[EDINVA]

Nice, heartwarming story. Cannot even imagine being in a building and having it suddenly collapse from a quake. One reason (among many) I left CA many years ago.

[Kickass Conservative]

And then they had the Dog for Dinner. The End.

[JockoManning]

Qx's comment:

Hung how nega go! Very good on that dog!

That region is a VERY active quake area. The train track in that area is constantly slowly moving and has to be redone every--whatever it is--few months?

It is also near where a lot of beautiful marble is quarried.

The huge machine slowly slicing enormous 'boulders' into slabs is fascinating. It has big iron bars reaching across the whole of the big stone. The stone is about the size of a smallish camp trailer--maybe 12-16' around. The bars are rocked back and forth across the stone and slowly lowered as they cut through. Water drips on the process. Maybe sand, drips too.

Taruko Gorge is nearby and a beautiful excursion. The Japanese during WW2 cut a roadway up the marble lined canyon--sometimes through tunnels on the side of the canyon.

[JockoManning]

When Qx lived there, he wasn't concerned about a quake unless it got up above 6. Thankfully, that didn't happen near him. Trouble is, Taipei is built a lot on a flood plain. And liquifaction has to be a concern. Supposedly the problem is mitigated by many deep concrete piles being build deep into the ground under any significant building. Not sure how effective that will be during a big one, however.

Evidently Taipei 101 also has a huge heavy ball at the top acting as an active damper on quake forces shaking the building back and forth.