Hi Chris,

In the recent Turkey earthquake many of the buildings that collapsed were
built recently to accommodate a large influx of people into the cities.  The
construction quality was poor.

I think the steel box idea is a good one, at least for some situations.  I 
don't
think it would help many people in the 10+ story concrete buildings that
totally collapse, however.

The reality is that at the world becomes more and more populated 
(overpopulated,
in fact) the value of a human life is bound to decrease, sad as that fact may
be.

(Larry, chime in if you think this thread should move off line!)

John
At 08:55 PM 1/27/2001, Chris wrote:
>     Getting earthquake resistant buildings is obviously a very desirable 
> long
>term objective. However,

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