I AM MOVING TO LOS ANGELES

We can always do something when you do get here.

Viva Los Angeles!

 

I might be able to make it depending on location/funds needed (even if really difficult though I would look for workarounds; it would be fun).

 

I was just coming in here to post about that, but Tunnick beat me. Anybody else? SOLOJONES OR DARTHGUY OR LOBACCA

 

We need to figure out what we're going to do.

Viva Los Angeles!

 

Guys how is the 7th floor of an apartment building earthquake wise? After today's unsettling earthquake I'm concerned.

 

If its modern, it will just sway back and forth

If its old, it will explode.

 

There was an earthquake today?

 

On the east coast.

 

Since you'll be on one higher floors, a quake like the one today (or one smaller) might feel bigger than it really is, as I've heard the intenstity of shaking is greater the higher you are in a building. I'm not entirely sure how accurate that is.

 

I used to live in a 4th floor apartment and depending on the severity, it was generally a good 'sway'. We never had any things knocked over.

 

I'm scared.

 

Dang, now I see the talk of stuff going down a few days ago.


Basic explanation of high rises in earthquakes. There are two options a building has.
Option 1: The building sways during the earthquake, higher levels will feel more motion than lower levels
Option 2: The building doesn't sway. The building snaps in two.

Option 1 isn't that bad, as it just means you keep moving for longer, mainly.

 

Are you saying I'm going to die. This building was made in the 20s. Am I going to die. I assume it's been worked on since, it looks nice. But still. I need to know lowbacca. Tell me the truth.

 

I have trained my hormones to make me spontaneously combust in such an event. That building will not have at me.

 

A building from the 20s? That means it survived the following quakes in Southern California
1933: 6.3 in Long Beach
1952: 7.5 in Kern County
1971: 6.6 in Sylmar
1987: 5.9 in Whittier
1991: 5.8 NE of Pasadena
1994: 6.7 in Northridge

Anything that's still standing after that long has been tested by plenty of earthquakes. If it was going to fall, it would've. That's my stance, anyway.

 

Hmmm very well then.

 

Looks like its been weakened by 6 big quakes, thing will probably fall over with a strong gust of wind.

 

As far as I know, the codes apply to old buildings as well. I know that at least the houses I've lived in (built 1924 and 1947) were retrofitted.

 

Where'd you find a house built before 1930? Did they let you stay there after it became a museum?

 

Yes, the 1994 event is/will always been known as the Northridge quake, but technically/actually the quake was centered right here in Reseda (my townhome complex rests directly atop the epicenter).

 

I should smack those glasses off that smilie.

Like, the Sylmar quake wasn't in Sylmar, and the Whittier quake wasn't in Whittier.