Oregon May Get Nation’s First Tsunami-Resistant Building

Maybe Japan’s plight will make the cost easier to swallow: The Oregon city of Cannon Beach is kicking around the idea of building a new city hall that would have the distinction of being the nation’s first tsunami-resistant building, reports Scientific American . Among other things, the design calls for concrete…

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Oregon May Get Nation’s First Tsunami-Resistant Building

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