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Old 10-31-2015, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Mostly in my head
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A 6.1 earthquake in 1975 was centered near the UT-ID border. Felt over a wide area. The foundation of my house was damaged by a minor one in the 1990s.

As for water, you can manage it all you want but it can only go so far.
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Old 10-31-2015, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Utah, USA
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A 6.1 earthquake in 1975 was centered near the UT-ID border. Felt over a wide area. The foundation of my house was damaged by a minor one in the 1990s.

As for water, you can manage it all you want but it can only go so far.
A 6.1 is not a terrible earthquake, and it was 40 years ago. And it happened in a lowly populated area. And like you said, you house was damaged by a minor one. Was it like in Japan where thousands died in an earthquake? No. So I don't see it as much of a problem. And as buildings improve, they are more resilient to earthquakes. And for the water, if we improve the water system we will not have problems until we have maybe 10-20 maybe even 30 million people, which in Utah will probably never happen.
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Old 11-01-2015, 12:44 AM
 
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I am trying to figure out what is wrong with the skylines. You WANT tall buildings?
And which cities are you comparing? St George to Grand Junction CO? Provo to Boulder CO? Same type of populations and those towns have no "city skyline" either.... Boulder's is on purpose.
Not everyone wants tall buildings overwhelming the trees and views.
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Old 11-01-2015, 01:25 AM
 
Location: Utah, USA
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I am trying to figure out what is wrong with the skylines. You WANT tall buildings?
And which cities are you comparing? St George to Grand Junction CO? Provo to Boulder CO? Same type of populations and those towns have no "city skyline" either.... Boulder's is on purpose.
Not everyone wants tall buildings overwhelming the trees and views.
Im not saying every city should have a great skyline. I just think its weird that Provo has a bad skyline, despite it being the center of a major metropolitan area with 116,000 people in the City and 550,000 in the metropolitan area.
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Old 11-01-2015, 11:16 AM
 
Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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we will not have (water supply) problems until we have maybe 10-20 maybe even 30 million people
Any *facts* to back up *your* statement ???
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Old 11-01-2015, 11:32 AM
 
Location: Utah, USA
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Any *facts* to back up *your* statement ???
Well, its an educated guess. That is why I gave the estimate of 10-20-30 million. However, I based it off of facts. As I said before, look at California, 39 Million people, tons of huge cities, its one of the driest states, and it still manages to have a efficient water system, so why cant Utah?
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Old 11-01-2015, 03:10 PM
 
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Well, its an educated guess. That is why I gave the estimate of 10-20-30 million. However, I based it off of facts. As I said before, look at California, 39 Million people, tons of huge cities, its one of the driest states, and it still manages to have a efficient water system, so why cant Utah?
This is a very dubious assertion. Moreover, CA has put itself in a clearly unsustainable position.
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Old 11-01-2015, 04:15 PM
 
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And they get water from other states.
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Old 11-01-2015, 05:55 PM
 
Location: Utah, USA
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And they get water from other states.
Well, than what about Arizona, nearly 7 million people, several large cities including Phoenix with 1.5 million people in the City and 4 Million in the metro, it has an efficient water system, at least from what I have heard. And why can't Utah get water from other states? The East US gets pummeled with snow and hit with -40 Degrees Fahrenheit temperatures every year, so why can't they share with the drier states?
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Old 11-01-2015, 07:36 PM
 
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Well, than what about Arizona, nearly 7 million people, several large cities including Phoenix with 1.5 million people in the City and 4 Million in the metro, it has an efficient water system, at least from what I have heard. And why can't Utah get water from other states? The East US gets pummeled with snow and hit with -40 Degrees Fahrenheit temperatures every year, so why can't they share with the drier states?
OK, we will play *your game*. Let's have some fun *discussing* nonsense. At least you are not *bashing* Utah ... yet ...

How far East should Utah go to build a pipe line to get water, from *your East* which gets pummeled with snow ? Do you know how many miles it is from Utah to the East (which often gets to -40 F) ??

You do take pretty pictures, so stick with that !!

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