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7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake
Mike writes "Earthquake news abounds as of late — recently a team of researchers from five universities unveiled an seven-story earthquake-proof wooden building that is capable of withstanding severe earthquakes. Featuring a structurally efficient nail distribution and a 63 anchor tie down system, the wooden condominium survived a test using an E-Defense shake table, which simulated a 7.5 magnitude quake (check out the video!)"
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How about a tornado, earthquake, and fire at the same time?
When 2012 comes will it protect me from the hordes of flesh eating locusts?
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Yea those cheaters, I bet they didn't use wooden nails either!
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Duh, haven't you ever heard of asbestos?
"There! Are! Six! Floors!"
Hmm... that's what I count too. Maybe they're using that new math, where the roof counts? Looks flat, you could probably put some tents on it and someone would rent it, especially in LA.
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Yeah, why would you make this kind of technology on such shaky grounds anyway?
They were including the story about it surviving the magnitude 7.5 quake.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Wood is inflammable!
But who knows how large the earthquakes were. Any structure could probably survive a good amount of tiny-ish earthquakes.
This is easily fixed; just edit the Wikipedia entry to indicate that they were all 6.0 magnitude plus.