From: nick.fotis@gmail.com   
      
   On 22/05/2014 07:11, Glen Labah wrote:   
   > In article,   
   >   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 21-May-14 01:10, Glen Labah wrote:   
   >   
   >>> It's getting worse too.  There was an article in our local paper   
   >>> recently about new construction methods allowing for taller buildings   
   >>> made entirely from wood.   
   >>   
   >> Yuck.   
   >   
   > Indeed.   
   >   
   > This isn't the article that I was thinking of, but it is along the same   
   > lines.   
   >   
   > http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/03/federal_government_t   
   > hrows_supp.html   
   >   
      
   I find it crazy to permit wooden buildings along tracks and dense   
   neighbourhoods. Even ancient Rome was rebuilt in stone and marble after   
   the infamous burning during Nero's reign.   
   Never mind London fires.   
   Yet, people still build wooden houses in dense urban concetrations.   
   Why?   
      
   Here in Greece, reinforced concrete is the norm (probably seismic   
   activity and high temperatures make people not prefer wood for house   
   construction here - and wood is relatively scarce)   
      
   N.F.   
      
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