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Quote from: QuietTruth on January 26, 2010, 03:59:08 PMIs that true about what they do in California? How they build buildings a certain way to stand an Earthquake? How's that really possible? They still can collapse. Can't they?anything can collapse, with enough force. i think youre talking about this: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoService/Reference_Services/advEQdesign.aspits a cool technology, but not every building has that. but the cali building codes make it so most buildings will be ok during a strong quake. haiti had/has no building codes.
Is that true about what they do in California? How they build buildings a certain way to stand an Earthquake? How's that really possible? They still can collapse. Can't they?
Quote from: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on January 26, 2010, 04:22:51 PMQuote from: QuietTruth on January 26, 2010, 03:59:08 PMIs that true about what they do in California? How they build buildings a certain way to stand an Earthquake? How's that really possible? They still can collapse. Can't they?anything can collapse, with enough force. i think youre talking about this: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoService/Reference_Services/advEQdesign.aspits a cool technology, but not every building has that. but the cali building codes make it so most buildings will be ok during a strong quake. haiti had/has no building codes. Yeah that. I saw that on TV.Is that what you mean, that if Haiti had that, it would prevent a lot of the deaths?