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pics of a collapsed school 24 hours before the quake taken by a teacher on his blog and after the quake 1000 students and teachers were buried...

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_3f7fd78e01009pkh.html

1,340 posted on 05/16/2008 5:30:11 AM PDT by adcycn
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Thank you for those pictures. Prayers for those children and their teachers.


1,347 posted on 05/16/2008 8:48:15 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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I have just looked at the before and after picture of this school. The contrast is just terrible and horrific.

If this school which looks to be 3 stories high had been build of straw bales, there would have been much less damage. Outside of Washington, DC a Quaker religious group is building a three story school of straw bales. This kind of construction is very wind and earthquake resistant, and even if it collapses, is much lighter than the heavy concrete which is crushing people. Google straw bale home construction, and international straw bale registry to learn more. There are over 500 listed SB houses in America, there are 3 in China. With all that rice straw, China could build many.


1,351 posted on 05/16/2008 9:09:13 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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