Sunday morning the Sonoma County and Napa County areas were rocked with a 6.1 magnitude earthquake.  National Storage Tank is located in Sonoma County and have watched the destruction and damage in own backyard. Our hearts go out to all those who were injured, lost homes and are dealing with damages.

See the below links for more information on the quake and the damage.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/earthquake-strikes-between-napa-and-american-canyon/article_65b5ce00-2b7d-11e4-81d5-0019bb2963f4.html

 During the earthquake many fires started due to 60 gas pipes breaking.  This was made much worse by the fact that 30 water mains were damaged as well; which caused water pressure to drop and be off little use in fighting fires. 

At one mobile home park fire fighters tried frantically to put out the fires without any fire suppression water due to broken water pipes. They had to wait till water was trucked in before putting the fires out.

See the below video.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/fires-caused-earthquake-spread-mobile-home-park-25110566?tab=9482931&section=1206833

We cannot control when earthquakes or other disasters hit, but we can control being prepared and having water available.  We have installed multiple water tanks throughout Sonoma and Napa County, our tanks have stood the test.  We engineer all our tanks site specific, and make sure they will hold and will be there for when you need water most.

Help protect yourself, your family, your homes and livelihoods.  Having water tanks for fire suppression and potable water can save your live and your home.

We can all work together to help protect our communities and be better prepared for when disaster strikes.