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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.<BR>
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On 3/29/16 1:41 PM, "Bob Waldrop" <<a href="bwaldrop1952@att.net">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>
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> 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>
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> 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>
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> Any thoughts about retrofits that would strengthen the house in the face <BR>
> of the growing earthquake risk here?<BR>
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> Bob Waldrop, Okie and Shaky City<BR>
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