EARTHQUAKE

[sistersue]

I've been through bigger ones here in HA, but that was the first that knocked things over in my home! Surprised it's only a 6.1 and out in the ocean!

I learned many years ago to super-glue my breakable things to the window sills.

[leilanidude]

I heard the quake coming about 2-3 seconds before it started. Slight shaking and no rattling of anything at my house in Leilani, but even the 6.9 a few years ago caused zero damage. It seems my house was over-engineered against earthquakes. Post and pier with what i always thought was an excessive amount of them. Or maybe, the house sits in a great spot that insulates it from the quakes?

[sistersue]

I heard the quake coming about 2-3 seconds before it started. Slight shaking and no rattling of anything at my house in Leilani, but even the 6.9 a few years ago caused zero damage. It seems my house was over-engineered against earthquakes. Post and pier with what i always thought was an excessive amount of them. Or maybe, the house sits in a great spot that insulates it from the quakes?

My carpenter once said that the post and pier houses "dance" with the earthquakes.

[VancouverIslander]

Back in 2013 when the county required us to add shear walls on the corners to the post & pier I thought it was a bit of overkill, but in light of the larger earthquakes since then I'm glad they did.

[Durian Fiend]

So, no reports of damage from anyone?

[kalakoa]

Some 2x4s fell off the lumber pile out back.

There are reasons I don't like a slab, but the house basically didn't notice the last two big quakes, so yeah, all that concrete was worth it.

[randomq]

I lost half a bottle of hydrogen peroxide when it fell off the bathroom counter and spilled.