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I used to rather enjoy earthquakes, until I bought a house. Now I run around frantically checking for cracks in the wall after every little tremble. A mortgage makes a man paranoid, I’m tellin’ ya.
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2 Comments posted on "Did You Feel That?"
Angry_Flower on June 5th, 2008 at 3:49 PM #
Well hopefully you are up to code and your house has seismic straps to your foundation!
The Cubelodyte on June 5th, 2008 at 3:59 PM #
Good questions. I have no idea. I doubt there are any straps involved, since it’s actually on pilings above a crawlspace (no slab). As far as I know it was up to code in 1998. Thanks for instilling even more paranoia, friend. Thanks a whole bunch. |
I was minding my own business just now when the house shook. Having only just heard a fairly loud screeching of tires the next street over, my mind immediately jumped to the conclusion that something had exploded nearby, but it turns out it was “only”