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To: kumar who wrote (92373)	12/26/2004 9:19:48 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

remember the quake that did damage to LA a few years ago? Nothing can stop earthquakes, either. And there is still no real way to predict them in advance. But in California, the building codes prevented the type of tragedy you see in places like Mexico, Turkey, Guatemala, when there are earthquakes, and every building is turned to dust and rubble and the people inside crushed and ground to jelly. In California, people were able to walk out alive from their shattered buildings. Afterwards, in places like Mexico, Turkey and Guatemala, people die from epidemics caused by contaminated water. Not so in the US. The death toll from the Sumatran tsunami will include people who will die from drinking contaminated water, from eating contaminated food, from being murdered by looters, as occurred in Haiti this summer. Several thousand people died after a hurricane, many from disease and murder. Loss of electricity will shut down hospitals, and those who are already in the hospitals will die from loss of mechanical support they are now dependent on. It's all avoidable, and it's too bad.

To: kumar who wrote (92373)	12/26/2004 9:22:14 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Kumar, Seriously - how many people died in the LA quake and how many years ago was it? Now compare that to any similar quake in the gap anytime recently. Since the LA quake, the World Series Quake and Kobe standards have continued to improve in the core. Look at Iran last year to see the other side of the story. Now you can have places outside the core with high building standards and emergency services, but I can't think of a good example (maybe Malaysia - but then its close to being core). John

To: kumar who wrote (92373)	12/26/2004 9:30:46 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793843

<<<convince me that Gap/core was the cause.>> You lost me here, I have to guess what these words mean. I am more familiar with abbreviations like WSIL, Mirv, Wspo, Bsd, and Stol I would guess the Gap refers to vast differences between capabilities of developed and undeveloped nations, and the core refers to the modern organized standards of developed nations. ?? I dont see an applicable definition in the dictionary, like the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE. Sig

To: kumar who wrote (92373)	12/27/2004 2:31:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

from MSN Encarta "An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale shook Los Angeles in January 1994. The quake caused billions of dollars in damage. Three freeway overpasses collapsed, and thousands of people were left homeless after their homes were destroyed or declared unsafe." from BBC "Life after the earthquake It has been a year since the devastating earthquake in the ancient Iranian city of Bam which left more than 26,000 dead and the city in ruins. Many survivors have expressed frustration with the slowness of reconstruction, with thousands still living in makeshift tents with little food or sanitation facilities." The Bam earthquake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. That's the difference between the Gap and Core. In the Core, cracked houses declared unsafe and rebuilt quickly with Federal and private insurance money. In the Gap, 26,000 dead, the city leveled and its inhabitants still living in tents a year later.