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Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.

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Climate Change: Mitigation & Adaptation

Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.

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Photo: Aerial view of damage caused by flooding of Guadalupe River - May 1972. Photo credit: Bill Reaves, EPA /...

Commerce Tower in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

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Business

Cities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning

2 years ago Curated by John Wysocki

Image: Commerce Tower (downtown Kansas City, Missouri) before its commercial-to-mixed-use conversion. Image credit: Charvex via Wikimedia. Public Domain. Article by John...

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

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Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

2 years ago Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Rescue teams demolish a building which collapsed following an earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien, Taiwan. Image...

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Climate Change: Mitigation & Adaptation

Building Codes Save Money and Lives

2 years ago Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: A home built to withstand 250-mile-per-hour winds in Mexico Beach, Fla. Photo credit: Johnny Milano / The New York...

"Earthquakes don't kill people, bad buildings do"

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Art, Design & Business

“Earthquakes don’t kill people, bad buildings do”

3 years ago Curated by John Wysocki

Photo credit: VOA. Opinion article by Cameron Sinclair, founder of Worldchanging Institute. Dezeen - February 8, 2023. Architects should play a...

Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.

Cities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

Building Codes Save Money and Lives

“Earthquakes don’t kill people, bad buildings do”

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