Earthquake! University of Nevada Builds Better Structures with Technology
When I was a sophomore in high school we had a 6.8 earthquake on a Wednesday at 11am. I distinctively remember being in Spanish class and seeing the lights begin to sway. The high school I went to is over 100 years old, survived a fire and a mud slide and we really weren't sure if our luck would hold and the school would survive another natural incident.Luckily, there were no serious injuries and no serious damage despite the magnitude of the quake. Ever since then I've been really interested in
earthquakes and how they affect the world around us.This technology and research will hopefully help build stronger structures and ultimately lower the number of casualties and deaths during earthquakes. Although we missed the live experiment, I still took some video of our guest speaker, the lab, tables and the international press exploring J.
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May 17 | Tracy said:
Wow. That's pretty cool. I've survived a hurricane or two, the big one being Hurricane Andrew in '92 but we had enough notice to prepare. An earthquake on the other hand...no notice you just hope the structure is built to survive.