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Being out the door is usually riskier than being inside a wood-frame SFH. You're exposed to falling trees, branches, power lines, and roof debris, as well as u
by nostrademons 3y ago
Being out the door is usually riskier than being inside a wood-frame SFH. You're exposed to falling trees, branches, power lines, and roof debris, as well as unsecured cars or other loose items. Wood-framed 1-2 story SFHs almost never collapse in an earthquake; the wood can bend to absorb the shock, and there's a lot of redundancy in the studs, and not a whole lot of weight on floors above you.
- duxup 3y agoI guess I'm fortunate / unfortunate that my outdoors ... doesn't have a lot of that. It might be interesting to somehow determine earthquake injuries / ability to get in or outdoors and measure the real risk from actual events.