Earthquake preparedness // Posts tagged as "Earthquake preparedness"
Get Paid to Have the Safest House on Your Block!
Sign up for the Earthquake Brace+Bolt (EBB) program and find out if you qualify to receive a rebate of up to $3,000 towards a home retrofit. Weinstein Construction Company has passed the required FEMA training modules and can be found on the Earthquake Brace+Bolt Contractor List. What to Expect: Step 1 – Application Check out the Earthquake […]
The Folly of Earthquake Prediction
Will it happen in 5 years or 5 minutes? BREAKING NEWS from NASA has suggested that Los Angeles will likely be seeing a sizeable earthquake sometime in the near future. While the notion that it’s not a matter of “if” but “when” is enough to start rattling Angelinos nearly as much as a temblor itself, […]
Earthquake Efforts, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Preparing
We here at Weinstein Construction Corporation want to give our readers a brief rundown of what’s going on in the world of earthquakes. Just in case you may have missed them, the New Yorker’s most recent article, ‘The Really Big One’, and Tuesday’s reddit AMA (“ask me anything”) session with a variety of earthquake experts […]
San Andreas Will Shake You Up!
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With the epic blockbuster San Andreas premiering this weekend, we hope it will both entertain and serve as a reminder to Californians to brush up on earthquake preparedness and safety tips!
New Movie San Andreas Rattles Viewers – What You Should Know
“It’s just a movie”. While those words are often associated with classic thriller films of yesteryear, they may still hold some credence today. That is, especially when watching the weekend’s upcoming blockbuster action hit, San Andreas. Yes, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson looks pretty sweet, riding in a helicopter, performing heroic feats of rescue and muscle-having; […]
Resilience by Design plan moves one step forward
The Los Angeles City Council began initial discussions of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Resilience by Design plan during its meeting Wednesday morning. Resilience by Design is the effort of Garcetti and Jones, which focuses on three major sectors that will help the City in case of major seismic activity: Fortifying buildings Fortifying the water system Fortifying […]
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