Message from @porco
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If you're in a building that will collapse, then youre fucked already
depends on the strength of the earthquake, the building and your luck
you might just be trapped for a few days
you have like, 5 seconds to get out if the quake is large enough to seriously damage your building
Assuming you fall with the building and the building is not a 10+ story building or something like that
You might be trapped in the crashed building
a few bottles of water and a radio might save your life
are there anti earthquake building standards in taiwan?
yes, putting empty barrels of oil into the walls
hah
some of the best in the world if what i've been told is correct
but yeah, that too
@porco true, I have my abandoned building exploration bag ready for emergnecies
have you ever seen the Taipei 101s earthquake "defense" system?
you can take the lift up and see that huge ball
I went there once, was impressive
lmao giant red ball in the middle of the buiulding . sounds funny at first, but its an engineering masterpeice
lol
it actually is
I just wonder how much the suspensions actually help
I was up at the observation deck during an earthquake once
that must have been super exciting
did the ball move?
i just wonder if you even felt anything
no i couldn't see any apparent moving
that one we could see is a model on display actually
yes the 101 is impressive
I just looked it up, the ball is the real ball. not a model on display.
but the bottom is supported by hydraulic stuff so it doesn't look like its moving
yes the hydraulic suspensions
I am just questioning their size compared to the size of the ball
its protection seems somewhat limited though
the hydraulic suspensions seem to be there to limit the movement of the ball so that it doesn't swing out of control
The ball may provide ample suspension from horizontal quakes but the same can't be said for quakes with a lot of vertical movement
if theres vertical movement shits fucked no matter what you do, thankfully thata pretty rare
another small quake right now.
poor Hualien tbh
Also Taiwan looks like a sweet potato
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