Posted on 10/18/2018 8:44:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Great California ShakeOut is a statewide earthquake drill held annually to help prepare people to survive and recover quickly from big earthquakes. The event is an opportunity for the community, schools and organizations to review and update emergency preparedness plans and supplies.
Research shows that when people practice what to do ahead of time, they are more likely to respond instinctively with the correct action during an emergency.
Drop, Cover, and Hold On:
a. Move only as far as necessary to reach a safe place. Take cover under a sturdy desk or table, and hold onto it firmly.
b. Be prepared to move with the shaking.
c. Hold the position until the ground stops shaking and it is safe to move.
d. Do not go to a doorway as a place of safety – injury can occur due to doors swinging.
* If outdoors, find a spot away from buildings, trees, streetlights, power lines, and overpasses. Drop to the ground and stay there until the shaking stops. Never run out of a building while the ground is shaking.
* If in a vehicle, pull over to a clear location and stop. Stay in the vehicle, with the seat belt fastened, until the shaking stops.
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“Never run out of a building while the ground is shaking. “
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Why?
(I know nothing about earthquakes.)
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In case parts of the upper floors become dislodged by the shaking.
Older brick buildings are particularly notorious for dropping piles of bricks on people right as they are coming out the door.
Skyscrapers are expected to have entire windows pop out.
The dangerous part of fleeing a building during a quake is all the debris that falls off during a quake. It can smoosh you.
Thanks——that really had me stumped.
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“Never run out of a building while the ground is shaking. “
Why?
(I know nothing about earthquakes.)
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Apparently neither do the people writing this.
***d. Do not go to a doorway as a place of safety – injury can occur due to doors swinging. ***
Say what? In the past we were taught a doorway was good because of the framing and joists around it could prevent falling ceiling debris from crushing you! Now it’s bad?
More info here: https://www.earthquakecountry.org/step5/
It’s been bad for a while now. More than a decade ago, was a “floor warden” in a skyscraper office building. Trainers back then had already come to the conclusion that getting pummeled by the door made the relative security of the framing not worth the trouble.
It’s ludicrous to say never leave a building in an earthquake.
It depends on circumstances.
I remember a few years ago I was teaching a class to graduate students and it was this day. At the end, the designated official, they got to wear special vests, came in to make sure we did the drill.
It entailed everyone sitting under tables for a few minutes. It was kind of surreal.
It is good to be prepared and trained. Hopefully this will save lives when the next big one comes. Unfortunately, the death and destruction will be on par to a nuke going off (without radiation). Luck will be just as important as preparedness. The best defense is not living in a major earthquake zone.
Fair words.
I wonder, though, do you live in earthquake zone?
It’s not that big a deal compared to other things.
Never read that about a door way before—the part about a door swinging and injuring. Thanks for the post.
That's where I was during the October 17, 1989 quake - standing in a double doorway holding the swinging doors while two women stood on either side of me. No-one was injured.
Good work!
(Hopefully they appreciated your patriarchally dominating effort and did not resent your expression of toxic masculinity)
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