Small Condo - Big Style

"We would like a small house with large rooms and many of them"

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While I have always loved that passage from Howards End uttered by the house hunting Margaret Schlegel, the reality of small space living comes down to careful planning, releasing your creativity and understanding the importance of a bold visual statement. "Safe" maxims such as painting it all beige or white and keeping it "uncluttered" in reality turn your space into a boring vacuum that also happens to be a small box, not the end result desired by anyone. The key to successfully Designing a small space is to maximize its best features (your view, architectural details or a spectacular piece of Art or furniture) and then carefully and minutely planning out your seating, colours, textures, lighting, placement and functionality. The inspiration for your space needs to come not only from who and how you live now, but also how you want to live in your space. Design your small space to act as the stage for the life you want to lead. This sounds trite, but the reality is that our environment effects not only our mental well being but also our relationships and how we perceive ourselves. Small spaces don't have to be a restriction to how we live whatsoever, they simply have to be carefully and creatively conceived.

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I always recommend starting off by creating a " house book". This means printing off/creating a copy of your floor plan to scale and then collecting images of the items that appeal for that space such as lighting, furniture, Art, carpets, architectural details, colour chips, fabrics and so forth. Start off with the empty space in mind and think how you need to use each area and space within your small condo. Think how you can add multifunctionality to each area such as a dining space that is also a library with a hidden office in a Secretaire or Armoire; or a living area that has a pull out sleeper sofa (albeit a sexy clean line version that you would never know was a sleeper sofa and not the one in your Great Aunt's basement with the bar in the middle that destroys your back); or a guest room that acts as a Study/Reading room and craft corner. There are no limits to how you use your space and how many creative layers for that usage you determine. Once you think about how you need to use the space and how it best works with your floor plan you will need to think about the scale of your furniture and whether you need to have some pieces custom built for your space (or a possible DIY project for you or a handy relative). At the same time you need to carefully think about the ever present and crucial issue of storage. Just when you think you have planned for "enough", add some more and try to find furniture that has hidden or creative storage capacity as well such as ottomans with storage or furniture with hidden storage ability. One of the best solutions to storage and also creating a stunning focal point is having a floor to ceiling shelving unit built into your space for books, art, collections, a bar (with a drop down front) as well as having enclosed storage cabinets along the bottom course.

Another critical aspect for a small condo Design is colour. Don't be fooled into thinking your only option for a small space is an all white palette. While this can be a gorgeous look depending upon your architecture and view/natural light, do not think it is the saviour of a small space as it most assuredly is not. While having an overall softer neutral tone as your main flow colour (your predominate overall wall colour) will work beautifully, make sure to temper it with a few colour blocked walls of a rich, dark and vibrant colour that will add visual depth, interest and personality. For a recent small bedroom I had the walls with the windows and doors and closet painted out a pale raffia tone and the headboard wall painted Francesca Black by Martha Stewart with the trim work painted Oxford White by Benjamin Moore. This actually made the black coloured wall recede and added a sophisticated New York feeling to the space. This was then dramatically enhanced with a tall black leather headboard and a rich mixing of pale fabrics. All the other items were very small scale and I opted for modern boxy crystal lamps, an acrylic see through chair and dark small wood side tables with hidden storage. The end result being a space that was sexy, fresh and most importantly, inspiring to the owner. Never once does one think "gosh, this condo is small", what everyone always says is "wow, that is a sexy bedroom" and what else should a bedroom be other than sexy and soothing.

When planning your space and figuring out what you need and where things will go and how to maximize your storage and functionality, DON'T forget the need to add Drama and Grandeur to your space. Oversized Art work or large Vertical mirrors will add grandeur to your condo (one can never have enough oversized mirrors). The great Design element they add is a sense of space and roominess while NOT taking up any crucial floor space as it is all wall surface, thereby maximizing your actual square footage. Remember that while we want our furniture (sofas, chairs, dining table, side tables, credenzas) to be efficient, small scale and well designed, we need our few accessory items to be BIG, bold and brilliant. Never go with a small grouping of little "things", opt for the biggest and best you can afford thereby making an emphatic statement of who you are and what your space symbolizes. Whenever possible, opt for the best quality items your budget will allow so that your pieces aren't just for now, but for any space you move into in the future as well.

