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Originally Posted by milt
...Westwood
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Where I grew up, and where many houses are not bolted, and which have not fallen or slid their foundation from Sylmar, Northridge or any other big quake.
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I'm up to speed on what the City of LA is looking for in retrofit and new construction.
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...and who advises the City of L.A. about this? What's their stake in this market?
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I can only say this: you are in disagreement with the entire structural engineering community, at least the many that I dealt with.
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And who is this engineering community? Again, some readable sources would be handy. As you know, many shams travel about L.A. Mold experts, earthquake retrofitters, house bolting. I want credible evidence and credible companies. Not pickup trucks that have "Earthquake Bolting" plastered on their doors beside "Gardening Services Provided."
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Anyway, the case is usually that a quake relieves pressure at the fault(s) and we won't have to worry for awhile now.
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That's not a proven fact. In some cases, more pressure is applied to the fault or other faults. It would take a lot of little quakes to relieve a large amount of pressure.