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Revision as of 14:43, 9 December 2006

The Quake Safe is a method of making adobe houses safer in earthquakes. It is a frame made from string, bamboo (or other available wood) and wire. It can be retrofitted to an existing adobe (mud brick) house or incorporated into a new house as it’s being built.

This design gives the house a much higher level of protection against earthquakes. It may not prevent the house from being seriously damaged or destroyed, but even in this case, it prevents complete collapse. At the very least, it gives more time for the occupants to escape from the building.

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