Originally Posted by
Chombi
I wonder if the eastern states will now enact senate bills to require seismically retrofitting critical services structures as they did in CA with senate bill SB1953.
One can only hope, says this PE who specializes in nonlinear structural analysis. Actually NYDOT is already a bit ahead of game with some of their bridges, but the ground motions they are using are a pittance compared to some of the motions i've used on structures here. I will be interested in seeing the recorded ground motions from this latest quake.