04-27-2015, 11:27 AM
An interesting link:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/25/world/nepa...index.html
and, I.W. sent me the links below, which I am now just glancing at. A major effort was done to retrofit schools, that may have saved a LOT of lives, although the quake was late morning on Saturday, when I don't know whether schools would have been in session.
this link is probably the one to read regarding the retrofitting of schools in Nepal, it is a short report and has photos etc.:
https://www.eeri.org/wp-content/uploads/..._Nepal.pdf
But it seems to have been a large international initiative, judging from the many links. Here are some others.
http://mcedc.colorado.edu/sites/default/...%20(2).pdf
http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article...2_4080.pdf
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/mul...843&hid=60
http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-p...38121.html
But that article is scary:
http://www.unisdr.org/archive/29755
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/25/world/nepa...index.html
and, I.W. sent me the links below, which I am now just glancing at. A major effort was done to retrofit schools, that may have saved a LOT of lives, although the quake was late morning on Saturday, when I don't know whether schools would have been in session.
this link is probably the one to read regarding the retrofitting of schools in Nepal, it is a short report and has photos etc.:
https://www.eeri.org/wp-content/uploads/..._Nepal.pdf
But it seems to have been a large international initiative, judging from the many links. Here are some others.
http://mcedc.colorado.edu/sites/default/...%20(2).pdf
http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article...2_4080.pdf
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/mul...843&hid=60
http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-p...38121.html
But that article is scary:
http://www.unisdr.org/archive/29755