Where was I? Vol 3
Discussion
Quite sure it has stalled a bit and probably time to move on.
I think Rosscow should carry on as the answer is the Garden of Fydell house, Boston.
Banks was a recorder for Boston and lived close by at Revesby manor. Fydell house is a lovely building next to the Guildhall.
Good guessing everyone!
I think Rosscow should carry on as the answer is the Garden of Fydell house, Boston.
Banks was a recorder for Boston and lived close by at Revesby manor. Fydell house is a lovely building next to the Guildhall.
Good guessing everyone!
SlackBladder said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
So it IS Mr Fydell's garden then. All we need to know is who was Mr Fydell and where did he live?
Forgot to ask, what gave you the earthquake clue in my previous post with the hot air balloons?Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street
And A random street in New York Manhatten
(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)
It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.
Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan
Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.
Another from Kobe
Random street in Dusseldorf
As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well
Wiccan of Darkness said:
It was the plethora of overhead cables and wires. Normally, domestic supplies for telephones, electric, broadband etc are routed using cables buried underground. In earthquake zones, subterranean cables will snap each time the earth moves, so to avoid having hundreds of miles of electric, telephone and communication cables snap each time there's a quake, they're all suspended in the air. Makes it easier to reconnect supplies after each earthquake.
Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street
And A random street in New York Manhatten
(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)
It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.
Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan
Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.
Another from Kobe
Random street in Dusseldorf
As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well
This exactly what happened in Christchurch NZ. After the earthquake all the buried services were destroyed, gas/electricity/telephone/internet/ sewer/water. It is costing $40billion and will probably never be completed. We went 2 years after and again 6 years - progress in repairing is very very slow. It was slightly better but a lot of plots are useless now due to liquefaction.Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street
And A random street in New York Manhatten
(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)
It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.
Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan
Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.
Another from Kobe
Random street in Dusseldorf
As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well
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