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Building codes require earthquake strapping and take landslide risk into account. What more do you want people to do? Seattle has had large earthquakes in its
by com2kid 2y ago
Building codes require earthquake strapping and take landslide risk into account.
What more do you want people to do? Seattle has had large earthquakes in its short history as a large American city and honestly even mid 20th century construction held up ok.
This isn't like parts of Japan where large earthquakes will happen on regular intervals. Engineers have to weigh costs vs risks.
- blincoln 2y ago> Building codes require earthquake strapping and take landslide risk into account. "In Tennessee, jurisdictions can decide whether to opt in to building codes with earthquake provisions, while other states — like Missouri — don’t have state-wide building codes at all, though there are efforts to change that."
- com2kid 2y agoGP comment is talking about the Pacific NW, and WA state at least most certainly does require earthquake provisions.