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To: Ilaine who wrote (11667)2/12/2006 7:20:32 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541248
 
Like, they have building codes and and zoning laws and environmental laws and they actually enforce them.

We'll see how much good they do, won't we, when the Big One hits SF, as it inevitably will.

And we'll someday see how much good these things do when a nuclear weapon or a dirty nuke go off somewhere, as one or the other inevitably will.

The proof will be in the pudding, something we know all too well down here.

But if you wish to think that these constructs somehow mean that SF is somehow "superior" to NO, or that any one place is "better" than another, who am I to disabuse you of your notions?

Seems like your whole argumentation is a long and contorted justification designed to convince yourself that leaving Louisiana was a good thing. I understand. It's hard to get NO out of one's blood once you have been here any amount of time.

It is what is. Make the best of where you are.



To: Ilaine who wrote (11667)2/12/2006 7:25:18 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541248
 
The reinforced brick and masonry work are one example. It was interesting to us, when we were in the UK, to see unreinforced masonry and brick- it's just not something we are used to seeing in California.

We have several historic buildings near us, and the retrofitting for Earthquakes has been interesting- and quite extensive.