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Old 10-13-2017, 06:17 AM  
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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard View Post
and in an earth quake a wooden house is much safer than concrete unless its specifically modified for earth quakes
Depends on how they built. In fact the armored concrete is much more reliable than wood if we are talking about earth quickies. Telling you this as a professional engineer. A concrete can stand a very serious pressure, but not a stretching. The armored one can stand both just easily.

Please look at the video above. We had a serious storm in Moscow this year. No buildings made of reinforced concrete were damaged.
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