6.0 Quake in Napa CA

[glassman]

So, yeah, living in California, while rare these things are scary.
At 3:20 am this morning my house was creakin and a swayin, bout 20 seconds long. Quite a bit of damage in Napa, not major, but a lot of closures. Bout 70 people being treated right now for minor injuries. (Via ABC7 KGO news)

And this just in, No damage to the Sonoma Raceway, the indy race will procede today. Highway 37 is closed as of now.......

Went outside after, the water in my pool was moving quite aggressively, pretty interesting to watch, it was like the aftermath of 20 people jumped in doing cannonballs, but no people.

[WSSix]

Hope everyone is ok out that way. I know 6.0 isn't "big" but I'm not ok with the ground shaking on its own at all so I'd be crapping my pants personally.

[camcojb]

Glad it wasn't worse. Nothing here.

[glassman]

I Just heard that highway 37 is reopened. For those of you who don't know, that is pretty much the only "major" road/highway to get in and out of the raceway.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

For some reason I always wake up at 3:05, starting to fall asleep then it hit . Seemed like is lasted for ever. Heavy jolt then gental rolling sensation.

First instinct was to hit the wife and I ran to the kids room just incase is got stronger. Neighbors chimney is close to the kids room.

It's funny, Allen and I were talking about being due for one while watching the news about recent volcanic activity. Last big one in our region was 89?

[clill]

Water was sloshing out of my pool. Then I thought about my Yenko Camaro sitting on my cheap ass 4 post hoist raised all the way up. It was fine.

[BBBluey]

Glad you guys are alright.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Water was sloshing out of my pool. Then I thought about my Yenko Camaro sitting on my cheap ass 4 post hoist raised all the way up. It was fine.

its not bolted down right? did it scoot across the floor any?

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Glad you guys are alright.

looks like napa got the worst, alot of damaged to old school brick work buildings.

[Che70velle]

I have to ask if either of you guys have a guinite pool? Here in N. Georgia, the soil is a clay like substance, and my pool builder recommended that we not go with the guinite pool, because we occasionally get a small tremor, which he said would crack a guinite pool. Just wondering, and glad to hear you guys are ok.

[glassman]

I have to ask if either of you guys have a guinite pool? Here in N. Georgia, the soil is a clay like substance, and my pool builder recommended that we not go with the guinite pool, because we occasionally get a small tremor, which he said would crack a guinite pool. Just wondering, and glad to hear you guys are ok.

Yes, most of us do. Very few fiberglass or above ground pools around here.
Mines a foot thick of gunite, iirc, the rebar is 12" on cl and 3/8 rebar i think. Almost no pools were damaged in Loma Preita 25 years ago. Our water in the soil will push em up and crack them if emptied at the wrong time of year, i've seen that happen quite a bit.
In an earthquake the whole earth moves, so the energy is dispersed and not so isolated at the pools. But if we get one big enough, and were waaaay overdue, there will definately be some broken gunite....pretty fascinating though.

[camcojb]

I didn't feel it but all the lunch boxes in my shop had moved on their shelves... :headscratch:

[Greg from Aus]

Just watched the morning news, I hope eveybody is OK.

[Flash68]

I woke up and it seemed like several seconds.... cat sleeps at the foot of our bed and I thought he was getting ready to launch a hairball so I pushed him off the bed. My bad. :lol:

I've been on the lookout for a generator for awhile (family likes to hit local flea markets) and today the stars aligned. Found a good one for a great price.

Never know when the next big one will hit.

[waynieZ]

Glad to hear everyone made out OK. That was the first thing I thought of (if all our member were Ok )when I heard about the quake.

[GregWeld]

I'd like to hear from Jeff R (Richio1) -- as he lives right there.... Hope he and his family and business etc are okay.

[GregWeld]

Water was sloshing out of my pool. Then I thought about my Yenko Camaro sitting on my cheap ass 4 post hoist raised all the way up. It was fine.



I used to leave the shop with stuff hanging up in the air -- Then I realized the risks in doing that - even if the lift was down on the locks.... I finally started to lower them and set 'em on jack stands even though the lift was still "under" them. Figured even without tires on - they didn't have far to fall that way. Seattle was known for quakes. It's just the little things we don't think much about.

[Richio1]

Well it's been an eventful day to say the least. I was down in Pleasanton at the GG WCN show with my car. The quake hit and woke me up with the hotel swaying back and forth. I thought, holy sh*t if I felt it that much in Pleasanton and that quake was in SF, its the big on and there will be major damage. A minute later my wife calls. The kids are crying and the dogs are barking. She was really shaken too. She said everything has crashed off the walls, out of the cabinets, the dresser has fallen on my son and so one. I packed up and headed home to help with the clean up.

