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   From: newsonespam-spam@woa.com.au   
      
   Harbin Osteen wrote:   
      
   > Hi Terryc:   
   >     Your probably right for a structure that is compleatly underground, but   
   > a berm house is only half under ground level, and will have a weaker   
   > interface for the transfer of shear forces, but I need to do more research   
   > on this to see how big of a problem this is.   
      
   I suspect a house that consists of individual segments (thick walled   
   cyclinders?) might might have a better chance of having maximum parts   
   survive. Might need to re-dig/rebuild a few connecting tunels.   
      
   I guess it will depend on your soil strata and water content for a berm   
   house.   
      
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