Something that trips up many people in designing their small space are the Window coverings. Make sure to keep them simple, efficient and always background. Window coverings in a small space should never be the focus of your room or Design. The view is important and your overall Design is important, but by making something that is very upfront you are in fact compartmentalizing your home and your view thereby making it feel and look smaller and boxier, something we never want to do with our small condo. I prefer to go with a simple Roman blind (similar to our overall wall colour) or wooden blinds painted out our trim colour. This will ensure that they are background and that the overall Design will have a gorgeous and clean line flow and feeling.

A few other Design elements to include whenever possible are such things as:

- Add shelves above doorways for both storage or visual displays
- Add additional light fixtures and upgrade existing light fixtures to make sure there is an even and overall light source that is controllable and their style corresponds to your Design
- Put glass shelves across deep-set windows for both storage and stunning displays of glass or art work
- Put low bookcases along a sofa back
- Always make sure to keep the flooring throughout a small space the same for visual continuity
- Run low bookcases underneath windows
- Line hallways with bookshelves
- Carve out shallow display spaces between wall studs for either open or hidden storage
- Always make sure to select sofas and chairs with plain or textured upholstery rather than vibrant prints
- Always run your shelves up to the ceiling
- Whenever possible exchange swinging doors for sliding doors to free up more floor space and give a fresher modern feeling.

Remember that inspiration comes in many forms and to keep and open mind and eye while Designing your small space. Don't be afraid to try something new or challenging. A small space Design needs to have a beautiful blending of both funtionality, organization, visual presentation, beauty and for me above all else a strong dose of your personality.

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  • Mini Lights - Pink Christmas Lights Are Great For Decorating All Year

    Mini Lights: Decorating with Pink Mini Lights

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    Why not try pink as your color theme this Christmas season - or for your next party or room decorating project. Pink is warm, fun and an easy color to get along with. Fortunately, trends in Christmas light manufacture can satisfy a penchant for pink.

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    Pink is an amazing color - invigorating and refreshing. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't smile in the presence of this powerful pastel. Even on the gloomiest days, its refreshing and cheerful. When you wear the right pink, it lights up your face like someone with a gauze covered spotlight is following you around the supermarket. Naturally, I had to test this color's power with some pink mini lights and here are a few ideas on how to use this romantic color.

    Accent your dinner parties with pink lighting

    Consider adorning your dining room sideboard with pink mini lights for soft and complexion-enhancing light. Fill a couple of large glass vases with light sets and place them on a buffet or side table. Wrap an indoor palm or ficus to create a glowing architectural accent. Use Pink light strings to decorate a birthday party

    I think it's safe to say that most girls love the color pink. Create a princess wonderland for a girl's birthday party with pink mini lights draped around the dining room ceiling, around the gift table, and around the cake table. Intertwine them with white tulle for a special touch around the birthday girls' chair at the table. She'll feel like a princess all day long and the party will create memories she won't soon forget. Use thumbtacks to create the birthday girl's name in an outline of pink mini lights on a backyard fence.

    Pink Lights Make a Pretty Bedroom

    A girl's bedroom is the perfect place to light up with pink. Use them to gracefully outline the canopy above her bed or accent the mirror on her dressing table. Add some artwork to the walls - castles, dragons, toe shoes - and your theme will come together.

    Check your local craft stores for new easy to transfer appliques that are becoming available. Use light as part of a plan to organize your daughter's room. Throw some pink light on her beloved stuffed animals by accenting some shelves that you can install high on the wall. Line the toys up among the light sets. She'll enjoy seeing them in the evening before she falls asleep. And you'll enjoy not rearranging them 5 times a day. LED mini lights are a great choice for this application since they stay cool - only rising one degree in operation. (Otherwise, for conventional Christmas lights put them on a timer.)

    Don't forget that grown up bedrooms need a little romantic light as well! Try using rosy pink mini lights to set the tone in the budoir. Use them in large glass containers filled with tulle or use them to provide indirect lighting on top of bookcases and behind headboards.

    Pink Mini lights for Christmas

    Mini lights of several colors are seen during the Christmas holiday. Why not use pink mini lights on your white or green Christmas tree this year? Compliment your pink light strands with white pearls, bows, and ornaments. It will be an exciting tree that your Christmas guests will envy.

