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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (553077)	3/4/2010 1:29:46 PM
From: tejek	of 1577572

I suspect the building you posted did not conform to proper standards. I'm not sure how the building codes are in Chile, or how easy it is to get around them, but I do know that we take the excellent building codes here in America for granted. I believe Chile's building codes are pretty much the equivalent of the US's.....fairly stringent. They have a history of quakes....they can't afford to be slackers. And they are the wealthiest nation in South America. With that 15 story bldg, it was built last year, and of course, was subject to those stringent codes. Now what I want to know.......was the fact it got knocked off its base and then toppled due to the builder cheating, or because the quake was that powerful. The bldg definitely didn't pancake which is the major thing the bldg codes are trying to prevent. I want to follow up and see if there are any lawsuits filed. If, in fact, the bldg was built to code, then LA has some serious concerns. It will mean that pancaking is not the only problem skyscrapers face during a major quake.....one that is over 7.5.

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