Lessons from the 2026 Venezuela Doublet: Why Free Parking Floors are Structural Deathtraps: Santa builds a lucrative multi-story hill apartment with an open ground floor for parking, ignoring code compliance. Banta delivers a chilling diagnostic based on the devastating June 24, 2026 Venezuela M7.5 doublet tragedy, revealing why “soft-story” shortcuts turn buildings into concrete pancakes during rapid-succession ruptures.