    Don't let your pink flamingo yard ornament go unaccessorized this Christmas season. Go pink for Christmas and enjoy the glow.

    Decorating Outdoors with Pink Mini Lights

    Wrap your trees with pink mini lights to celebrate a birthday - especially a sweet 16. The unexpected color - usually one would expect clear - will be cause for conversation. Mixing in a few red mini lights would make a great surprise for a backyard Valentines party.

    Whether indoors or outdoors, pink mini lights are a great economical way to think outside of the lines when it comes to adding a little color to Christmas or next week's private picnic for 2.

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    Black Friday South Shore Furniture, Sand Castle Collection, Bookcase Headboard 39", Pure White 2011 Deals

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    Interior Decorating - 5 Tips For Designing Small Spaces

    If you've ever lived in one, you know that small spaces come equipped with their own special regimen of challenges, and it's up to you to come up with crafty solutions. Because of the creative Rubik's Cube they represent, and the amazing makeovers that often result, these have long been some of my favorite spaces to design. Below, I've provided you with 5 essential guidelines to help you clear the decks, so your style will shine!

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    1. Pare down on the number of furnishings, not necessarily the size. People generally think that because they have a small space, they need to purchase small furniture. This is not exactly correct, and frequently leads to what I refer to as "dollhouse syndrome." When you walk into a small space filled with small pieces, your brain says, "Huh, look at all these little things in this cramped little space." When you walk into a small space with a couple of larger pieces, something interesting happens. Now your brain says, "Well! Look at these large pieces on which I can spread out! I must be in a large space!"

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    Of course, you can't be ridiculous about this. If you live in a studio apartment, a pit sectional with reclining ends is not the answer... sorry. DO make sure that there is plenty of breathing room between the pieces, and that traffic can move easily through the entire space. For most people, a regular sofa and one or two small club chairs will provide ample seating, and you only need enough tables to support your lighting, and be within easy reach to set things down.

    2. Light colors vs dark colors: Would-be decorators love to talk about how dark colors make a room look small. *long suffering sigh* Rather than step up on my soapbox, I will simply say that this, too, is not exactly correct. For the sake of this article, I shall simply compare the two options:

    Light colors do a wonderful job of reflecting the light, and they move easily from space to space. One way to make a small home feel larger is to paint all the connected areas the same color. This makes it feel like one room flows seamlessly into the next, creating the illusion of more space. Light colors are wonderful in rooms with plenty of natural light. They generally make a room feel cool, airy, and open. Dark colors, on the other hand, make a space feel rich, cozy and intimate. Consider this: if your room is the size of a shoe box, with little to no light, it doesn't matter WHAT color you paint the walls. No one is going to walk in there and say, "Wow! This room feels huge! It must be because you painted it white!" Not gonna happen. So why not embrace a small space for what it is, and make the most of it? Your results will be dramatic.

    3. Storage: A place for everything, and everything in its place. If it doesn't have a place, get rid of it. Can't get rid of it? Get rid of something else. Nothing, I repeat: nothing makes a space feel smaller than clutter. If something isn't important enough to you for it to have a proper home, it's not important enough to keep. It's that simple.

    To that end, get creative with storage opportunities! Closets aren't the only answer, but we'll start there. If your closet has a shelf on the top and one or two hanging bars, you are living in a different era. Get yourself a closet organizer, and you will, at a minimum, triple your closet's capacity. How about under the bed? How about adding bookcases with attractive baskets? A coffee table or ottoman with great storage? A nightstand with drawers? A shelf that runs around the top 12" of the room for decorative boxes or display? A chest in the entry instead of a table? You get the idea.

    4. Lighting: Poor lighting makes a room feel like it's closing in. Everything is dim and shady. Fabrics and colors look dingy. Sounds great, right? Make sure your room has at least three light sources, which is what we call "triangulating." This generally ensures that all objects (and people) are receiving some degree of light from every side, which, unlike the scenario above, makes a space feel warm and inviting. FYI, overhead lighting alone is not generally sufficient, and causes a great deal of eye strain when reading or watching TV.

    5. Accessories: Less is more. Please don't cover every table and shelf surface with little this's and that's. No matter how precious they may be, it looks like junk. Choose 1 or 2 large pieces, rather than a larger number of smaller ones. A great vase makes a much more attractive style statement than twelve 4x6 photos in mismatched frames. Further, when accessories are properly displayed, they can be much more appreciated by both you and your guests. If you have many things you love, feel free to rotate them in and out. Every time you bring them back into the room, they'll feel new and exciting!

