I feel bad I thought I did good with the names, hello cayo hope all is well with you, my apologies for forgetting, I almost got it down.

Curious if anyone else thought about the earthquakes and the near by big cities? How many of these buildings are erected with earthquake measures taken in mind, granted the madrid fault is a big one, and I would assume that its an automatic in building the taller buildings, like it is out west where my bro is, but I got a feeling not.

the older ones here in chicago are not, a lot of them were erected b4 these measures were about. just did some useless thinking today and thought about the buildings in the major cities des moines indy cincinnati chicago st louis, makes u wonder or least it did for me

I know the soil base we build on has a lot to do with the quakes intensity, I also know a 6.4 only one point higher than todays, is i believe 10 times stronger, not sure on that number and how it magnifies itself as it increases, but my bro was in san hose in 89 his store collapsed he was manager of, no serious injuries, and that was his first major one, he experienced, woke his kiester up quick, he has not taken them for granted since,

and from what i have read in history classes and books the madrid one in the 1800 was strong enough to send the miss river back north for 3 days swallowed a few towns lakes vanished, had sand geysers. guess you forget about it being in the "farm land", but it doesnt matter where you are we are all vulnerable to mother earth

I also noticed there are a lot from illinois on here and the midwest also, had not realized it till today

glad all is well with everyone on here and hope you all have a wonderful saturday


peace