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22/11/2014 3:07 pm
PIC: I have to wonder how they got permits to build like this ?
I remember some just like this being built in San Diego in the 60's. I also wonder how many have survived an earthquake ?
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22/11/2014 3:13 pm
Looks like one of my uncles houses in the Hollywood Hills
22/11/2014 4:11 pm
22/11/2014 8:38 pm
Well Marty My aunt's House fell apart when Rainbow canyon liquified. When we last saw it was standin on end about 150 feet from where she lived for some 25 years. The house next door did collapse as the earth went out from under it. I think that was around 1967 or 68. Our Square Grand Piano made in 1850 came out of her house the day all was falling apart. The street Rainbow Terrace stayed behind and allowed us to save a lot using ropes before the authorities ran us out.
23/11/2014 5:13 am
Ah... but it didn't collapse, right? Even if it finally did, it's an extremely rare event and...
... hardly worth worrying about. As I mentioned, liquefaction changes the equation. I used to live in Cerritos and the soil there was subject to liquefaction. It was a relief to live on solid rock ground as I do now in Riverside. The biggest fear is not collapse and being buried by the structure of the home, but fire from broken natural gas lines.
23/11/2014 10:10 am
The new Plastic Lines have a lot more "Give" than the old metal so things are better! The gas lines in Whittier were soft copper. We had steel ones here but they were replaced some 20 years after being installed. I like the new plastic & so far (Knock on wood) so good.