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    South Shore Axess Collection 5-Shelf Bookcase, Pure White

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    • 3 Adjustable shelves and 2 fixed shelves
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    • Also available in Royal cherry - 7206766, chocolate - 7259766, pure black - 7270766 or morgan cherry - 7276766 finishes
    • It is made of recycled CARB compliant laminated particle panels
    • Complete two adults assembly required; Tools are not included


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    • Material: Engineered Wood Particleboard with Laminate PU paper, Plastic
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    • Built-up Dimension: 18.9"(L) x 9.25"(W) x 36.75"(H), 23.15 Lbs.
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    Assembly time: Approx. 30 minutes. Care instructions: Wipe clean using damped cloth. If spills occurred, tap dry with clean cloth. Place heavier items on the lower shelves. Bin-type drawers are perfect for storage of clothing and accessories, art craft materials and stationery, bathroom necessities and linens. For design ideas, check out other Furniture offered by Furinno. Pictures are for illustration purpose. All decor items are not included in this offer. Please send us a review after purchasing. ***You opinion is highly appreciated and would contribute to improvement of our products and service. ***Please contact support@furinno for missing parts, damaged products, and other product questions. We are pleased to send you the replacement parts FREE of charge.



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    Furinno 2 Tier Go Green Multipurpose Storage Rack Shelving Unit Bookshelf Cabinet with 2 bins - Beech Finish, 99152BE

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    • Material: Particleboard with Laminate PU paper, Plastic Tube
    • Main Color: Beech and light Yellow
    • Sturdy. No tool assembly. Suitable for bathroom, closet, bedroom, office, home and student room.
    • Built-up Dimension: 23.62"(L) x 11.61"(W) x 29.72"(H); 16.09 Lbs.
    • Matching Products: 10007 Computer Desk, NW899BE 4 Tier Storage rack


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    Convenience Concepts 157002 Go-Accsense 3-Shelf Bookcase

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    If Puget Sound is Falling Down - Earthquake Studies

    This story was originally written in 1994.

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    William Steele, the Seismology Lab Coordinator at the University of Washington Geophysics Program, has a son, Chris, who goes to elementary school. "He comes in sometimes and he loves to do stuff." It seems he'd recently put a sticker on one of the lab's monitors, and his father had some trouble accessing the equipment. "What an excuse!" Steele never did get into the program he'd wanted to show me.

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    December 4th of last year there was a magnitude 5.1 quake in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Aftershocks were felt in Washington State. I had headed out to the UW in search of information on recent earthquake activity in the Puget Sound region.

    "Oregon is relatively quiet next to Washington. But this year, we've had an enormous amount of activity in Oregon, counter to past patterns." Klamath Falls couldn't be noisier, said Steele, ticking off the numbers: September 4th, 5.9; Sept. 20th, 5.9, 5.0, 4.3; Dec. 4th, 5.1; and Christmas Day, 4.0, 3.4.

    Most of our local activity in the Puget Sound region is recorded by the UW's lab equipment. They have an emergency preparation computer program called "Beat the Quake," hailing from the land of quakes, California, which has suffered through quite a lot of severe earthquake damage lately. That's the program Steele had trouble running on his computer. Fortunately, the UW's Seismology Lab has far more emergency preparedness information "so we don't have to begin from ground zero" in the likely event of an earthquake. Steele is also the Public Information Officer covering quakes through the UW. "We have 135 seismic stations throughout Washington and Oregon, currently operating, and we're expanding. We really cover a tremendously broad area."

    They locate quakes precisely, then determine the magnitude (quantity of total energy released by the quake), location (area affected by the quake), and epicenter (location on the surface directly above the focus, or place where an earthquake originates.)

    They collect data about the geology of the region as well. "It's critical data. This lab is an educational center for graduate students in geophysics." They also educate citizens. School groups bring in students, and Steele speaks at civic organizations, encouraging people to take action and make themselves safer from earthquakes.

    Of course, the big question everyone asks is, "When?"

    "We're not able to put down a date. It's more complicated because three types of quakes occur in the Puget Sound region. The most common are deep earthquakes.

