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Are you living in one of Seattle's 'buildings that kill'?

Is your brick building at serious risk in an earthquake?
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Is your brick building at serious risk in an earthquake?

Kim Malcolm speaks with Seattle Times reporter Sandi Doughton about why Seattle still has over a thousand unreinforced masonry buildings (full list here), despite knowledge of their danger in an earthquake and the availability of technology to make them safer.

Doughton is co-author with Daniel Gilbert of the article, "Buildings that kill: The earthquake danger lawmakers have ignored for decades."  

Year started with KUOW: 2013