Engineers and disaster nerds threw a seminar in Dhaka, warning that Bangladesh had better get its act together before a big earthquake wrecks everything. The problem is not the structural work getting better, but crappy soil testing that leads to garbage foundations, according to Abdullah Al Hossain Chowdhury. A guy from Japan pointed out that their country stays calm during quakes because they drill it into daily life with building checks and tax breaks.
Fire Service has 55,000 trained volunteers ready to go, and they are setting up special rescue squads while keeping equipment contacts on speed dial. The weather department runs 13 monitoring systems that catch global quakes fast, and they want upgrades to track smaller shakes. RAJUK's planning boss said schools need earthquake awareness programs, while a BUET professor found weak school buildings in Narsingdi, proving nobody cares about safe construction.
JCX Developments hosted the whole thing, and their boss said you cannot negotiate with earthquakes, but science and planning decide if you survive or not.
Fire Service has 55,000 trained volunteers ready to go, and they are setting up special rescue squads while keeping equipment contacts on speed dial. The weather department runs 13 monitoring systems that catch global quakes fast, and they want upgrades to track smaller shakes. RAJUK's planning boss said schools need earthquake awareness programs, while a BUET professor found weak school buildings in Narsingdi, proving nobody cares about safe construction.
JCX Developments hosted the whole thing, and their boss said you cannot negotiate with earthquakes, but science and planning decide if you survive or not.
