To: Roccus
One report I read said that some local government buildings had withstood the quake, because they were built to the correct standards using metal reinforcement. It is a murderous shame the schools were not.
5 posted on
05/16/2008 7:32:21 PM PDT by
rawhide
To: rawhide
I was in China some time ago. It was the first time I ever saw brick walls built
WITH NO MORTAR.
It was just one of the things that amazed me.
7 posted on
05/16/2008 7:47:10 PM PDT by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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