you will have funds available in a short while I would download a free trial version of symantic anti-virus or Trend microvirus.Personally I have had excellent protection with Trend products.but I think any reputable virus software will do a good job.Be careful and do some research before downloading just any free software because some so-called virus protection programs are loaded with spyware and viruses themselves.
• Question:-Ok I have the yellow light thing on my ps3 rightnow and I have like no idea what to do and Im like so mad?
  Rightnow I have clean it with a cloth and used those little little things with cloth at the end those tooth picks or whatever and I clean it with those too and tried over and over and over again turining it on but I keep on getting the yellow light and Im just so frustrated can someone help me please!
  
  Answer:-You have that yellow light of death crap. The only thing left to do is send it in to Sony. If it's still in warranty, they'll fix it if not then they'll still fix it but they will charge you over a hundred bucks. Most likely, when you get it back from getting fixed by sony, chances are it will dies out a few months later. That's how all these stories end up. Sucks, but I think Sony set this all up so they can get more money.
• Question:-What is Chivas failing at defense offense cause i dont why there being sucky rightnow?
  
  
  Answer:-we have a skillfull and solid team, we probably have the best defense in all FMF, but the thing is that there is way too much changes every game. I mean I guess we have to understand since they are playing two tournaments, but if you notice one game there could be 3-4 different starters from the last. Another thing I think Efrain has been experimenting a lil too much, maybe its time to just keep it up front with medina, Chicharo, and Arellano....
  
  But dont worry if ur a chiva fan we will get back on track...
  
  
  fcuk the haters
  
  EDIT: for every dumbfcuk, the COACH makes the decisions on the style they play. If he says one thing they have to obey, you either do what the coach tells you to do, or ur are playing bench and off to another team you go to..... yall are some ignorant dumbfcuks...
• Question:-What is the best google video out there rightnow?
  its Sunday and I'm bored,thers nothing good on tv rightnow
  
  Answer:-i have a pretty funny one. search "napoleon dynamite my humps" and click on theone result. Not sick or violent or anything.
• Question:-Why is there a riot in London rightnow?
  im curius. when i went on youtube today there was alot of videos about the riot.i live in vancouver so i dont know about london.
  
  Answer:-I live in London, it is horrific here. My friend's house got burnt down two nights ago. I have seen things unfit for a 17 year old. This is truly horrific. The rioters claim to be fighting the police (over a retaliation of a killing of a black man in North London) however, not a single police station has been touched. Some local shop owners took the matter into their own hands and formed a community protection to defend their own community. I have signed up for the clean up and a lot of people across the country are participating.
  
  The original riot was actually a protest march organised by the victim's family and friends, however when they got no answers the crowd got rowdy. A 16 year old black girl threw an object the police and the police apparently knocked her down. This incensed the crowd and they got out of control, set two police cars on fire, set a bus on fire and broke into shops. Needless to say word travels fast, I found out within two hours and on the news I could see images of Tottenham (original place of the riot) up in flames. Some people from other parts of London went to partake in the rioting and looting.
  The very next day, Brixton (tough area in South London) looted the stores at night time, and Wandsworth joined in too (South London again). South London is a very poor area and it has got a huge black population so it was inevitable for the riots & looting not to come to South London. I live in South London (Croydon) and my city experienced the worst fires. I had to walk home from one side of Croydon to the other because there were no buses running. It was truly dreadful. There is a gang problem in London, however all gangs have put their problems aside to loot together side by side. The third night was the worst night, the fourth night was much calmer in London but horrific in other places of England. I pray to God this has finished.
• Question:-how bad is the flooding in dallas rightnow?
  im going to louisiana so i have to pass thru dallas on I-35 going to I-20
  is is safe to pass thru?
  
  Answer:-If you are traveling the freeways, you should be fine. Flooding is confined to a few neighborhoods.
• Question:-if someone offered you some peanut brittle RightNow would you say yum yum?
  and eat it all up, even tho, technically,
  it would be considered your breakfast?
  
  i would ,and i'm not ashamed to say so ,either.
  
  mmm.. i'll bet it would be awesome with coffee.
  
  Answer:-oh my i bet that would be amazing with coffee!

san francisco earthquake

• Question:-What effects did the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and?
  What effects did the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the great chicago firehave on long range city planning?
  
  i have to write a paper on this so as much info you have will be appreciated. thanks
  
  Answer:-Quit building on reclaimed land, quit building wooden buildings and keep cows out of the city.
• Question:-Examples of San Francisco 1906 earthquake amateur photographers?
  I am looking for examples (eg digital archival images) showing amateurs taking photographs in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. It's claimed this was one of the first disasters to be documented heavily by amateur photographers ... I want to see some images of these people "at work". Also interested in images of the 'quake and fire taken specifically by amateurs.
  Please note specific requirements. I'm after images specifically of or by amateur photographers. Specific links would be appreciated. I have already conducted general searches myself, but I'm hoping someone has some specific leads to help answer my question.
  
