This comment does not constitute professional advice and whatever else I have to say that clearly indicates this is not my professional opinion.

These cracks appear structural in nature.

They do need to be repaired and probably by someone who can rule out other factors. Mostly I’m concerned about the large aperture crack between the blocks at the top as a source of water infiltration and maybe even pests but that’s not my purview.

You probably don’t need a structural engineer but a foundation repair company should take a look at it.

If you DIY it I would document the cracks really well and check on them regularly. I don’t really recommend DIY simply due to the large aperture crack up top. Were I there in person I would look at the penetration of it (how deep does the crack go?) to determine more. If it penetrates deeply, again, I would recommend having someone look at it.

That being said are you on a hill of any kind? Did these cracks appear the same day as the earthquake or after? The larger one looks older. Do you have other cracks in the foundation? Sticky doors or windows? If you’re on a hill at all I would reach out to a geotechnical firm as these cracks, if they’re not directly earthquake related, could be indicators of slope instability.

Also are you in a floodplain? Old filled in estuary? There could have been significant settlement during the earthquake that may need to be addressed.

Homeowner’s insurance, in my experience, will not fix earthquake damage. If you live in an earthquake prone area I recommend you purchase a separate earthquake policy. Ours is about $40/month.

Metal slides > plastic slides. Even when wearing shorts on a hot day. Anything was better than the god damned static shock.

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Jesus fuck

Look maybe I just am tired of sitting, did you ever think of that?!

Lol, nah it’s because I was late. Or might leave.

Our local Mayor is a millennial. Everyone on the city council is boomer or older. The boomers are children playing highschool politics with obvious smear campaigns, audience plants, and are clamoring about “disrespect” that the mayor showed when forced by the media to make a statement about the councilman doing something so egregious in a meeting it made national news.

I feel bad for the Mayor and hate those city council fucks. But I live outside the city boundary so even though we’re affected by their policies we can’t vote or anything.

It’s horribly shameful.

Jesus fucking christ the people you met in college were animals.

Does it have to be alive? We dissected dogfish in college.

Does a quiz count as an exam?

I feel so bad downvoting you but I haven’t either, I don’t know how. I thought it was just something the instance owner could do.

I read late October

It never occurred to me before this question but Fossilesque is cool as hell.

Geology. A PhD is unnecessary unless you want to work in academia (bleh) or for the USGS, which is prestigious but hard to get into even with a PhD. So I’ve heard. There likely would be no appreciable salary increase and in fact would fall into the “overqualified” trap. Master’s is the standard level employers desire.

I’m unemployed and bummed about it and looking at the PhD because having a project like that sounds awesome.

I’m staring at a PhD and genuinely considering it. I already have an M.S. and that was brutal. But my career stalled and nobody is hiring. Plus I hate myself. Should I do it?

I just want to do a cool project. I have no interest in academia, lol.

I agree

Right? I’m reading it right now. It’s so dang cute I can’t stand it.

That’s awesome man! I’m sorry for whatever made you hit your out of pocket max but I’m glad you’re planning to take full advantage of this gravy train.

You’re right about October being burnt umber but it’s burnt umber, red, and other reddish orange hues. Thursday is like a bright yellow which is more like September.

Am geologist. You got it.

2 years should have gotten you through petro and geomorph so you’re just as qualified as a lot of grads. Nobody ever remembers anything from structure.

Bruh