I'm not getting Fat, I'm preparing for disaster. Dang mods y'all need to consider Pacu Mom for mod status...
Monster Fish Tanks in Earthquake Zones
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I'm not getting Fat, I'm preparing for disaster. Dang mods y'all need to consider Pacu Mom for mod status...
Ha ha! In all seriousness, everyone should give some thought to catastrophic events and the minimum planning and action needed to survive. Say, you are at work, and your house burns down. Do you have copies of important documents, know your insurance policy numbers, have their phone numbers so you can call them? Besides losing my house, I would lose my boat, truck, piano and harp in the fire. i can see the insurance companies being less than helpful if I don't have a policy number for them. I have copies of all that stuff, including titles to everything, on a flash drive, in Google photo albums, on a cheat sheet in my wallet and copies in my survivor back pack.
Do you know what to do to protect yourself during an earthquake? They recommend keeping heavy shoes, gloves, helmet under the bed so you can protect yourself from the ruble after the earthquake. They also recommend having a 72 hour supply of food and water.
What about a nuclear disaster? I don't think there would ever be a direct hit where I live, but if something happened in San Francisco or Portland, if the power grid was hit, we would have no food or supplies coming into our area, and no power for months. My fish would do fine if my generator works. They recommend having plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal off a room until the all clear is given.
Every one should have a disaster plan--how and where to meet up if the family is separated--that kind of stuff. How much warning did the people who lived below the Oroville Dam have when they were evacuated? How much warning did the people in the Napa fires have? Obviously not enough, as many people died.
Coming back to your original question, things that can be secured, bolted to the wall should be. So if you can secure your tank and stand, you are ahead of the game.
Do you know what to do to protect yourself during an earthquake? They recommend keeping heavy shoes, gloves, helmet under the bed so you can protect yourself from the ruble after the earthquake. They also recommend having a 72 hour supply of food and water.
What about a nuclear disaster? I don't think there would ever be a direct hit where I live, but if something happened in San Francisco or Portland, if the power grid was hit, we would have no food or supplies coming into our area, and no power for months. My fish would do fine if my generator works. They recommend having plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal off a room until the all clear is given.
Every one should have a disaster plan--how and where to meet up if the family is separated--that kind of stuff. How much warning did the people who lived below the Oroville Dam have when they were evacuated? How much warning did the people in the Napa fires have? Obviously not enough, as many people died.
Coming back to your original question, things that can be secured, bolted to the wall should be. So if you can secure your tank and stand, you are ahead of the game.
I wouldn't be so confident that stand to hold up in a large earthquake. Looks like there is no lateral bracing. First good jolt to the left or the right lean over and then pancake.
I have a stand that will survive an earthquake. The house and tank may not, but the stand will survive. Here it is before it was powder coated. 3 1/2 inch tubular steel. Lot of good it is going to do me with no house and no tank 
Pacu Mom for MFK mayor!! This is important info and I need to start prepping. Were you a boy scout or girl scout leader?? Thanks for contributing y'all.
https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes
http://survival-mastery.com/basics/how-to-survive-an-earthquake.html
This old article has been making the rounds on social media recently. It's a little different than the others.
https://battleofearth.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/what-to-do-in-an-earthquake-good-advice/
http://survival-mastery.com/basics/how-to-survive-an-earthquake.html
This old article has been making the rounds on social media recently. It's a little different than the others.
https://battleofearth.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/what-to-do-in-an-earthquake-good-advice/
Always entertains me how the biggest city’s are built in the worst locations for natural disasters
Not be a naysayer or anything, but, in 89 I had quite a few tanks over 100 gals. Both inside and outside of the house. Not one knocked over. Yes they were all at least 30% empty after, but didn’t fall. None were anchored. That quake took down bridges, stadiums, mountain sides..... IDK, maybe I was lucky??
