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LA City Hall was on Discovery Channel a few months back. They actually lifted the building and installed springs, I believe they are tied into a computer system. This was unprecedented in the States (Japan has accomplished it before). Essentially what occurs is that the springs adjust to the type of shaking / rolling that occurs. No matter what type of vibrations come in, City Hall is set to sway back and forth.
Yesterday, the second roll uplifted the Weg office. This causes it to sway at it's peak in a multitude of directions and once it goes down, it vibrates. At City Hall, watch the light fixtures as they keep a consistent swing, never vibrating. The building will sway back and forth in a pattern using it’s own momentum.
It’s the safest place to be in LA, second likely to the subway center. The restoration project is renound and I doubt that anyone in that meeting wasn’t aware.
I have lived in LA since ‘98. One thing you come to learn about earthquakes is that people whom grew up here are earthquake experts, which is fascinating considering that Pasadena will tell you there is hardly any way to detect the size an earthquake can grow as. That said, when the second roll came in yesterday, if you had no fight-or-flight present, if you had no thoughts of getting to safety, bless your heart. I grew up in Tornado alley, when you hear sirens, you go to safety.
I am of the mindset that when you figure out it isn’t a tremor, it’s time to get the hell to safety. : )
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