Word: rinconada
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...consists of two giant reactors that will produce 2.2 million kilowatts of electricity. One reactor is nearly ready to go into operation; the other will be finished in August 1977. When construction started in 1968, PG&E knew all about the San Andreas fault, 45 miles inland, and the Rinconada fault, some 20 miles away. So its engineers designed the plant to survive a quake registering 6.75 on the Richter scale.* The concrete foundations are 14 ft. thick, for example, and a cross section of the mammoth dome over each reactor would show 3½ ft. of concrete, liberally laced...
...Rinconada, Spain, what sounded like a low-flying plane sent Jose Megia, 13, running out from family dinner to peer skyward. He saw an arrow of dense smoke headed straight for his house. He screamed. Father Megia ran out, was bowled over by a powerful down-thrust of air. Mother Megia ran out, dragging a mattress. Jose Megia smelled sulphur, heard one sharp detonation, saw his home burn up. Patiently the Megia family sat down on the mattress...
| 1 |