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Posted: May 18, 2008
How can an earthquake felt thousands of kilometers away cause so much damage, while leaving almost untouched a major metropolitan area just 40 miles from the epicenter? Some may think that it is the difference between the quality of building construction in the big city, versus its satellite urban areas, but the reason probably has [...]...
Why China's Buildings Crumbled
Posted: May 16, 2008
The Globe and Mail suggests that corruption explains why ‘tofu buildings' crumbled in China: “One man, gazing at the corpse of his nine-year-old cousin, said he had disturbing evidence that could explain the collapse of the five-storey Juyuan school building, along with eight other schools in the region. The man, who gave his surn...
Earthquake Post
Posted: May 15, 2008
While the earthquake is a major tragedy, I am not sure about those who are pitching this one as the disaster to end all disasters. What is remarkable is not how much damage has been caused, but how relatively little. Earthquakes that register as high on the Richter scale have done far more damage. A [...]...
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