    "Signals travel through the planet's crust, sometimes all the way from the other side." Events from anywhere show up on their helicorder sheets, making an analog, a 24-hour record, of every quake. For example, the Klamath Falls quakes, which are very near California on the Oregon coast.

    "We cover the Cascade Range, and have multiple stations on every volcano. We have a good station at Mt. Baker, adequate to cover the region." Earthquakes around volcanoes are very common.

    The lab shares data with California for quakes occurring on the border of California and Oregon. "We're part of the Washington Regional Seismic Network." Steele showed me a map of Pacific Northwest Seismicity, 1969-1991. There were huge blue clusters in Puget Sound. What are those, I asked. "Moderate, shallow, and deep quakes. The deep clusters are in the Puget Basin."

    Deep earthquakes, the ones you really tend to write home about, are the largest in magnitude as measured on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. The values usually range from 1.0 (not felt) to 7.0 (extreme damage to buildings and land surfaces). They can go even higher, as they have in recent deep quakes in Alaska.

    Here's what's happening in Puget Sound: about 300 kilometers or more out from the coast is where the deep quakes are generated. There's a ridge 500 to 700 kilometers out called the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and new material, new sea floor, is being deposited all the time along it. It pushes the Juan de Fuca plate toward the North American plate underneath the Seattle area. The Juan de Fuca plate moves an average of two inches a year, towards us, lifting the other plate.

    A border zone locks it up, an interface between the two plates that stops the oceanic plate, making it subduct beneath us, forcing the ocean plate down into the mantle of the Earth. This boundary is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and extends from the middle of Vancouver Island in British Columbia down to Northern California.

    The Earth's mantle lies beneath its brittle crust. It's semi-solid, due to tremendous heat and pressure. "Our Cascade volcanoes are probably there because of plate subduction beneath us. The push deforms the crust and builds up tremendous stresses. Right now, the coast of Washington is rising. It's bulging up." The oceanic plate is "cold rock" and the shock of the two forces meeting leads to deep earthquakes. Washington has recently experienced two large ones, in 1949 and 1965.

    A flyer from the lab states that roughly 1,000 earthquakes per year are recorded in Washington and Oregon. "Between one and two dozen of these cause enough ground shaking to be felt by residents. Most are in the Puget Sound region, and few cause any real damage. However, based on the history of past damaging earthquakes and our understanding of the geologic history of the Pacific Northwest, we are certain that damaging earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 or greater) will recur in our area, although we have no way to predict whether this is more likely to be today, or years from now." Steele thinks it will be soon.

    "In 1949, there was a severe earthquake in Olympia, 7.1. Eight people were killed and there was millions of dollars worth of property damage. The quake was located 70 kilometers deep.

    "In 1965, there was a magnitude 6.5 quake between Seattle and Tacoma." Both earthquakes were felt as far away as Montana. But there were no aftershocks, as is usual during a deep quake. The infamous aftershocks, known to catch people in the middle of recovering from a bad earthquake, happen during land-based shallow earthquakes. The ocean-based shocks occurred once, causing ground tremors that lasted several minutes. "The 1965 quake killed about five people, and again there was millions of dollars of property damage." Other deep events, difficult to calculate from records of the times, occurred in 1882, 1909, and 1939. "Every 35 years or so a 6.0+ magnitude quake occurs beneath Puget Basin. The whole region along the coast will shift at once. When it finally builds up enough pressure to kick up, it'll be a big one."

    Eighty percent of the quakes on the planet happen along the Pacific North West Rim, which is referred to as "The Ring of Fire" because of all our volcanic activity. In 1964, one year before this area's last big event, south-central Alaska generated a monster 9.3 quake, shaking the ground for twenty minutes, generating tidal waves that decimated Seward's coast, affected 34,000 square miles, and killed 143 people. And there's been recent large quakes in Cape Mendecino, California, and Parkfield, California, infamous for ground shaking, in 1992.

    Brian Atwater of the USGS (United States Geological Service) and the UW geology department has done studies along the coasts of Washington and Oregon. He's found a kind of layered soil..."what he found...ghost forests killed by the last big quakes. Subduction zone material covered by coarse black sand." A layer gradually turned into forest floor and then the sand layer. "As bulging continues, coastline rises, and low-lying areas are flushed clean by salt water. Stress released during the quake makes the coastline subside by seven or eight feet. It 'drops.' If you're living at five feet above sea level, it's not a very comfortable thing."

