New Code for Post & Pier ?

[ericlp]

I find it funny as heck, to see the 1930 plantation houses almost 100 year old homes, that if the termites didn't get to em... They are still standing on 8" piers with no shear walls or strapping... Not much support at all under them. Probably been through some huge quakes over the years. OVERKILL?

I can see the shear wall but the huge buried piers are a joke. I'm no engineer, but I would think having the pier blocks not buried (free to move around on the pad) would cause less damage during a quake.