On 2/13/12 7:18 AM, Tim Gaines wrote:
> Incredible! And how did YOU fare?
I was at work watching solder splash out of a wave soldering machine.
The person standing next to me was an Easterner who said "This is the
big one" To which I replied "We can still stand so it is not the big
one." But I will have to admit the 5+ rictor scale after shocks got
old. For the fist couple nights I slept in my Land Rover Dormobile
(camper) until enough of the mess was cleared to move back inside. We
didn't have electricity for almost a week and a half so we did our
cooking in the the Dormobile and the surviving kerosene lamps from my
lamp collection provided light at night. I've always been pretty good
about taking disasters in stride.
Teriann
>
> Tim
>
> At 08:34 AM 2/13/2012, you wrote:
>> I used to live one mile from the surface epicenter of the 7.1 Loma
>> Pretia earthquake. Then the earthquake happened my TR3 was up on my
>> jack stands. Though my house was in shambles afterwords my TR3
>> remained on its jack stands.
>>
>> I use two kinds of jack stands. The heavy duty ones with the cast
>> base and a rectangular box kind that supports wheels. I try to keep
>> at least 2 wheels on the car at all times so I can use the
>> rectangular ones.
>> They are super stable.
>>
>> The jack stands that have a base made from stamped steel are a lot
>> more apt to distort under load than the cast bases.
>>
>> If I am using a jack stand on dirt or asphalt I lay thick plywood
>> under the jack stands to keep them from sinking into the dirt or
>> asphalt. If there is ANY noticeable slope to the ground I find a tie
>> point or pound in a ground anchor and attach a come along between the
>> car and the anchor, taking up the slack.
>>
>> When my TR survived the 7.1 quake up on jack stands it was on dirt.
>> Plywood base under the jack stands, heavy duty cast jack stands at
>> one end, the rectangular box style jack stands holding up the tyres
>> at the other end. There was a ground slope so the TR was anchored to
>> a ground anchor about 8 feet uphill with a come along.
>>
>> The refrigerator walked out to the middle of the kitchen as did the
>> stove. The cast iron kitchen sink fell through the counter. The
>> ceiling fan fell to the floor. All the book cases and the TV fell over.
>> The fireplace litterly exploded with a nine brick section ending up
>> on the couch about 6 feet away. All the doors in the house needed
>> plaining to close afterwords . But my TR stayed up on its jack stands.
>>
>> Oh and one thing I do every time before going under a car on jack
>> stands is give the car a hard push along both axes to see if there is
>> any give or sign of instability. If there is, I reset the jack
>> stands. I do not want to be one of those people who spend their last
>> minutes struggling while unable to breath because their car is siting
>> on their chest. It is not one of my preferred ways to die.
>>
>> Teriann
>>
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