    Earthquakes also generate large tsunamis, or tidal waves; the biggest ones, generated by larger quakes, can rip up an entire coastline for miles, wiping out bridges, roads, and buildings. The really great subduction zone quakes, 9.0 or more, only occur about once a century on the face of the planet. Strangely, a big quake may result in only about three-and-a-half minutes worth of strong ground shaking, which doesn't sound like much. "One recent California quake was only seventeen seconds of strong ground motion, a 7.1 quake. A 7.0 quake releases the equivalent of 199,000 tons of TNT in energy; a 9.0 releases 200 million tons, or 17,000 atomic bombs' worth of force.

    "The difference between an 8 and a 9 is greater than the difference between a 2 and an 8, because of the logarithmic scale. The force increases exponentially. It gets 30 times greater each time." I wondered if it ever goes up to 10.0.

    By carbon-14 dating organic matter in ground and sea levels, "scientists can determine approximate dates for events going back 10,000 years." Finding clues about these earthquakes involves both painstaking research and educated guesswork.

    Research has recently identified a Seattle fault which generated a large quake between 1,000 to 1,100 years ago. "There were landslides, and a huge seiche-when something big falls in the water, creating waves like tsunamis. Large block landslides occurred in forests. Restoration Point on Bainbridge Island rose twenty feet from Puget Sound in seconds during that event."

    Buildup from glacial ice sheets once covering the continent make it difficult to analyze shallow crust faults. But geologists are pretty sure there are two major Seattle faults. The biggest one runs from the north tip of Mercer Island through Eastgate to the Kingdome, just north of West Seattle. The other fault runs through White Center, parallel to the bigger one. In 1872, an estimated 7.3 shallow quake caused what seismologists call "felt reports" from observers, the only evidence of some older quakes. Native Americans tell legends about what must have been some very sizeable earthquakes and tsunamis.

    Nowadays, all the real-time telemetry (automatic transmission of data from a distant source to a receiving station) comes through in the back of the lab, where Steele poured me a cup of Starbucks coffee at their metal sink in a very equipment-crowded space. "Relays 'zap' activity energy in nanoseconds to the lab. Before people in a region know what's going to hit them, we do." The helicorders monitor 23 stations on analog. "We focus on volcanoes. All stations, including the ones on helicorders, go onto the computer system in the next room. The discriminator in the back takes FM carrier signals and separates them from seismic signals, leaving an amplified seismic signal. It goes to the front room, changing into digital information the computer can read.

    "If it picks up a 'jump' (a skip in the needle on the helicorder) on a station, it checks other stations and records all data, whether there's a signal or not. If it's a big quake, it does estimates of the magnitude etc. via programs, beeps the people (like Steele), and sends information to seismologists around the region." Steele might hear a "beep" anytime.

    As I drank my coffee, Steele told me he was a grad student, his life's partner works, and together they support their family, renting a house in Wallingford and raising two kids. "It's a rewarding job, but...the rewards are not monetary." Nonetheless, he feels treated as a colleague by everyone, and has a good working relationship with all his "fellows at the lab."

    About earthquake preparedness, Steele is adamant. "The secret is not fear and loathing in Seattle, and that we have to hide under our beds. Let's get ready. Our schools need to get to the point where we can withstand a 7.4 earthquake. How many little bodies do we need under bricks before we start spending some money?" Right now, there are no definite laws enforcing earthquake building codes, "if the building code years ago said you could pile bricks without mortar on top of each other."

    Unreinforced masonry creates structures that fall during even moderate earthquakes. "The entire wall of a school can fall down and kill students. A brick that falls three stories doesn't slow down," he said, referring to the death of a boy during the 1965 earthquake. Steele is certain such deaths are preventable.

    At least six schools in Oregon have unreinforced structures, bricks that can fall and fill a doorway, blocking the exit. "Retrofit them, or tear them down and build another school. If a school has been considered unsafe for a quake lately, they can sell it, and it becomes a senior center. No laws stop that. These buildings need to be brought up to code or taken down. Deaths will happen unless we act. India just had a 6.8 quake...tens of thousands dead. There needs to be water and food stored away to last 72 hours. You need to get under a table and ride it out; get down on the ground, under something; check to see if you smell gas, and turn it off; electricity, too."

