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Good Questions: Earthquake Proofing Shelves?
Los Angeles

Hello Apartment Therapy, I am moving to a small studio apartment on the Westside. I have permission to hang shelves, and I was hoping to hang them up high (as shown in the photo). However, this doesn...

How To: Evacuate Your Home in 15 Minutes Or Less

Fire, earthquake, flood. No one's immune (even Oprah's home was in danger of being consumed by fire this week). It could happen to you. It happened to friends of ours -- a recent fire forced them t...

Great Southern California ShakeOut Drill Reminds Us to Prepare!

Drats, thanks to a bit of a "shakeup" here at AT this morning (technical difficulties, folks), we weren't able to post about this very important event that happened this morning. The Great Southern ...

Free Earthquake Preparedness Consultations

We know that you don't have a ton of extra room in your home to be storing tons of back-up water and supplies but we thought we'd put you in touch with a great resource. Today we spoke with Kim of Sa...

EARTHQUAKE! Shake, Rattle and Roll!

Whoa, I'm sure all of you in LA just felt that 5.8 5.4 tumbler. We were in our home office when it was happening and we had collectibles and toys fall off our shelving as we watched our cats look arou...

LA Survey: Have You Given Up Your Land Line Phone?

The other day, a friend mentioned she'd given up her land line; she only uses her cell phone. Although we primarily use our cell phone, living in an earthquake zone, our land line phone's a tool for ...

Earthquake Preparedness

With news of China being rocked by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, we're reminded 1) how you never know when disaster will strike 2) how quickly life can change and 3) how grateful we are that we're back ...

Are You Ready for an Emergency?

The last few days have been beautiful, haven't they? When the weather in Los Angeles is beautiful, there's nothing like it. But we know, living in an earthquake zone, that disaster can strike when w...