Happy National Richter Scale Day from MaxWood Co.

Growing up in California, there was always the fear of "the big one" coming. Today is National Richter Scale Day. Many people don't know that the scale is not linear. A magnitude 6 earthquake is not 10% stronger than a magnitude 5. This graph gives a good look at it.

It's also a good time to remind you, at MaxWood Co. we build all our furniture with SOLID WOOD. In the case of an earthquake, you're much better getting under a solid wood table opposed to something made of cheap particle board. Please visit our furniture page.

Happy Richter Scale Day! Here's to California not sinking into the ocean, but if it does...