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Absolutely i would.

In fact i plan to...

if you count bamboo as 'wood'.

Even better, though, is Bernadette's suggestion of traditional round earth houses.

Par example:
"No building system is earthquake-proof under every seismic condition, but a cob mansion in Nelson, New Zealand has survived, without a crack, two major earthquakes which destroyed the town around it. In South Yemen, in a fault zone, there are Medieval earthen houses 13 stories high. Since a cob building is one monolithic unit reinforced by straw, it has no weak straight-line mortar joints, making it stronger than brick or block."
- networkearth.org/naturalbuilding/cob.html

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Heath, June 16 2011, 8:59 PM

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Ann Jerry Jerome, 1-Jun-11 3:50 pm
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Bernadette, 1-Jun-11 5:19 pm
I'm agree with you wooden house is safer against earthquake, but not against fire and hurricane. Every year tens of hurricanes reach Haiti, in 200... read more >
Guilbert Printemps, 1-Jun-11 7:28 pm
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John, 2-Jun-11 5:37 am
I PREFER BUILDING THE HOUSE WITH BRICK OR BLOCK,NOT A WOODEN HOUSE BECAUSE NEGLIGENT PEOPLE WILL GET ON FIRE EVERYDAY THEY DESTROY THE ON LIFE AND... read more >
Harold Fleurine, 2-Jun-11 5:00 pm
Absolutely i would. In fact i plan to... if you count bamboo as 'wood'. Even better, though, is Bernadette's suggestion of traditional round earth... read more >
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