Taiwan tsunami leaves many leaning towers

[Mwalimu-G]

Scary visuals coming from #Taiwan where a 7.5 scale earthquake hit today.

 

[upepo]

Impressive that the buildings are still standing.

 

[Field Marshal]

Misleading headline....

Great building standards.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Taiwan tsunami leaves many towers leaning....

 

[Field Marshal]

Taiwan tsunami leaves many towers leaning....

Wrong headline. Again.

Somebody help this old man....

 

[Amooti]

I don't believe there is any building in Kenya constructed after 1990 that would survive leaning like that. Many would crumble at leaning anything over 5°

 

[Kender9]

1000 ways to die, nyumba inabomoka na wewe uko busy shooting a video, ndio maana Pastor Commander Ng'ang'a anawaambia mtakufa tu kama kunguni nyinyi gen z.

 

[algorithm]

As long as they lean, they will be demolished. They should have put up more earthquake resistant buildings, ones that don't lean.

 

[Amooti]

As long as they lean, they will be demolished. They should have put up more earthquake resistant buildings, ones that don't lean.

Let's 1st agree that it's not about structural integrity. Problem might have been a fault line giving way or opening a bit. The houses are sturdy enough that the foundation doesn't crack affecting the whole structure. So even with a cave in on the ground the structure might bend but not break up.

 

[Tiiga Waana]

As long as they lean, they will be demolished. They should have put up more earthquake resistant buildings, ones that don't lean.

True that. But human lives which can’t be reconstructed saved.

 

[Field Marshal]

As long as they lean, they will be demolished. They should have put up more earthquake resistant buildings, ones that don't lean.

Thanks, Enstein Nyambura...

 

[Field Marshal]

Oh, and what I was telling Mwalimubis that the buildings collapsed due to an EARTHQUAKE not a TSUNAMI... two totally different natural phenomena...

 

[algorithm]

The houses are sturdy enough that the foundation doesn't crack affecting the whole structure. So even with a cave in on the ground the structure might bend but not break up.

Thanks, Enstein Nyambura...

Even in Kenya the buildings are sturdy enough that they cave in and not break up.

 

[Young_Turk]

Even in Kenya the buildings are sturdy enough that they cave in and not break up.

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Huyu engineer alijificha msituni.

 

[Amooti]

Even in Kenya the buildings are sturdy enough that they cave in and not break up.

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When was the earthquake?
Now imagine the same building after an earthquake.
In this photo Id say the engineer who did the foundation might not be the one who did the rest of the building.

 

[Cortedivoire]

Looks like a movie scene of Dr Strange