April 12th, 2009 by Daelin

I was watching the news today and they were talking about a storm that hit US. They showed a lot of ruined buildings as well.

I was thinking about that because we don´t have that kind of storms here in Brazil, but at the same time our constructions are done in a different way. We don´t use wood on our constructions so it is difficult to see a colapsed building (unless someone does a very stupid thing like building an entire house over a building).

I don´t understand anything about construction, but I wanted to know why people still use wood to build their houses.

Another thing that bothers me is the use of asbestos in some constructions. We don´t use it here in Brazil. I guess asbestos had been used because it is good to keep the house warm, but we don´t have that problem here, of course.

I heard that they stopped using asbestos in constructions after they have found out that it may cause mesothelioma, a form of cancer.

I hope they clean those houses that still use asbestos.