Housing Notes
Little Houses (aka Tiny Houses, Small Houses, ...)
- Another tiny-house advantage: Earthquake Safety. Living
on the California coast, the safest I’ve felt from earthquakes over the
years has been living in a couple different small trailers, while going
to school. The Haiti earthquake this week reminds me of the
vulnerability of contemporary buildings. The Tumbleweed houses on
wheels seem particularly safe.Tumbleweed could even point out
earthquake-safety in their marketing. “Save your kids! Have them sleep
in earthquake-safe tiny houses! ” or “Sitting in an office with
concrete above your head in earthquake country? Get a tiny house for an
office, and roll with the rockin’” — Looking forward to tiny-house
earthquake safety being legal everywhere, along with the many other
small-footprint advantages.
- I’ve had to evacuate from a stationary house during numerous California
wildfires. Tiny-house-on-wheels users can evacuate the whole house and wait out
the fire in their own home, pets and all.
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Michael Kelley Harris