As we all found out, the quake was centered here. My family and I got off lucky compared to many. Lots of broken items inside and outside. We lost 3.5 ft of water out,of our pool. That would have been crazy to see. Much of it flooded into the neighbors yard and washed all his bark into his pool. (Sorry)

Luckily I had the Camaro at the show and not in the garage as cabinets emptied out and one fell over. I was also lucky that my wine fridge didn't fall over. It just moved a foot to the west. Some friend lost thousands of dollars in wine.

The energy of the quake was an east to west slip. Anything on our east walls fell and the furniture tipped over. All our flat panels are on north walls and none moved or fell luckily. Oddly, items on the west walls were fine too.

My dad who lives in town has his 30 Pheaton roll off his lift. Fortunately it was on the ground and wasn't up in the air. His shops are a mess though. It's sure sucks having to clean every room in your house.

I really feel for the wineries. I am seeing some horrible pictures and videos on Facebook. Big losses. Racks of full barrels stacked to the warehouse ceilings toppled over. Silver Oak got hit hard too. Here is a pic from a small producer here.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/F93D066A-23BE-4F1A-9B59-558AD44C14AE_zpszkx1eyuw.jpg

Here is a local favorite Trefethen. Great family winery just up the road. Catastrophic.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/0BFB516C-1CA6-47F9-8D94-A6620C91A67D_zps6k2lsj0l.jpg

Not sure if this will work. I copied the link off face book. Another small winery. The clear liquid is a white wine, the other is a red obviously. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=748317531873778&id=100000866152894

A buddies loss... One of many

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/9081146D-0B81-4E6A-A102-D43E8E5EE772_zpsknne5l5j.jpg

All in all the broken things are just things and things can be replaced. Most everyone is safe and that is the most important thing.

I am sure there will be much more to come over the next few days.


Thanks for the well wishes and prayers.

[68LS1]

Glad to hear all you guys and families are ok

[glassman]

Wow Jeff. Glad your family is ok first and foremost. Great pics (in the wow/thats aweful sense). The news hasn't shown any of those yet. The pic of that old barn is amazing, so sad. And yes the facebook link did work.

Hope the aftershocks are nothing. Here in the East bay, we're waiting for this to happen to the Hayward fault, been around 150 years since its last "moderate" slip. I"m about 20 miles due east of it, surrounded by the Alamo fault and Altamont fault (the two faults that surround the tri-valley which is Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore)

And since we're on the "winery"topic. Livermore, although "wine" country is beautiful and a wonderful place to live, it any anything compared to Napa. Napa will always be one of my favorite places on the planet (wine aside, its just a beautiful beautiful valley).

[Ron in SoCal]

Glad you and the family are OK Jeff!

[Shmoov69]

Jeff, you said the dresser fell on your son, I'm assuming he's ok?

[Flash68]

Wow Jeff. Wow. Glad the humans and animals are all okay.

[Black93GT]

I woke up just prior to the quake. When it hit I though my GF started tossing and turning. Then I realized either she gained a ton of weight or it was an earthquake. Luckily it was just a quake. (haha sorry babe)

I have to admidt it was my first real earthquake, I was supprised that it felt exactly like the earthquake simulator at the museum of science.

[Wissing72]

We were in Santa Rosa visiting my wife's family, and the pool lost about 8 inches of water as well. Shook the hell out of the house but luckily no other damage.

[Richio1]

Wow Jeff. Glad your family is ok first and foremost. Great pics (in the wow/thats aweful sense). The news hasn't shown any of those yet. The pic of that old barn is amazing, so sad.

Tragically, that is not an old barn (well it was a long long time ago) it is a winery that has been producing great wine since 1968.

Jeff, you said the dresser fell on your son, I'm assuming he's ok?

Yes he is fine. Fortunetly it hit the bed first and the drawers landed on his legs. Just some scrapes and bruises. Minimal in the grand scheme of thing.
Thank you for the thoughts and prayers. My family was very lucky compared to many others. We are seeing more and more pictures like this on social media that the mainstream press is not covering. It seems all the stations are showing the same pictures and buildings which are just a small piece of the overall story.

[waynieZ]

Glad you and the family are all OK Jeff. I can't imagine what that feels like having the ground shake under your feet.

[Sieg]

What's really sad is the number of uninsured victims I'm hearing about due to the 'unaffordable' cost of Earthquake and Flood insurance. :shakehead:

I'm on the boundary of a 100 year floodplain and obviously the insurance company thinks Donald Trump is family. :sieg:

[Richio1]

I was discussing the earthquake insurance with a couple coworkers today. They said they were quoted $500-$1000 a month depending on size and cost of home. Cost prohibitive for many.

