After hearing coverage of the storms that periodically hit Bangladesh, with enormous loss of life, I am stunned by what an unfortunate place it seems to be. How do the people manage?
On the same topic-natural disasters-the coverage I saw of the recent earthquake in Chile focused on the impact it had on international copper prices. Bizarre.
Since we live in a seismically active area, our City Council has been trying to beef up geologic testing requirements for developers who are building expensive homes on ancient landslides. They are meeting a lot of resistance- it's quite a fight. Bill Colbert threatened to name future landslides after the judges who may make it possible for developers to shut down the City's efforts. Go Bill!
If we ever have a big earthquake here, the photos will show huge, fancy homes smashed down the mountainside instead of third world housing in mud.
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