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nadinbrzezinski

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6. Exactly

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #5)

Wed May 22, 2013, 11:34 AM

May 2013

And here in Cali we most build to stand up to 7.5 quakes. If I had my way...it be 8.0, and after a few failed with a 7.3 they did building forensics and found, surprise, surprise, they were not up to code.

It costs money to reduce deaths, and mandates.

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