Here is an article on some of the wineries that were hit hard. Trefethen is the one I posted earlier. Hess lost two 10,000 tanks full of wine AND 15,000 cases of wine.

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/wine-industry-tallies-spilled-wine-shattered-barrels/article_bb75cbb0-dab2-5211-ad1c-fafd5367e854.html

35 building have been red tagged so far with more to come.

We did find some humor in all the reporting though. The media keeps showing the same black sedan that was hit by debris in the bail bonds parking lot. The car, which is a rental car, is our friends who went out for a guys night on Saturday. They did the right thing and took a cab home and car ended up getting smashed up.

Now he is too embarrassed to go down to get the car because of all the media attention.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=674122575989210&id=100001382486583

So how can you help? If you or any friends have trips planned to come to the valley please do not cancel them. The best thing you could do is come to Napa and support the businesses that need your tourist dollars. There are many great restaurants, hotels and wineries that are still open and want your business. Life goes on and we will thrive but need your support.

[Wissing72]

So how can you help? If you or any friends have trips planned to come to the valley please do not cancel them. The best thing you could do is come to Napa and support the businesses that need your tourist dollars. There are many great restaurants, hotels and wineries that are still open and want your business. Life goes on and we will thrive but need your support.

Hey Jeff, isn't there a car show down there in Napa soon? That would be another way to help. I am glad you and your family are ok.

[Richio1]

Hey Jeff, isn't there a car show down there in Napa soon? That would be another way to help. I am glad you and your family are ok.

Chris, that was two weekends ago but great idea. It was a really nice event with almost 400 cars. Thankfully the quake didn't hit during the show as it was right downtown where all the structural damage was. The streets wed lined with cars and people were everywhere.



I picked up this little gem.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/9928BD36-3AE8-470A-B216-DC10EABB33D2_zpsefiqwtnt.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/Richio1/media/9928BD36-3AE8-470A-B216-DC10EABB33D2_zpsefiqwtnt.jpg.html)

Which now looks like this. Oh well. Again, it's just stuff. Nothing that a little super glue can't fix. It would be great for you to bring that awesome Chevelle down next year and get a few more of you Lat-g guys here as well.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/74305DED-BF09-4112-B120-9957F030E460_zpsamxgrc35.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/Richio1/media/74305DED-BF09-4112-B120-9957F030E460_zpsamxgrc35.jpg.html)

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Nice!

Someone should organize a benifit car show to help people in need. 400 cars at the last show sounds like a good turn out.

[Wissing72]

Chris, that was two weekends ago but great idea. It was a really nice event with almost 400 cars. Thankfully the quake didn't hit during the show as it was right downtown where all the structural damage was. The streets wed lined with cars and people were everywhere.



I picked up this little gem.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/9928BD36-3AE8-470A-B216-DC10EABB33D2_zpsefiqwtnt.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/Richio1/media/9928BD36-3AE8-470A-B216-DC10EABB33D2_zpsefiqwtnt.jpg.html)

Which now looks like this. Oh well. Again, it's just stuff. Nothing that a little super glue can't fix. It would be great for you to bring that awesome Chevelle down next year and get a few more of you Lat-g guys here as well.

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab116/Richio1/74305DED-BF09-4112-B120-9957F030E460_zpsamxgrc35.jpg (http://s855.photobucket.com/user/Richio1/media/74305DED-BF09-4112-B120-9957F030E460_zpsamxgrc35.jpg.html)

Ohh I am sorry to see the trophy. Congrats on the win none the less. Your right though it is just "stuff". Having you and your family in one piece is the important thing. Sorry I missed the show, I had to miss Good-Guys as well.
Thank you for the compliment. Next year sounds good, I will have to get the dates for it and put it on the calender! It would be great to get us together and hang out while showing off these cars. My wife loves it down there and would be perfect for us.

[GregWeld]

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What a shame.... I'm certain that was priceless!

[glassman]

Go to a local "good" glass shop, a company named CRL has an uv cure glue that will/should work on that. See if you can call the award company that made it and find our if there is or how much lead is in it cause i think that makes a differance...

[Richio1]

Thanks... I'll look into that

In the grand scheme of things it's no big deal compared to what many others are still going though. We are so fortunate unlike many friends and others in town.

It is great seeing the community come together. the Raiders, who practice here, have donated $50k and the Napa Valley Vintners Assoc. has donated $10 Million. yes $10 Million.

Another large retail store had a $.01 wine sale for any Napa Valley wine in order to liquidate their paid for inventory so they could replenish that inventory infusing more capital into the local wineries.

Please do your part by drinking more Napa Valley Wine