Owners of Collapsed Home Hoped to Return
Army of Engineers and Contractors Working to Check Homes
Photos from Day 2: Aftermath
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
6 comments:
Yow....that one's gonna take some serious jacking/shoring/rebuilding!
Did your house suffer any structural/foundation damage?
Jim, that house has been declared a total loss, failed foundation and all. Ours suffered only cracked and shredded drywall on the lower levels.
At least they may be able to rebuild sometime.
In their case, while they didn't have eathquake insurance, mortgage insurance might have helped; though that is expensive, too.
Thankful no one seems to have been killed.
Wasn't sure if it was fixable or not.
It looks a lot like some of the houses in Northridge after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. A buddy of mine at DirecTV lost 90% of his stuff. The LAFD would only allow residents 15 minutes of escorted time in the building to retrieve documents and critical things like medications. Your other possessions were considered lost....
Ouch, that's DEFINITELY a collapsed foundation and first floor!
I hear you, Jim. We only had the one, thanks to the Anchorage earthquake code. It's believed to provide the strongest 'quake protection in the world.
NFO, it's owned by an Army family. The dad is at Fort Bragg, and they were planning to move here in a year or two, when he retires. Since they had neither earthquake nor mortgage insurance, they can't afford to rebuild. Not good.
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