Comments on: DOH! http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christ on a Cracker http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34830 Christ on a Cracker Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:54:12 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34830 The caption on the picture is wrong. This is actually a new secret Chinese building technique. The put together the building on the horizonal, then flip it up to vertical. The caption on the picture is wrong. This is actually a new secret Chinese building technique. The put together the building on the horizonal, then flip it up to vertical.

]]> By: lpont http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34621 lpont Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:14 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34621 Hmm, maybe we should make cars out of this material.....then maybe we might survive car crashes in tact. Food for thought. Hmm, maybe we should make cars out of this material…..then maybe we might survive car crashes in tact. Food for thought.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34580 Patrick Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:47:33 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34580 Right on Albert. The facade is almost certainly an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exterior_Insulation_Finishing_System" rel="nofollow">exterior insulation finishing system</a>, popularly known as "synthetic stucco," a product which is commonly used in Europe and Asia, but has encountered trouble in residential applications in the United States. I know of no other building facade material that could have survived such an event. Right on Albert. The facade is almost certainly an exterior insulation finishing system, popularly known as "synthetic stucco," a product which is commonly used in Europe and Asia, but has encountered trouble in residential applications in the United States.

I know of no other building facade material that could have survived such an event.

]]> By: albertD http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34577 albertD Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:02:34 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34577 This is a wood frame structure or a magical rubber composite with a stucco exterior finish. This would explain what you see. This is a wood frame structure or a magical rubber composite with a stucco exterior finish. This would explain what you see.

]]> By: TheadoptionDH http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34569 TheadoptionDH Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:07:19 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34569 The answer to their problem lies in the number of stories The answer to their problem lies in the number of stories

]]> By: Danimal http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34547 Danimal Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:48:30 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34547 Hey! Thanks for posting that the day my 16-year-old son is to arrive in China! Gulp! Hey! Thanks for posting that the day my 16-year-old son is to arrive in China! Gulp!

]]> By: Windypundit http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34506 Windypundit Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:54:57 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34506 It's got to be some sort of pre-fab, pre-tensioned construction not to have shattered into rubble---more like tipping over a stack of boxes than a collapsing building. It's got to be some sort of pre-fab, pre-tensioned construction not to have shattered into rubble—more like tipping over a stack of boxes than a collapsing building.

]]> By: Scott Jacobs http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34490 Scott Jacobs Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:28:42 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34490 My dad was actually IN Shanghai when that happened. And actually, it looks like very few of the windows are intact. it looks like all windows for the actual units are busted out, with only the insanely thick stuff in the stairwells surviving... My dad was actually IN Shanghai when that happened.

And actually, it looks like very few of the windows are intact. it looks like all windows for the actual units are busted out, with only the insanely thick stuff in the stairwells surviving…

]]> By: lpont http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34486 lpont Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:52:58 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34486 Forwarded this link on to my mother's husband who is an architect....I'll see what he thinks. Quite certain this is not one of his projects!!! Forwarded this link on to my mother's husband who is an architect….I'll see what he thinks. Quite certain this is not one of his projects!!!

]]> By: VRaverna http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34481 VRaverna Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:41:38 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34481 Strange that most of the windows are relatively intact. I guess the building didn't suddenly collapse but slowly tilted down. Strange that most of the windows are relatively intact. I guess the building didn't suddenly collapse but slowly tilted down.

]]> By: Chris Berez http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34476 Chris Berez Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:37:34 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34476 Well, I can safely say I've never seen anything like that before. Yikes! Well, I can safely say I've never seen anything like that before. Yikes!

]]> By: David http://www.popehat.com/2009/07/01/doh/comment-page-1/#comment-34470 David Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:24:28 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=5133#comment-34470 Oops Oops

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