Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, I've been through my fair share of big earthquakes, and you do fear for your life. And with good reason sometimes, as we have seen in Japan, and in Haiti.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Just watching Morning Sunrise here and saw an interview with an economist. I know it's too early and too raw to be speculating on such things but he said Japan's economy should not do too badly. He praised not only the strict building codes there but also the country's engineers. Apparently Japan has as many engineers per head of population as the US has lawyers. Kinda sad, isn't it? He said if such an event had happened in the US rather than Japan the damage might be far worse, since he did not trust the American ability to actually enforce such building codes, whereas the Japanese see such things as a matter of extreme honour. Made me feel just a tad bit better for the future of the country.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///he did not trust the American ability to actually enforce such building codes/// ----that gent obviously has never worked with building inspectors from the following municipalities of northern California: Novato, Santa Rosa, Vallejo, Livermore and Berkeley. In my experience cities do indeed strongly enforce not only California building codes but local ones as well.
