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Earthquake Rocks Bangkok: Building Collapses with 40 people inside
I am fairly confident in the strength and integrity of Thailand's newer builds. However, I don't think that's where the exposure is. London and Paris have a lower risk of earth movement than Bangkok so not a good comparison. The real exposure for Bangkok is that it is built on wetlands with alluvial soil, which can amplify incoming ground motion even from events occurring hundreds of kilometers distant. The ground motion experienced at locations on deep alluvial basins can be further amplified above and beyond what would be expected using the near-surface soil stiffness parameter only. I am more worried about the risk of liquification. We saw it in Tokyo in the big quake from 2011 when reclaimed areas turned to mush. However, Japan* had undertaken multiple preventative measures to mitigate the risk of damage. I am not aware of the same level of concern in Thailand. Experts have been warning that Bangkok is sinking. Well, if it is sinking, it is unlikely that any big effort has been made to control the ground water levels and so the risk of liquiification is hight. It would be deadly catastrophic if t= a big tremor hit when the city was in the grips of the annual monsoon and the. streets were flooded. * For reference purposes; In Japan, many remediation methods against liquefaction have been developed since the 1964 Niigata earthquake. The methods are classified into two categories: Ground treatments to prevent liquefaction, and measure that strengthen structures to prevent or minimise damage if the ground liquefies. The remediation methods have been applied to many kinds of structures, such as oil tanks, quay walls, bridges and buildings. The effectiveness of ground treatments in preventing liquefaction has been proved during past earthquakes. -
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Is America doomed
Please list them. They are laureates. Laurates are esters or salts of lauric acid. -
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Is America doomed
And there has been so much innovation in the steel industry in the past 40 years. Do you really think they need scientists and engineers? -
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Chinese Men Caught Removing Documents from Collapsed Building in Bangkok
https://x.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1906662052925714514 This building was structurally completed april 24 the concrete was over a year cured -
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Chinese Men Caught Removing Documents from Collapsed Building in Bangkok
The bad quality of construction materials, the flagrant dishonesty of the building contractors is a sort of national institution in Thaiand. Be it with the crooked chinese builders or regular building contractors for private homes or condos - it may not be an exageration to claim that out of 100 crooked contractors they would be only say 20 honest ones. Ask any home owner in areas like Phuket or Hua Hin on how the building contractors openly cheat with poor grade materials, unqualified labour, unfinished jobs, over charging foreigners non respect of basic drying protocols of cement etc.- 1
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Earthquake Panic Empties Andaman Coast: Tourist Numbers Plunge
This is what you said.... THe Thai authorities have been particularly incompetent about this - firstly they failed to anticipate this Youwhole comment was basically blame Thais for , A,not knowing it was going to happen, then B, not doing enough after, And downplaying it to save tourism, and you got the nerve to call someone else a racist bigot
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