Hi @agmoore,
Your collage this week is very expressive. You seem to have put a lot of emphasis on the viewer experiencing a little of the emotions that victims of such disasters must suffer. The rough sea, the scary scenario.... At least I myself got a queasy feeling when I admired the scene in your work.
It is also technically very well implemented!
Thanks for another interesting edu collage.
But I have one question. Please don't take it as a criticism of your continental people. It's just that I haven't found any information on this myself so far.
I often see the pictures of the destroyed neighborhoods on the news and see a lot of houses there are made of wood. For example, I have seen one family interviewed several times after several severe weather disasters. Each time they said they had to rebuild their house. But each time they rebuilt a house made of wood.
To my question, why do you think houses in the U.S. are preferably built of wood instead of stone, even in tornado areas and areas prone to flooding?
Hi @quantumg,
Thanks for that kind assessment of my technical skills :) I don't have technical skills, but I'm learning how to cope with my shortcomings. I may have told you that once I took a computer course at a local college, independent study. Teacher (IT guy) would give me assignments and a book and in a week I had to figure out simple programming to manage a task. He would scratch his head at my crude effort. Finally he said at the end of the course I was unconventional but I did get the job done ;)) That's how I feel with the collages. One way or another, realize my goal.
This one was quite subjective, as you notice. As for why people rebuild with wood: I just did some poking around and it seems stone costs more. Also, with new insulation requirements, it is harder to insulate stone so that also increases cost. So, I would say, penny wise and pound foolish.
Thanks again for stopping by. It seems every time I write a blog now, even about science, I start with a picture. An amazing gift from my LMAC experience. Helps me to think about a topic more globally and creatively.
Have a great week!
Oh, I think you're doing great and even getting better with each collage. I can see that clearly. That is what I would call skills. :-)
Thank you for the explanation. Now it makes sense to me.