Securing Pictures for Earthquakes

This is one of our favorite pictures, called "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai. We bought the print in Japan. We certainly do not want it to be damaged by an earthquake.

The picture is mounted with a wire in back, as shown above. It is important that the wire is not too tight, because if it is, under strong shaking it can break where it is wrapped around the eyelets at the ends.

The hook is called “The A-Maze-ing Picture Hook” by TREVCO, Escondido, CA, USA 92029, www.quakehold.com. The idea is that by creating a maze for the wire to go through, it will not come out during an earthquake. We were using a different kind when we went through the strong shaking of the Mogul earthquakes, but these are easier to use so we have switched to them.

Thanks to my wife for taking these pictures.