We say they are “Totally Unprepared” but really that’s not true. The Gingerys are on their way to being totally prepared, just like you. We helped the Gingerys see how easy it is to adapt their lifestyle for earthquake preparedness. … more »
Monthly Archives: September 2011
WannabeHippie: How the New Sustainable Californian Gets Prepared for Earthquakes
Posted in Behind The Scenes on Totally Unprepared
Behind The Scenes at the Beautiful Gingery Home
The trip to Wannabehippie’s home turned out to be a real treat for the Totally Unprepared team. Elaine and Mark live with their two daughters in a beautiful home designed by famed architect Rob Wellington Quigley. Their house was designed … more »
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The WannabeHippie and Family Are Totally Unprepared
Meet the Gingery Family: Mark and Elaine, parents of two beautiful girls, Lily and Anya, who dote on the world’s most mellow Labrador Retriever, Maya. Elaine is a popular mommy blogger, wannabehippie, who writes about living the good life in … more »
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So what did we really learn about wine racks and earthquakes from Will It Shake?
Behind the Scenes on the Set of Will It Shake? Wine Rack Episode Engineer Andy warned us before hand, “If you value your wine, I’d secure it.” How’d he know the rack would fall? If it was that obvious wouldn’t every … more »
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How to Make Fake Wine
The amazing and hunky engineers at the Jacobs School of Engineering earthquake simulation laboratory would not let us break real wine on the shake table. Engineer Paul, who runs the indoor earthquake simulator, refused to let us do anything to … more »
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