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Earthquake preparedness thread - post your suggestions or questions

Well, as long as we're on this topic, feel free to watch "5 days at Memorial" on Apple TV about a hospital during Hurricane Katrina.

It's one of those "Worst case scenario gets even worse" kind of things.
 
If I have to pay for Apple TV, I'm not feeling too free... :D
 
I was concerned about getting my Pleasanton house sold before the Calaveras fault went off, since it was sitting right on top of it. Like most people, I didn't see the point of getting earthquake insurance. Thought I was moving somewhere that they don't have earthquakes. Within six months of moving to Idaho we had a 6.5 not too far away and we definitely felt it. :laughing

The number one natural disaster to fear around here is forest fires, but only if you live in the forest. The nearest forest area is 20 miles away. And we're doing much better this year than California and Oregon.

I still have a couple of 72-hour survival packs that we put together years ago. I haven't bothered anchoring tall furniture to the walls like we did both in Pleasanton and Folsom.
 
Yeah, we moved from San Ramon to San Leandro, one August in San Ramon had FIFTY small/medium earthquakes... :mad

So we (for other reasons) moved to San Leandro and got a house on the Hayward fault and on the direct intersection path of Lake Chabot when the dam ("rated" at 9.3) collapses. :party :rolleyes

Yeah, I've been working on emergency preparedness but I just hope that we're away from the house when the levee breaks... (insert Led Zepplin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7oT2I8Nz8)
 
This guy over here, loves fracking, crying about small earthquakes.
 
byke said:
This guy over here, loves fracking, crying about small earthquakes.
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Fracking = cheaper gas, fuels, distillates, etc.

Was I crying about small earthquakes, or are you hallucinating again?

Honestly curious, I've never been able to have a serious conversation with you.
 
Best awareness is to attend CERT training (community emergency response team) https://www.fema.gov/emergency-mana...es-webinars/community-emergency-response-team from your local fire department. Very educational, highly recommend. I did twice in different counties (San Mateo and Santa Clara).

Ask your local fire dept. If they don't offer it now, they may offer in the future. Your interest may give them motivation to do it. The CERT training is for free. It comes with hands-on training, not just in-class stuff. I did radio comms, mocked disaster triage, put down fire with big-ass fire extinguisher and cribbed a car. It was a fair bit of time commitment (evening classes from 6pm to 9pm, a looot of coffee), but it was worth it.
 
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Grant $ to help pay for retrofit

GAJ said:
My August 2021 thread about my positive experience with two 1950s homes and earthquake retrofits.

https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=551513
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Nice thread on the retrofit.
Just to shout it out a bit more:There is grant $ to help pay for the crawl space retrofit through Earthquake Brace + Bolt. Currently $3k (additional $ for income-eligible).
Funds look to be limited so you need to register (registration opens for a limited time) and then get accepted.

I'm on a slab so don't qualify for diddly.

Info on how the program works:
https://www.earthquakebracebolt.com/What-is-EBB


Sign up to get notified when registration opens (for 2022 it was Oct 18): https://www.earthquakebracebolt.com/Sign-Up/signup
 
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