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   Thousands of Buildings Collapsed in One Turkish City. Thousands More May Have   
   to Come Down.   
   By New York Times, March 13, 2023   
   EXCERPT:   
   Mr. Genes, the engineering professor, said the destruction drove home the   
   importance of listening to scientists. Ten years ago, Mr. Genes was part of a   
   team that analyzed the potential damage to Antakya from an earthquake and   
   found that many of the    
   buildings it assessed were vulnerable to collapse.   
      
   “The politicians didn’t consider what the science is saying,” Mr. Genes   
   said. “They always considered how they could get political support. For that   
   reason, on very bad soil conditions, just for people to be able to earn huge   
   money in a short    
   period of time, they allowed them to construct 10-story buildings in Antakya,   
   or more than 10. It could be possible, but you have to make huge investments   
   in the foundation or soil improvement.”   
      
   After the earthquake, many of the buildings the group assessed as vulnerable   
   did, in fact, collapse.   
      
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