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To: DUMBGRUNT

Concrete block construction cracks and crumbles in earthquakes!


3 posted on 11/21/2021 8:31:33 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

There’s two kinds of concrete: concrete that’s cracked and concrete that’s going to crack.


7 posted on 11/21/2021 8:36:13 AM PST by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: MtnClimber

Steel studs and trusses is their answer, not concrete block


26 posted on 11/21/2021 9:01:46 AM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: MtnClimber

Indeed I was in the 94 Northridge quake and the stuff broke like glass.


29 posted on 11/21/2021 9:29:38 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: MtnClimber
Concrete block construction cracks and crumbles in earthquakes!

Well, then we just need special seismic construction procedures to address that issue, that can cost much….. you know wood has flexibility…..

34 posted on 11/21/2021 9:45:46 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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