<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks Zhenming. I hope any family
you might have in the region are safe.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="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.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="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.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="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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<br><font size=2 face="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. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Thanks. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Zhenming Wang, PhD, PE</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Head, Geologic Hazards Section</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Kentucky Geological Survey</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">University of Kentucky</font>
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