# 6.1 Earthquake this morning near Napa.

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**Created:** [August 24, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367 "2014-08-24T12:51:12Z")\
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Doorways offer no extra protection unless the building was built before something like 1920.

If you go outside of a building during an earthquake, please get 150% of the height of the building between you and the building (and all other buildings) so you don’t get creamed by falling debris.

The “triangle of life” (never heard that one before) was recommended during a Community Emergency Response Team training session by senior firefighter IF, and only if, you’re in a big box store like Home Depot. If an earthquake hits during one of those, climb in one of the shelves if you can. Failing that, get all the way up against an external wall, because if the ceiling collapses, it’s unlikely to come down straight down the wall.

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/42 "2014-08-25T17:08:35Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> The news reported that a liquor store in Napa had the contents of all of their bottles flowing out the front and the back doors when they arrived,

The news showed several wineries with barrels that fell off and split open. The worst was a winery which lost its reference bottles, which it used to blend wine from different vineyards.  
And it wasn’t just wine shops - the radio this morning reported on an olive oil store which had oil from spilled bottles all over its floor.

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> From the news report, the worst injury was a young child who was hit by falling bricks from a chimney.

I think that is the last critical injury left. I think the child was upgraded from critical.

I live in Fremont, south of Oakland and north of San Jose, and felt nothing. My dog didn’t wake up either.

Downtown Napa has lots of historic brick buildings, and lots of them took severe damage. That’s a shame.

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