    You should get to know your community resources, Steele said. And in case of severe aftershocks, if you're in a building "you should wait until the shaking stops, and then get out." Lots of people are killed by falling debris while evacuating buildings.

    What does Steele see in the immediate future? "I expect more of the same. Probably some quakes greater than 4.0 in the Puget Sound area. While we've been talking, there've been events in Klamath Falls,." As I write this, there are aftershocks east of the Dec. 4 "sequence" starting in Klamath Falls. "The question is, are we going to recognize the danger and do something about it, or are we going to wait until we have an adequate death toll? I'd like to see a dedicated plan and some leadership from the state. It'll be a lot of money."

    Steele said a colleague of his said it best: "The next great disaster will happen as soon as we forget about the last one."

    What to do other than screaming your lungs out...fall down!

    Apparently, you may hear a very loud, building sound before the frenzy begins. The below is from "How to Survive in Earthquake Country," a FEMA pamphlet. Find out about your risks, at home, and in your workplace. Get more specifics from the American Red Cross, or FEMA.

    Learn what causes injuries: parts falling off building exteriors and interiors; flying pieces of broken glass; overturning bookcases; unanchored water heaters; storage facilities; anything made of glass; fires from damaged gas lines; electric lines; wood stoves; chimneys; toxic fumes.

    Create emergency preparedness plans: find safe spots in your home; identify escape routes; plan two ways out of each room; pick two places to meet, outside your house and outside the neighborhood if you can't return home; show everyone how to shut off water, gas and electricity; practice your plans, now.

    Read "Your Family Disaster Plan," and "Emergency Preparedness Checklist," which you can get from FEMA.

    Reduce earthquake hazards: evaluate your home; strap water heaters and gas appliances down; remember, stiff items snap; place heavy objects on lower shelves; anchor everything heavy; anchor hanging objects; support community earthquake preparedness.

    Businesses, schools, daycares, neighborhoods, churches, clubs: hold workshops. Assemble a disaster preparedness kit: store food, water, clothes, a first aid kit, a radio, flashlights, and batteries, good for 72 hours of use, in your car trunk, home, and office. For more details, consult the FEMA brochure, "Your Family Disaster Supplies Kit."

    During/after an earthquake: stay calm; don't panic or run. Earthquakes are usually preceded by loud sounds, so take quick action. You actually have about two seconds, so get ready for that earthquake now to protect yourself and others. Stay where you are: drop, cover and hold something solid, or take immediate cover under a heavy desk or table, in a doorway, hallway, or against inside walls. Turn away from glass. Keep away from chimneys, windows, tall bookcases, and objects that might fall.

    Evacuate only after the shaking stops. Use the stairs, not the elevator. Remember, aftershocks may occur at any time. Listen to a radio or TV for instructions. Outdoors: move away from buildings, trees, and utility wires. Sit on the ground until the shaking stops. Flee inland immediately when near a coastline. Check for injuries. Do not move seriously injured people unless they're in danger. Indoors: evacuate damaged buildings, as aftershocks could cause additional damage, or buildings can collapse.

    Do not re-enter a building until it's declared safe by responsible authorities. Don't use the telephone except for emergencies; stay off the phone. Check for fires. Have a fire extinguisher, and know how to use it. Check utilities: gas, electric, and water lines may be broken. Gas: do not use matches, candles, open flames or electric switches indoors, because of possible gas leaks. If you smell gas, open windows, leave, and shut off the main gas valve, which is usually outside.

    Electricity: if wiring is broken, shut off electricity at the main switch. Don't touch anything near downed or damaged lines. Water: if water pipes are broken, shut off the supply at the main valve outside. Use water from ice cubes, water heaters, toilet tanks (if they don't contain chemical cleaners). Clean up spills. Attend carefully to spills of potentially harmful materials such as medicines, drugs, and household cleaners. Provide adequate ventilation, as chemicals may combine to produce toxic gas. Remember to assist others in need.

    Finally, please remember to keep current on the "stats" regarding earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters in your area, so you have a pretty good idea what to do - in the likely event you will have to suffer through one. And also remember: it's not your fault. (Sorry about that, I couldn't resist the joke.)

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