Pictures of My Machine Room (So Far)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

woodelf wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
> 
>> Building with wood in an earthquake zone is far easier than building 
>> with brick and stone, at least given local codes.  Were I to build a 
>> house with, say, brick, state earthquake building codes would require 
>> me to run rebar through the walls to ensure that they don't 
>> disintegrate during a temblor.  
> 
> I live where you can sleep though a earthquake. :)
> The biggest loss of life will not be the west coast of
> the USA when the next big quake hits -- they know about them.
> Some where under the Mississippi river there are several big faults.

How about New York City and the Ramapo Fault?  It's caused problems in 
the past.  There's a lot of unreinforced masonry in NYC.

Peace...  Sridhar