<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif;font-size:small">California... I would reinforce your FIRE Insurance first.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova-1,proxima-nova-2,Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Sincerely,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova-1,proxima-nova-2,Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:proxima-nova-1,proxima-nova-2,Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">George Hawirko</span><font color="#0000ee" size="2"><u><br></u></font></div><div><font color="#0000ee" size="1"><u><a href="http://about.me/StyroHome" target="_blank">http://about.me/StyroHome</a></u></font><br></div><div><font color="#0000ee" size="2"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-dHkb_CdyxzV0tCYlkxcWdaOGM&revid=0B-dHkb_CdyxzOGFzdFhvVmNXc012RFVRTFQzM2hyUjhJS2V3PQ" width="200" height="150"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Jason Holstine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason@amicusgreen.com" target="_blank">jason@amicusgreen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I think you can find retrofit resources online from California. I think their state emergency mgmt agency, state NAHB, etc. have docs. It could become a nice side biz tightening up Okie corrals.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 3/29/16 1:41 PM, "Bob Waldrop" <<a href="http://bwaldrop1952@att.net" target="_blank">bwaldrop1952@att.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<font color="#0000FF">> So here in central Oklahoma, we have been experiencing a growing series <br>
> of earthquakes over the last few years. The USGS just released a map <br>
> showing the risk of human-induced earthquakes, and Okie City is right <br>
> there. The news said we were at perhaps a 10% risk of a level 6 <br>
> earthquake. Most of the thus far have been in the 2 to 4 range.<br>
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> Now we are not only tornado alley, but also earthquake central, more <br>
> earthquakes last year even than California had.<br>
> <br>
> I lived in the Bay Area of California and in SLC (on top of the actual <br>
> wasatch fault a geologist friend told me), and never experienced a <br>
> quake, but I've felt several here. I've also been watching the cracks <br>
> in the interior plaster/lathe walls and my exterior brick veneer develop <br>
> and progress.<br>
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> I do have earthquake insurance, but it is really only good for a <br>
> complete catastrophe. It has a 10% deductible, and it doesn't cover <br>
> masonry.<br>
> <br>
> The house has always seemed very sturdy. It was built in 1929, the <br>
> studs are on 12 to 14 inch centers and are a hard wood. THe sheathing <br>
> is 1 x 8 planks. Then there is brick veneer over that. The foundation <br>
> is brick. The back and front porch construction seems separate from the <br>
> rest of the house. The concrete front porch is certainly pulling away <br>
> from the rest of the house over the 16 years I've lived here.<br>
> <br>
> Any thoughts about retrofits that would strengthen the house in the face <br>
> of the growing earthquake risk here?<br>
> <br>
> Bob Waldrop, Okie and Shaky City<br>
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