TLC :: Earthquakes: Tremor Tech

November 22, 2008

Tremor Tech

	EXPAND EXPAND Tremor Tech: Fire Protection Tremor Tech Protection From the Bottom Up Holding It Together Keeping the Pieces in Place When Working Together Is Bad Fire Protection Earthquake Prediction Measuring Quakes Even if they survive a quake's forces, buildings face the threat of blazes that inevitably erupt in the tremors? wake. San Francisco learned that lesson in 1906. Today, the city is protected by a special auxiliary water system, run by the fire department, which includes a million-gallon reservoir and 100 miles of quake-resistant pipes connected to high-pressure fire hydrants. If the reservoir runs out, the system can draw more water from the San Francisco Bay.

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Pictures: Courtesy of Steinbrugge Collection/Earthquake Engineering Research Center/University of California, Berkeley | Courtesy of Kozak Collection/Earthquake Engineering Research Center/University of California, Berkeley |

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