  Answer:-I have been collecting SF Earthquake negatives for about 10 years now. It was heavily documented by amateurs.
  
  Enter "earthquake" "negative" and search closed auctions. You can usually find a few.
• Question:-Who was the interim fire chief during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
  I am doing a research paper on the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and I was wondering who the alternate fire chief was. I know that the original one, Dennis T. Sullivan, was killed during the initial quake, but nowhere does it say who filled in for him. Can you help me out?
  
  Answer:-The sheriff was appointed as interim fire chief. Here is a link. Scroll down to find him.
  
  http://www.sfsheriff.com/sheriffs.htm
• Question:-How long did it take to clean up after the 1906 san francisco earthquake?
  I was just looking up natural disasters and was looking at one of the world's most well known disaster of the 1906 earthquake that rock san francisco that claimed 3,000 lives.
  I was just wondering how long did it take for the city too clean up and shape like it has today?
  
  Answer:-We know it as the "earthquake and fire," since it was the fire that destroyed the city, not the quake itself.
  
  It was pretty much rebuilt by 1915, when the Pacific Exposition was held. Fun fact: the site of the Exposition was built on landfill from the rubble that was cleaned up; and that's the same area where the houses collapsed in the 1989 earthquake, when the landfill liquefacted.
• Question:-If the LA earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale and the magnitude of the San Francisco earthq?
  If the LA earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale and the magnitude of the San Francisco earthquake had a magnitude 35 times as intense as the LA earthquake, what is the magnitude of the San Francisco earthquake?
  
  Answer:-It's 6.5 + log(35) which equals 8.
  
  Logarithm of 35 is about 1.5. It is the exponent of 10 which will yield 35. Or 10^1.5 = 35 (roughly)
• Question:-How was the San Francisco Earthquake delt with (1989)?
  I'm doing a project and I was wondering how was the San Francisco Earthquake of 1989 delt with and what were the steps taking buy the community to rebuilt it?
  
  Answer:-The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Quake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. Caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault, the earthquake lasted approximately 15 seconds and measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale (surface-wave magnitude 7.1).[1] The quake killed 67 people throughout northern California, injured 3,757 people and left more than 12,000 people homeless.
• Question:-Do you think there will be another Huge earthquake in San Francisco this year?
  Long ago I read about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The article said that scientists believed that a major earthquake is prone to happen every 100 years. This year is Its centennial, do u think its gonna happen?
  
  Answer:-I have noticed that earthquakes seem to occur after a wetter than normal rainy season. So, don't be surprised.
• Question:-The 1906 San Francisco earthquake had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale. At the same time in South Ameri?
  The 1906 San Francisco earthquake had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale. At the same time in South America, there was an earthquake with magnitude 4.1 that caused only minor damage. How many times more intense was the San Francisco earthquake than the South American one?
  
  Be sure to provide examples in your answers and to add correct and relevant information.
  
  Answer:-The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale.
  That is, the intensity of an earthquake is proportional to 10^R where R is the Richter scale magnitude of the earthquake.
  
  Comparing the San Francisco earthquake with the South American one, the intensities were in the ratio:
  10^8.3 / 10^4.1 = 10^(8.3-4.1) = 10^4.2 = 15849 = approx. 16000 to two significant figures.
  
  Answer: the San Francisco earthquake was about 16000 times more intense than the South American one.
• Question:-What if San Francisco earthquake of 1906 never happened?
  I need couple sentences on this question from history.
  If San Francisco earthquake never happened....
  
  Answer:-My grandparents would not have had to go live with a relative (grandmother's sister) in Oakland, and my father would not as a result have told my mother that if she ever saw this relative coming down their street, she was to either shoot her or call the police.
  Seriously, what effect? SF would not have been mostly burned down and needed to be rebuilt. I suppose this led to greater interest in earthquakes and geology in the USA, and perhaps improved building codes in California.
• Question:-timeline for the san francisco earthquake of 1906?
  what are some things in history that happened after the san francisco earthquake of 1906 as a result of this earthquake? such as advances in technology and such? i need dates with them too.
  
  Answer:-This would be your best resource, from the Utah Geological Survey:
  
  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php