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To: thackney

Anchorage sure is an eyeful when the sun strikes it just right. The taller buildings still have a blocky look to them. The problem with earthquakes and Anchorage is the nature of the soil. The soil does liquify when shaken, and any building will suddenly find itself trying to float rather than being rooted in solid earth. Hopefully the taller buildings are built more like ships so they will hold together in rough seas, but whether they will be level after the event is probably beyond the power of architecture.


58 posted on 12/17/2005 10:20:14 AM PST by RightWhale (Not transferable -- Good only for this trip)
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To: RightWhale

What I want to know is this: Did the city of Anchorage allow people to build homes on that Bootlegger's mud beside Earthquake Park? (You know, where the first subdivision sank during the Big One.)


59 posted on 12/17/2005 10:26:10 AM PST by Clara Lou (A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
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