Can Earthquakes Damage Rollercoasters?

APForce, Nah, just that half the news here are of the USA, so there's too much to remember! :) Of course as you Yankees felt, we Aussies got sick of the Election Fiasco as well! :) LOL, as you would imagine, nothing too exciting happens Down Under. At the moment it's how our dollar has dropped against your mighty Greenback! To think you could buy two of our dollars with one of yours! That means it would cost me nearly A$100 to go to any US$50 park! :(

OBTW, you asked me if I was on a coaster high. Looks like I'm on a permanent high! :)
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Home Park - Wonderland Sydney, Australia, featuring;
1) The Demon - 1988 Vekoma Boomerang
2) The Bush Beast - 1985 KEC Woodie (Clone of PKD's Grizzly)
3) Beastie - 1985 KEC Junior Woodie
4) More steel coasters please!!! Preferably a B&M Masterpiece!


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Would you rather be on Mean Strak or Mil Force during a quake? (not that it would happen here by still)I'd take the Mean Streak.

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Millenium Force for me, less to fall on top of me.

Anyone know if there are any specific safety measures built into coasters in high quake-risk areas? For instance, maybe the computer would sense the extra disturbance and shut the lifts down or whatever. Might be a nice precaution.

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CrystalKat said:
"Millenium Force for me, less to fall on top of me.

Anyone know if there are any specific safety measures built into coasters in high quake-risk areas? For instance, maybe the computer would sense the extra disturbance and shut the lifts down or whatever. Might be a nice precaution.

Actually, yes, at least today. After the quake in Los Angeles in 1994 moving structures such as an escalator, elevator and for that matter coasters are required to have sensors that would halt the motion. Although a coaster causes vibrations, the sensors for this are actually in a centralized location, not on the item itself. At the airport where I work we have a sensor in each terminal and it sends a signal that shuts down all escalators and elevators in the airport. The same would be true of the coasters. The system works quite well.

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