Before, held to wall by screws into studs
EarthQuake
Seattle
Feb 28, 2001
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Before, held to wall by screws into studs
After, 9' x 11' x 1.5' solid Oak unit
Bookcase held up only by suspended shelves
Today, still putting books back in
This room is 12'x16'
The 'flying shelves' are 8 ft long and hold 100 lbs of books
up by 10 hooks and thin nylon twine
another row of books will go on top of the bed-bookcase, left
The 3 shelves here are suspended by nylon string
from the sloped ceiling.
That is what held up the bed-bookcase.
400 people injured
none killed
$4 Billion in damage and counting
the Alaskan Viaduct still to be fixed, $1 B
More photos of bookcases on the other site pages.