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EmperorGeek t1_j7gq76i wrote

Friend of mine spent time in Turkey while serving with US Military decades ago. He said their construction methods at the time were horrible. They would pour a multi-floor wall as a single monolithic pour. This results in all the aggregate settling to the bottom of the form resulting in a horribly weak wall.

He said he wouldn’t let his men into any of the buildings over a few stories tall because of this.

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futurespacecadet t1_j7eucn9 wrote

crazy, i always wonder what it must be like to be traveling to a country like this randomly and disaster strikes, it must be terrifying

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onesneakymofo t1_j7emzh2 wrote

Please don't tell me those are apartments...

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ATLAB t1_j7equnp wrote

Just terrible. It's never nit shocking to see images like that.

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c74 t1_j7erv68 wrote

there are a lot of videos up on twitter of the damage and a couple showing the tsunami. i was scrolling using #Turkiye.

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littleday t1_j7fsjf4 wrote

There was a tsunami? Any links?

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c74 t1_j7fzrw1 wrote

tsunami link for a 15 sec video

edit: see comment below - this video is falsely saying it is from turkey... it is from another one in japan.

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CjDaGangsta t1_j7g0ygv wrote

This is footage from the Japan tsunami. I recognize it from documentaries

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c74 t1_j7g43ps wrote

unreal. f'ing trolls. i saw this video posted many times claiming it was from turkey's tsunami. i do not understand why anyone would do this.

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freds_got_slacks t1_j7etpmc wrote

Any reporting on what the ground accelerations were measured at?

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