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RE: HOLY….. a 6.7 (Richter’s scale) earthquake at Kos was the start of my holiday (with pictures)
I am really amazed at the damage I mean Greece is in bad shape but is not a third world country, here in Honduras which is a third world country we had a 7.1 earthquake back in 2009 and the damage was not as much, I have seen other pictures of the damage in Greece which are much worse than the ones you show, I wonder why this would be, I can't believe we have better building requirements than the Greeks.
I am a psychologist so I must say that I am not really an expert haha. But I heard people say that it was mostly the buildings built before a previous year that were in bad shape. Earthquakes are common in that area (so I've read). And I heard a man in our hotel say that the hotel was built earthquake proof. The pictures with the most damage where mostly taken in Kos city itself, which I believe are not the newest, high quality building. Maybe this will help you understand more. Or maybe that someone else knows more of it?
Good enough answer, but many houses along the north coast of Honduras are nothing more than thatch and mud and they suffered very little damage, I would thing Greek construction standards are better than what we have, I am just curious, by the way I think your pictures are great.
Hmm, that is weird indeed.