Portland, Ore., is home to more than 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings, considered one of the most dangerous types of earthquake-vulnerable construction. The city has struggled to…
Portland, Ore., is home to more than 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings, considered one of the most dangerous types of earthquake-vulnerable construction. The city has struggled to…
Following devastating floods of 1935, when Houston’s population was about 400,000, city leaders constructed two large reservoirs outside the city to act as detention ponds for…