25 Years After The Northridge Earthquake, Is LA Ready For The Big One? (Los Angeles: how much, hotel)

[dkromers758]

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/68602...or-the-big-one

"Twenty five years ago, at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake shook Angelenos from their beds. For those of us who lived through it, the memories of chaos early in the morning are unforgettable..."

[MuscleCar]

Honestly, what can you really do? No one knows where the epicenter will be, and that's the worst area. Everyone else will be relatively normal after it. Its wise to keep a few non-perishable food items in the pantry in case this happens. You may lose power and gas for a few days, thus ruining everything in your fridge and making it harder to cook. I myself always have a ton of charcoal laying around to grill.

Your hot water heater has a valve on it to open it up. This should be enough drinking water for a few days.

If you're sustaining major damage, you're going to family, friends, or a hotel. The majority of the population will have 2 to 3 days of disruption. I dont see a doomsday scenario like some preach. Again, epicenter bad, most of SoCal L.A. metro area ok.

[jm1982]

There’s an app for that lol


LOS ANGELES GETS AMERICA'S FIRST EARTHQUAKE WARNING A
https://www.wired.com/story/los-ange...e-warning-app/

[CA4Now]

Other than hospitals, state government has generally not set any mandatory rules for earthquake retrofits, and that has left it up to city and county governments to make decisions about seismic risks.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...117-story.html

[Sydney123]

Ready? Probably not, but here in Ca... we just go with the flow.

[Spikett]

Originally Posted by MuscleCar

Honestly, what can you really do? No one knows where the epicenter will be, and that's the worst area. Everyone else will be relatively normal after it. Its wise to keep a few non-perishable food items in the pantry in case this happens. You may lose power and gas for a few days, thus ruining everything in your fridge and making it harder to cook. I myself always have a ton of charcoal laying around to grill.

Your hot water heater has a valve on it to open it up. This should be enough drinking water for a few days.

If you're sustaining major damage, you're going to family, friends, or a hotel. The majority of the population will have 2 to 3 days of disruption. I dont see a doomsday scenario like some preach. Again, epicenter bad, most of SoCal L.A. metro area ok.

^^This. I was here for Northrdige. I keep water, food, flashlights, batteries, etc. But really, if my building collapes on me and my stuff, what good will it do?

[FullBloodedWhiteMale]

Originally Posted by dkromers758

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/68602...or-the-big-one

"Twenty five years ago, at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake shook Angelenos from their beds. For those of us who lived through it, the memories of chaos early in the morning are unforgettable..."

I vividly remember it and 1971. They had some similarities. Hit before dawn still dark out. In middle of winter yet both days were very warm Santa Ana wind days.

A couple days after Northridge I was at a party and overheard someone say he was awake for it. Curious I asked him why; he told me his dog woke him up and he was just leaning against a wall, with the light on, waiting for it to hit.. I asked him how much time in advance. He told me TEN MINUTES and his dog never false reacts and always predicts them. TEN MINUTES? How can that be? P wave and S waves give train operators maybe 30 or so seconds.

[looker009]

Ready? Sure just hang on and hope for the best. Seriously how do you get ready for an earthquake?

[FullBloodedWhiteMale]

Originally Posted by looker009

Ready? Sure just hang on and hope for the best. Seriously how do you get ready for an earthquake?

Most of the readiness is common knowledge. (Tip: One thing I don't do is drain the bathtub after my bubble baths. That way if we do lose water, we have dozens of gallons to use for flushing toilets and washing).

Also, the most indesctructable thing in the world (besides a drunk in seatbelts) in an earthquake is a single story ranch style home. Lots of wall, low center of gravity, flexible timber walls, ...they just don't go down unless there's a fire which is why I have an earthquake gas shutoff valve. (And I KNOW I have one when my wife screams there's no hot water because they day before I banged the valve with the trashcans and it opened the gas line.)

[looker009]

Originally Posted by FullBloodedWhiteMale

Most of the readiness is common knowledge. (Tip: One thing I don't do is drain the bathtub after my bubble baths. That way if we do lose water, we have dozens of gallons to use for flushing toilets and washing).

Also, the most indesctructable thing in the world (besides a drunk in seatbelts) in an earthquake is a single story ranch style home. Lots of wall, low center of gravity, flexible timber walls, ...they just don't go down unless there's a fire which is why I have an earthquake gas shutoff valve. (And I KNOW I have one when my wife screams there's no hot water because they day before I banged the valve with the trashcans and it opened the gas line.)

Gas shutoff is standard on all homes after 94. As for bathtub that is a bit extreme. I have enough water for 3 days. I also own motorcycle and always have it filled up. The rest is gov responsibility.