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Orange county, new york, this is the retirement home, they spent $300,000 on it, this was the bedroom, but it doesnt look like it used to, all of the chinese drywall has been completely removed, the crews are ripping down -- ripping down the duct work, this is going to cost $125,000 to rebold. so they have the mortgage, and renting for a condo while this is done and everything that is corroded is being redone. they feel the house is worth zero. they have met with the chinese, gone to the egyptia...

Money. it is all about saving money and creating jobs. >> ultimately the jobs will be created because the people undertake certain projects in their home and that will create work for hopefully out of work ren r renvators and out of work construction workers? >> that is true. the construction industry is still in a recession, and it has a double effect, because when you retrofit your home and put in insulation, and seal the leaky doors and windows and duck wo -- duct work, it will save money, ev...

It was -- theyre used to the quakes, but this one was difficult. it was hard, it was just shaking the building. they knew this was different. its something theyve never experienced before, even the local people who work and live there were getting scared, starting to panic. they called to evacuate. when the buildings were shaking, the lights were falling from the ceiling. he said glass was going everywhere. they had the insulation, the duct work, everything was falling and coming down. very dang...

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