Chinese highrise topples over!

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Chinese highrise topples over!
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Neo Metallix	Jun 27 2009, 10:13 PM Post #1
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9pfar_china-highrise-topples-over_news Made in China.... All joking aside, that sucks! That would be scary to witness in person.
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Louie82Y	Jun 27 2009, 10:17 PM Post #2
Mushroom Hill Act 2 Posts: 766 Group: E Rank Hero Member #9,136 Joined: July 7, 2008 Steam ID: http://steamcommunity.com/id/louie82y/	Jebus, that looks like something out of a movie. Can anybody say Godzilla?
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Lord Bowie	Jun 27 2009, 11:31 PM Post #3
What is the difference between a duck? Posts: 4,799 Group: Former Monarchs Member #7,312 Joined: April 10, 2008 Playstation Network ID: Allbowdown Xbox Live Gamertag: allbowdown	Godzilla = Japanese but that's besides the point. That building looked poorly made, the support pillars looked to be too shalowly dug into the ground and the buildings side looked to bend like rubber... there is no way that would be up to code in the US or many other countries. Very very poor design.
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Lord Eileanach	Jun 28 2009, 01:45 PM Post #4
. . . Posts: 2,778 Group: Former Monarchs Member #10,054 Joined: June 13, 2009 Gender: Male Country: Brazil Steam ID: Eileanach	Wow that would have been a scary sight to behold, but as Bowie said it doesn't look like the most secure of buildings and it's better off down than it was up.
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Lord Bowie	Jun 29 2009, 04:02 AM Post #5
What is the difference between a duck? Posts: 4,799 Group: Former Monarchs Member #7,312 Joined: April 10, 2008 Playstation Network ID: Allbowdown Xbox Live Gamertag: allbowdown	Eileanach Jun 28 2009, 01:45 PM Wow that would have been a scary sight to behold, but as Bowie said it doesn't look like the most secure of buildings and it's better off down than it was up. But I'm sure there are more than the 10 or so around it.. So while one dangerous building is gone, there are still plenty more where that came from.
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Hoffman	Jun 30 2009, 12:07 AM Post #6
Guitarist Posts: 443 Group: D Rank Knight Member #6,259 Joined: February 26, 2008	Better get some video cameras set up near there before the rest of the buildings collapse in the future. That could make one hell of a documentary. To paraphrase Metallix, You could call it: "Made in China: The pricy cost of cheap infrastructure". Jokes aside (to paraphrase him again), this is serious business. I hope they do something about those buildings before something like another earthquake happens.
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Lord Eileanach	Jun 30 2009, 07:39 AM Post #7
. . . Posts: 2,778 Group: Former Monarchs Member #10,054 Joined: June 13, 2009 Gender: Male Country: Brazil Steam ID: Eileanach	It sucks because China is such a huge place with such a bustling population things need to be rushed up. Things are not made to last like they used to be. So China's buildings suffer as a result and so do people's safety. It is SO important that they try and make buildings more structurally sound so as no tragedies occur.
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xHipAlbatross	Jul 1 2009, 10:20 PM Post #8
Angel Island Act 2 Posts: 67 Group: D Rank Adventurer Member #9,310 Joined: August 27, 2008	Wow, it just seriously fell over perfectly on its side, not snapping in half or anything. How often do you see that? As Bowei said, the supports were definitely lacking in... support. They only seemed to go a few feet deep. This, coupled with substandard building materials, means those very similar buildings covering the area should watch out.
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