Earthquake safe - B.O.B.B.

[Baconator]

Why are you trying so hard to live? To torture your family? Just be content with dying.

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[Librarian]

Get a cheap plastic storage shed and position it away from your or your neighbors structure. No need to bury it as that would not protect it from an earthquake. Just make sure you do not have any breakable containers i.e. glass. A lot of folks store their gear in a garage, which is really really stupid - look at the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake videos of SF - most all of the destruction was the garages.

Seems to me that quite a lot of that was 'soft story' damage from garages underneath the houses; land is expensive in SF - not a lot of separate or side-of-the-house garages.

[LMT4ME]

Seems to me that quite a lot of that was 'soft story' damage from garages underneath the houses; land is expensive in SF - not a lot of separate or side-of-the-house garages.

I agree if your garage is detached or you have a single story ranch type. I was thinking a 2 story with garage underneath (which is what I've got).

[kedenimar]

All we need is a good sized earthquake and all the broken gas lines will start fires big enough that they'll burn huge areas of homes (with no firemen able to get there, and no water even if they did.) Sure, there are quack-triggered shut-off valves for the gas lines, so that saves your house, but it'll still burn down since all the neighbor homes don't have them. That's my biggest concern, that no matter how well you prepare, your place stands a good chance of burning down, along with all your food, guns, and ammo - but does make for a great fireworks display though...

i think these would be annoying in duck country.......

[Mikeinblack]

Why are you trying so hard to live? To torture your family? Just be content with dying.

I was wondering when Anonymous would hack in here