April 18, 1906, the California earthquake ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. At almost precisely 5:12 a.m., local time, a foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area. The great earthquake broke loose some 20 to 25 seconds later, with an epicenter near
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Incredible Pictures of the Massive Supermoon
Did you get a good look at the night sky last night? The extreme supermoon has passed without disaster. But around the world people took amazing pictures of the largest moon humans have seen since 1993.
Lilypad – The Floating City for when Catastrophe Strikes
Closely resembling the Hall of Doom, with a little more green, the Lilypad, which was designed to look like a waterlily, is intended to be a zero emission city afloat in middle of the ocean. As a solution to the alarming problem of rising ocean levels, architect Vincent Callebaut came up with this ecotectural marvel
