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Structural
- Apr 13, 2001
- 25,752
There are likely many areas with the following handicap...
"This was the site of the ill-fated six-story Ruby Tower Apartments, which once stood there until a major earthquake caused its collapse in 1968, killing its sleeping residents just before sunrise.
The tragedy prompted the drafting of the National Building Code of the Philippines, which the country has been using for nearly half a century to prevent a repeat of the Ruby Tower Apartment disaster.
Months of analysis by INQUIRER.net found that millions of Metro Manila residents are exposed to earthquake-related hazards because of the weakness of that building code. Records show that lawmakers have tried to amend the code Congress after Congress, to no avail."
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
-Dik
"This was the site of the ill-fated six-story Ruby Tower Apartments, which once stood there until a major earthquake caused its collapse in 1968, killing its sleeping residents just before sunrise.
The tragedy prompted the drafting of the National Building Code of the Philippines, which the country has been using for nearly half a century to prevent a repeat of the Ruby Tower Apartment disaster.
Months of analysis by INQUIRER.net found that millions of Metro Manila residents are exposed to earthquake-related hazards because of the weakness of that building code. Records show that lawmakers have tried to amend the code Congress after Congress, to no avail."
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
-Dik
