| Scisca said: That's the thing. Your houses are built from toothpicks and plasterboard, while our houses are built from bricks. This is what my house is built from, with my hand to give you a sense of perspective:
That's why your houses are cheap, from our perspective they are more like shacks than proper houses. I mena, you can just walk through a wall in US! That's absolutely impossible over here (try walking through my wall ;) ), that's why when you come over to us stuff like this happens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkSM2gwBGBE :) |
Well, when an Earth quake happens, we'll be sure to remember you after your house collapses on top of you.
Brick and Stone buildings are notorious for collapsing during an earth quake because too much of the vibration is directed through the walls, and brick and stone doesn't flex.
Which is why, in areas where earth quakes happen and high death rates are reported, the majority of those buildings are brick or stone. That's one of the big concerns with New York City and other major metropolitan areas of the US on the East Coast. The buildings aren't designed with earth quakes in mind and if one does occur it could be devastating.
