[Beowulf] Earthquakes and raised floors...

[Robert G. Brown]

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Robert G. Brown wrote:

> Earthquake proofed or not, mounting your systems directly onto a solid
> concrete floor is pretty much always going to be far riskier than
> mounting them on a raised floor that CAN collapse (and WOULD collapse in
> any event if the concrete floor it is mounted on collapses).

Of course I mean the exact opposite -- it is safer to mount directly to
a concrete floor than to a raised floor above a concrete floor.  Brain
fart, I guess.

    rgb

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