>I always wonder why people don’t build brick and mortar homes in natural disasters prone areas. If there's any chance at all of an earthquake, those types of

>I always wonder why people don’t build brick and mortar homes in natural disasters prone areas. If there's any chance at all of an earthquake, those types of buildings are deathtraps. I guess Germany doesn't have to worry about earthquakes, but they do happen in the US occasionally, especially in the west, but sometimes also in the east (there was a significant one in New Jersey earlier this year).