 Editor in Chief Bill   | 29 Apr 2010 8:27 p.m. PST |
Is your miniatures collection protected against earthquakes? |
| Nick Weitnauer | 29 Apr 2010 8:41 p.m. PST |
The quakes here are not too bad. Nothing has even fallen over, let alone taken a real dive… knock on wood :) |
| John the OFM | 29 Apr 2010 9:05 p.m. PST |
As far as I know, there are no major fault lines running through Pittston, PA.
However, the house COULD fall down a coal mine, so that would certainly crush the puny plastic boxes when the upper stories pancake down on them. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 29 Apr 2010 9:22 p.m. PST |
I think there is a much greater risk of children running into the display shelves. |
| jizbrand | 29 Apr 2010 9:38 p.m. PST |
Not protected against earthquakes (or, more likely, tornados in this part of the country). But . . . if a nuke ever goes off nearby, I have a safe refuge! |
 Gungnir  | 29 Apr 2010 9:59 p.m. PST |
No quakes worth mentioning over here, so no. |
| Mlatch221 | 29 Apr 2010 10:18 p.m. PST |
Probably not. Honestly, hurricanes and tornadoes are a more immediate concern but if that "big one" ever rattles the New Madrid fault, it's always possible we may feel it here. |
| Grizwald | 30 Apr 2010 2:15 a.m. PST |
"Is your miniatures collection protected against earthquakes?" The risk of earthquakes in the UK is close to zero, so yes. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 30 Apr 2010 4:40 a.m. PST |
No, and actaully this is a big fear of mine. I don't think my Ikea glass shelves are rated above a 3.0 ….and I live immedeately West of the San Adraes fault line. |
| Cold Steel | 30 Apr 2010 4:46 a.m. PST |
Most would be protected, but some are stored on book shelves. They are well protected from tornadoes. And they are all stored along the north wall of the basement, so when Atlanta gets nuked by a terrorist, I am well shielded. |
| BravoX | 30 Apr 2010 5:29 a.m. PST |
"so when Atlanta gets nuked by a terrorist, I am well shielded."
A major benefit of buying metals over these new fangled plastics. |
 McKinstry | 30 Apr 2010 6:25 a.m. PST |
Earthquakes – no sweat, Zombies – not so much although I think those decaying  s probably are lousy gamers. |
| richarDISNEY | 30 Apr 2010 7:22 a.m. PST |
Yes. Yes they are.
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| Martin Rapier | 30 Apr 2010 8:12 a.m. PST |
"The risk of earthquakes in the UK is close to zero, so yes." We had an earthquake in Sheffield a couple of years ago, damage was minor and my toys survived intact. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7266136.stm It was only a 5.2, but quite loud. |
| pissant | 30 Apr 2010 9:10 a.m. PST |
A foam-packed gun case with three latches is about as secure as you can get. My favorite two armies are in there, the rest are at risk to some degree. |
| Roderick Robertson | 30 Apr 2010 9:31 a.m. PST |
The majority of my miniatures are in a steel card catalog, which is a real pain to move, so I'd say the probably are. (barring the house falling down in a "Big One", at which point few things would be safe) Plus, the part of California I'm in (foothills south-west of Yosemite) isn't that close to known fault lines (or volcanos), so we've been pretty tectonically quiet. |
| Andrew May1 | 30 Apr 2010 9:46 a.m. PST |
No. We had an earthquake here inthe WestMidlands about two years ago. It felt like someone was shaking the bed, (it was the middle of the night). My girlfriend and I both woke up, and pretty much said to each other "Was that you?"
then there was another little quake and we both realized it actually was, the earth moving… |
| Scorpio | 30 Apr 2010 10:04 a.m. PST |
How exactly do you protect against earthquakes? |
| Space Monkey | 30 Apr 2010 11:17 a.m. PST |
Vegas might be safe from earthquakes but we've got all those rampaging nuclear nightmares wandering off the test site to deal with… YouTube link |
| CeruLucifus | 30 Apr 2010 11:43 a.m. PST |
Yes. Mine are all stored in their transport system, which is foam trays with individual foam compartments. They are either on shelves in a closed cabinet (with child safety / earthquake safety fasteners on the doors) or in hard shell transport cases.
I happen to live in Southern California, but frankly, it's transporting the miniatures that is the most risky. Just a bonus that a good protective storage and transport system protects against earthquakes too.
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| Flat Beer and Cold Pizza | 30 Apr 2010 5:16 p.m. PST |
Nope, but then again I'm much more concerned about myself than my miniatures what with living here in the SF Bay area and all. |
| aecurtis | 30 Apr 2010 6:01 p.m. PST |
You can sleep soundly, John: PDF link See page 8. Pittston is safe, but the Lancaster Host is DOOMED!!! Move Historicon now!!! Oh, wait… |
| Buff Orpington | 29 Nov 2010 2:04 p.m. PST |
According to the environment agency I'm at more risk from rising sea levels. |
| Kropotkin303 | 29 Nov 2010 3:09 p.m. PST |
Funny thing about earthquakes is they can hit your neighbours house and completely miss yours. we had one in Folkestone, near to where I live about 2 years ago, here in the UK. My next door neighbour was thrown out of bed. I got nothing. We were about 25km away. As far as the minis go they need to be dropped at least once to see if the araldite is up to scratch.Only joking. |
