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They all ran into the building, particularly the churches thinking that, you know, god would protect them inside churches and a lot of people unfortunately lost their lives. this time, it is still early to know what has happened, what was the reaction so far, how did people react to the earthquake when they felt the tremors. so theres not much thats been enforced. this something, you know, we have to take a really serious look at and keep the government honest in terms of, you know, applying law...

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Louisiana ‘Good,’ but Texas Lags in IBHS Building Code Rankings July 23, 2021 Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020, Louisiana still ranks as one of the top 10 states for resilience based on its statewide building codes. The “Rating the States: 2021” report by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety explores conditions in the 18 U.S. states with hurricane vulnerability, evaluati...

Deputies: More than 400 animals found mistreated; multiple people charged By Anisa Snipes     LAURENS, South Carolina (WHNS) — The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said after checking on the conditions of animals at a home in Gray Court July 16, hundreds of animals were seized by animal control. According to the Sheriff’s Office, animal control went to Hope Road to check on the condition of the horses around 2 p.m. When they got there, deputies saw multiple malnourished horses and sev...

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Generation of carbon pollution in the atmosphere. this is catastrophic climate change. it is here. and at this point, it is a matter of how bad were willing to let it get. you know, you warm up the planet, you will get more extreme and more frequent heatwaves. you will get worse droughts. you put heat and drought together, you get these massive wildfires. at the same time a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. and so when it does rain, which is the other side of the spectrum, you get more rain...

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La Crosse Fire Department to run Holmen Area Fire Department for $14,583 a month in new pact July 8, 2021 7:38 PM Mike Tighe Updated: LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — The La Crosse Fire Department will assume administration of the Holmen Area Fire Department for a year under a resolution the La Crosse Common Council approved Thursday night. Council members Mark Neumann and Doug Happel characterized the approval, at a cost of $14,583.33 a month to the Holmen district, as one ...

Terrible tragedy at least something that helps us improve the safety elsewhere. same thing that happened after hurricane andrew. we changed our building codes. we looked at, and that was obviously devastation across whole communities but weve got to extract from this what we need to. we have to do a sear yes, sir review, not just something that makes people feel good but that improves the safety of folks that they feel comfortable living where theyre living. >> mayor dan gelber, thank you. we ...

A lets trust the contractor type of mentality as time has gone on, we put more safeguards into it. i mean, you know, we had multiple building codes back then across the country. now we have an international building code. theres been a lot of stuff weve learned and im sure there will be more regulations and things like that. thats a good thing. >> im curious about this report regarding the amount of steel rebar that was used. what would be some of the reasons that the folks working on the buildi...