A month ago "LA-Ist", the Los Angeles poor sibling to Gothamist, had a story describing how steel framed buildings were a _LOT_ more risky in an earthquake than people had thought.
Short version: Steel welded brackets and frames aren't as secure in an earthquake as everyone thought. https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/are-los-angeles-high-rises-ready-for-the-big-one _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key [email protected] [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
