‘An earthquake can drop in’: More than 1 million California homes need retrofittings
LA TimesJacqui McIntosh peers in the window of her red-tagged, quake-damaged home in Rio Dell, Calif., this week. We set a path for to get the house retrofitted by the state but it was too late.” McIntosh said they also filed a claim with their insurance company but were notified it had been withdrawn because they don’t have earthquake insurance due to the cost. “Unless some sort of government aid comes through, it’s now solely on us to fix the house,” she said. Many of the homes there have “post and pier” foundations, meaning they don’t have a continuous concrete foundation around the perimeter of the house. Restoring a home that has fallen off its foundation involves putting up steel beams, picking up and moving the house to where it’s supposed to be and building a new foundation underneath, Maffei said.
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