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Old 06-29-2009, 01:38 PM   #16
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Very interesting that many of the windows aren't even broken or cracked. Amazing, actually.
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:13 PM   #17
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I would be afraid if I lived in one of the other buildings...
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:42 PM   #18
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Very interesting that many of the windows aren't even broken or cracked. Amazing, actually.
I bet they're plastic/plexiglass, not real glass. I don't see any cracked at all, they're just either in their frames or they've fallen out whole.
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:00 PM   #19
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Just like the house (garage?) that the tree fell on - no broken windows, either perfectly fine or missing completely.

Our windows in this old house crack if you look at them funny...
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:05 PM   #20
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I spoke with my friend who lives in Shanghai and he said that every body in his 50 story appartment building is VERY nervous... including himself.
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:50 PM   #21
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They probably just glued the rims to the footings with Devcon.
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Old 06-30-2009, 12:34 AM   #22
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Nooo, that was Mighty Putty.
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Old 06-30-2009, 11:57 AM   #23
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Our windows in this old house crack if you look at them funny...
Can you blame them? Jim cracks up everybody.

Do they LOL or Haggis?
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Old 06-30-2009, 12:02 PM   #24
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There's no way it could have fallen all in one piece! This was blown up by the Government!
I bet there was a BBC reporter there saying it had fallen before it did...
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Old 07-07-2009, 01:39 PM   #25
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Soil conditions investigated as cause of Shanghai apartment building collapse

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There are differing opinions among the experts, but the main conclusion is that the cause is a tall pile of dirt next to the building, they said.

“It’s clear that if there had been no pile of dirt, there would have been no problem,” said Fan Qingguo, an engineer with state-run Shanghai Construction Group.

Other experts explained that dirt excavated for the garage may have compacted the soil, causing it to shift and damage the building’s foundations so that it fell over. Heavy rains and cracks in a flood wall for a nearby river also suggest problems with the soil on the site, they said.
From here.
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Old 07-08-2009, 08:24 PM   #26
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Timberrrrr.......

Well, there's two things wrong about that construction......

13 floors? That's trouble right there.

Obviously they didn't use enough duct tape......because if it moves and it shouldn't. Duct Tape.
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Old 07-26-2009, 06:40 AM   #27
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(1) An underground garage was being dug on the south side, to a depth of 4.6 meters
(2) The excavated dirt was being piled up on the north side, to a height of 10 meters
(3) The building experienced uneven lateral pressure from south and north
(4) This resulted in a lateral pressure of 3,000 tonnes, which was greater than why the pilings could tolerate. Thus the building toppled over in the southerly direction.
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Old 07-26-2009, 02:54 PM   #28
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That's strange, with the additional pressure on the north side and a hole on the south side, I would expect it to creep from north to south. Evidently the surface wasn't moving, only the subsoil. Must have been wetter down there.
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