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I don't think most building alarms account for a collapse that isn't the result of some other event like fire or earthquake, partially because keeping the alarm
by tomatotomato37 5y ago
I don't think most building alarms account for a collapse that isn't the result of some other event like fire or earthquake, partially because keeping the alarm system running through the collapse is hard and partially through the mistaken assumption that the initial collapse would be loud/energetic enough to alert everyone in the vincinity.