Can your home survive an earthquake without a retrofit? In the last few years, earthquake scientists have been sounding the alarm about the inevitability of a very large earthquake on the San Andreas fault, which is located only 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It is a fact that our fair city typically experiences a very large earthquake every 100 years, and we are all [...]
Can You DIY Your Home’s Earthquake Retrofit? Many Los Angeles homeowners already know that the government’s “Earthquake Brace + Bolt” (“EBB”) program provides families in the Greater Los Angeles area with free money grants of $3,000 (and more!) to subsidize the cost of a California earthquake retrofit. Those homeowners who think that they can DIY their retrofit are taking unnecessary risks with the soundness of [...]
The Danger Of Homes Built Prior To The 1950s Many thousands of homeowners in Los Angeles, and indeed, in the entire State of California, live in homes that were built in the 1950s or earlier, and as such, were built on foundations intended to safeguard the home in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a mudslide. However, while today’s foundations [...]
What is the California EBB Program? As you may already know, about twice a year, the State of California’s “Earthquake Brace + Bolt” (“EBB”) grant program provides homeowners in the Greater Los Angeles region with completely free money grants of $3,000 (and potentially other supplemental grants) in order to subsidize the cost of seismic retrofitting their homes. Right now, and for a limited time, the [...]
Experts define “The Big One” as an earthquake that has at least a category 7.8 magnitude strength, which occurs on the southern side of the San Andreas Fault. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Los Angeles has a 31% chance of experiencing “The Big One” in the next 30 years, and the degree to which such a large quake will be catastrophic, cannot be understated. It [...]
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