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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A 0.1-0.2g PGA means no seismic design
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ceus-earthquake-hazards-bounces@geohazards.usgs.gov
[mailto:ceus-earthquake-hazards-bounces@geohazards.usgs.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Overhoff<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 16, 2008 11:14
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Central and Eastern U.S.
Earthquake Hazards Listserve<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re:
[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] (no subject)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Thanks Zhenming. I hope
any family you might have in the region are safe.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>One
thing we've noticed around here is that in all the photos and film seen, there
is no reinforcing steel protruding from the collapsed concrete.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>One
photo we saw (Section A, page 8, USA Today, May 14th) showed large, nearly
regular-shaped slabs of what appeared to be concrete...the edges all looked
smooth and straight, as if they might have been pre-cast blocks assembled
on-site.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>David
L. Overhoff, RG<br>
Missouri Department of Natural Resources<br>
Geological Survey Program - Geologic Resources Section <br>
Phone: 573.368.2182<br>
david.overhoff@dnr.mo.gov<br>
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<p><font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>I would like to share with you all the Chinese National seismic design
map (PGA with 10% PE in 50 years). This may explain one of the reasons that so
many schools and hospitals collapsed in the Wenchuan earthquake. </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks.
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>___________________________________</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Zhenming
Wang, PhD, PE</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Head,
Geologic Hazards Section</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kentucky
Geological Survey</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>228
Mining and Mineral Resources Building</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University
of Kentucky</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lexington,
Kentucky 40506</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone:(859)257-5500x142</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Email:
</span></font><a href="mailto:zmwang@uky.edu"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>zmwang@uky.edu</span></font></a> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Website:
</span></font><a href="http://www.uky.edu/KGS/geologichazards"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.uky.edu/KGS/geologichazards</span></font></a>
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