EPTIn places where there are tornados you really want brick houses while you do NOT want brick houses where earthquakes take place. There are a lot more places that have earthquakes + wood is cheaper/eaiser = more wood houses.
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
In places where there are tornados you really want brick houses while you do NOT want brick houses where earthquakes take place. There are a lot more places that have earthquakes + wood is cheaper/eaiser = more wood houses. | ||
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Detri
United Kingdom683 Posts
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Bill Murray
United States9292 Posts
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farvacola
United States18856 Posts
On November 22 2012 13:06 Bill Murray wrote: even within the neighborhoods i live in and close to, there are a ton of brick houses... only suburban money making areas are primarily wooden... older houses tend to lean towards being brick... of course The distribution of houses comprised of different building materials is rather contingent on the nearby availability of resources, especially in a historic context. Where there have typically been lots of forests and available timber, there will be lots of wooden homes. Where there is instead a a confluence of good quarry-able land or marshlands/wetland (mud for bricks), there will be many more brick and stone homes. | ||
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Hylirion
Netherlands968 Posts
Offtopic: Everybody just has grass as a garden with no plants, looks kind of creepy to me. | ||
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EngrishTeacher
Canada1109 Posts
But yes, that is one BIG kaboom, only 2 dead? Lucky as hell. | ||
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leveller
Sweden1840 Posts
On November 17 2012 05:06 farvacola wrote: Those suspicious of wood constructed houses ought to take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House_(Dedham,_Massachusetts) ![[image loading]](http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/dedham-fairbanks-house-ma771.jpg) Those still not convinced of stone buildings should take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza "The Great Pyramid of Giza [...] is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BC. Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure. Some of the casing stones that once covered the structure can still be seen around the base. There have been varying scientific and alternative theories about the Great Pyramid's construction techniques. Most accepted construction hypotheses are based on the idea that it was built by moving huge stones from a quarry and dragging and lifting them into place." I must say I am surprised at how vigorously mainland europeans defend their non-wood houses. I had no idea this was even a thing. | ||
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Kamille
Monaco1035 Posts
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/21/justice/indiana-home-explosion/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories | ||
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farvacola
United States18856 Posts
On December 22 2012 14:36 Kamille wrote: It wasn't an accident. Three people charged with the crime. http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/21/justice/indiana-home-explosion/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories Oh man, look at the guy on the right. He looks like a textbook arsonist. To be honest, I'm not surprised, something never seemed quite right about the whole thing. | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On December 22 2012 14:41 farvacola wrote: Oh man, look at the guy on the right. He looks like a textbook arsonist. To be honest, I'm not surprised, something never seemed quite right about the whole thing. I wonder what they looked like before meth. | ||
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AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
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Ldawg
United States328 Posts
On December 22 2012 14:49 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote: So the people who owned the house that blew up blew up the house? Yes, with the lady recently raising her homeowner's insurance amounts. They tried insurance fraud because of their inability to manage their personal finances along with an almost unfeasibly stupid plan that killed people. I hope that if convicted, they all received the death penalty. We have many more important areas to spend taxpayer money than supporting these filth. | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On December 22 2012 17:04 Ldawg wrote: Yes, with the lady recently raising her homeowner's insurance amounts. They tried insurance fraud because of their inability to manage their personal finances along with an almost unfeasibly stupid plan that killed people. I hope that if convicted, they all received the death penalty. We have many more important areas to spend taxpayer money than supporting these filth. Er not that I'm against the death penalty or anything but you realize that it costs more to kill someone than to put them in prison for the rest of their lives? Constant appeal processes and the like make sure of that and yea...that comes out of taxpayer money too. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8247 Posts
On December 23 2012 07:01 Jayme wrote: Er not that I'm against the death penalty or anything but you realize that it costs more to kill someone than to put them in prison for the rest of their lives? Constant appeal processes and the like make sure of that and yea...that comes out of taxpayer money too. Not to mention killing someone would be letting them off easy compared to locking them up for their remaining life. | ||
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BlueRoyaL
United States2493 Posts
On December 23 2012 07:07 Excludos wrote: Not to mention killing someone would be letting them off easy compared to locking them up for their remaining life. That's one way to look at it, but I think might be the wrong way. I'm sure most prisoners in jail for life prefer to live, even if it's in prison, than to die. Maybe i'm wrong. Has their been any kind of substantial surveying done in regards to that? Now i'm curious to know what the real prisoners prefer | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
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Msr
Korea (South)495 Posts
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Craton
United States17281 Posts
On December 22 2012 17:04 Ldawg wrote: Yes, with the lady recently raising her homeowner's insurance amounts. They tried insurance fraud because of their inability to manage their personal finances along with an almost unfeasibly stupid plan that killed people. I hope that if convicted, they all received the death penalty. We have many more important areas to spend taxpayer money than supporting these filth. Death penalty costs more than life imprisonment on average, btw. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8247 Posts
On December 23 2012 07:14 BlueRoyaL wrote: That's one way to look at it, but I think might be the wrong way. I'm sure most prisoners in jail for life prefer to live, even if it's in prison, than to die. Maybe i'm wrong. Has their been any kind of substantial surveying done in regards to that? Now i'm curious to know what the real prisoners prefer If you ask anyone if they wanted to get locked up for life without hope of getting out, or dying, I think most would pick the last right away. But on the other hand, there are a lot of inmates who are in that position, and they're not suicidal. So I guess something makes you want to live that we can't explain (excluding religious reasons of course). I for one would hang myself on day one. | ||
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NIJ
1012 Posts
On December 23 2012 07:07 Excludos wrote: Not to mention killing someone would be letting them off easy compared to locking them up for their remaining life. Well, our prisons yes I probably would die than rot there. Your resort prisons not so much. Not for making people intentionally suffer by any means, but just sayin. | ||
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