Quote Originally Posted by vinj View Post
We're blessed with a lot of natural resources yet cursed with a lot of natural disasters. It's all part of being in the "Pacific rim of fire". The sad this is we can't make proper use of our resources and at the same time we don't know squat on how to deal with disasters.
We should adapt and take precautions. Do the engineers and architects have any provisions for strong earthquakes? With all the high-rises being built, they should much in the same way that Japan does where earthquakes are more frequent.