So I frequently troll another board/blog that is related to the housing bubble. The blog is called "The housing Bubble Blog" if you are interested in additional reading material. Anyways, sometimes there are semi engineering related comments thrown in. I try not to chime in even though it get's my goat. I don't want to seem like a "Guy le Douche". I would not call the audience of the blog engineering or physics inclined. Here is one piece of wisdom that I saw this morning in which I had to comment on. The comment is a response to a poster's desire to buy a 3 story townhouse.
2010-02-12 06:11:45
You would be nuts. Trying to carry your little children up the stairs for bed? Hot bedrooms in the summer? 3-stories is probably a garage mahal, so the fumes from the cars could make their way up to the bedrooms, not to mentions fires go upward, FAST. A geologist friend of mine says that garage mahals are the first thing to fall in an earthquake because there are no supporting walls under the middle of the home. Earthquakes aren’t a problem in Florida, but shifting soil might lead to cracks. (?)
2010-02-12 06:11:45
You would be nuts. Trying to carry your little children up the stairs for bed? Hot bedrooms in the summer? 3-stories is probably a garage mahal, so the fumes from the cars could make their way up to the bedrooms, not to mentions fires go upward, FAST. A geologist friend of mine says that garage mahals are the first thing to fall in an earthquake because there are no supporting walls under the middle of the home. Earthquakes aren’t a problem in Florida, but shifting soil might lead to cracks. (?)
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