I’m just glad we have strong building code standards in California to help mitigate these kinds of things.
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Agreed. It also has to do with what kind of soil is in the ground where buildings are. Some kinds of soil amplify the shaking more than others. I remember the damage done to the homes at the Marina in SF in '89. The ground was landfill and caused liquefaction. This morning, I woke up from the shaking (I live about 50 miles from epicenter) realized it was an earthquake. Home didn’t fall down around me, so I went back to sleep.
My better half and I were wondering if there was a rubberized floor in that wine cellar.
Didn’t appear as if many bottles had broken.
jw1
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Oh, the wine-manity!
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Good question. One might think that a cushy floor would be mandatory in a wine cellar.
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There’s nothing shocking about those photos, and there was nothing massive about this earthquake. Is TPM taking cues from CNN? Or The Enquirer? TPM is supposed to be better than this. Sign me, Disappointed in Earthquake Country
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We visited a champagne winery up in the Champagne area of France a few years ago. This piece of geography has been host to major battles for hundreds of years, most recently WWI and II. During WWII it was bombed extensively, but the champagne stored underground in limestone caves was just fine. I wonder if caves would help out when the problem is an earthquake. I suspect not, but you never know.
You sound like someone who might know: are you aware of any ICF (insulated concrete form) buildings in the affected area and how they did? We were considering building a home in the general area using ICF with earthquakes in mind.
I love picture #3. The clerk who is ‘cleaning up’ is standing
on the neck of a water bottle which is headed right back
to the shelf.
It’s hopeless. They won’t stop doing it.
Most of the damages you see are from structures built BEFORE earthquakes were fully considered in building codes. No one builds (or is allowed to build) with unreinforced masonry any more. Unfortunately, lots of older structures remain.
It’s dumb (sorry, but there’s no better word) to simply shake your finger and say “conform to the building code.”
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I’m at the winery today hugging and consoling every barrel of 2013 Willamette Valley Pinot.
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Yes, as a native Californian, I’m quite familiar with the “shocking” experience of an earthquake and its aftermath. But the photos themselves are not “shocking.” (Hence the rewording of the article’s headline itself.)
I see “shocking” has become “dramatic” on the front page.
Things could always be worse… this is from a winery in Italy
Terrible way to punch corks into bottle of a fine vin
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Holy crap! Is that real? Whoa.
Hope everyone is all right, but this is kind of historically incorrect. This isn’t the biggest earthquake in CA since 1989. The Big Bear and Landers quakes in 92 (3 hours apart) were bigger than this: I know because I lived in that area then
Now THAT is a “Falling Rock Zone”.
Holy moly!
If that’s how you feel, you can always help her out by starting with yourself.
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They’ve declared a State of Emergency. There’s Pino Noir to save! (What took Obama so long?)
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