quake

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by thatdurncat13

I'm sure someone will do it. Probably here in Va. also.

already available.

[yamota]

Dibs!

[Caladium]

LOL LOL I want one of those shirts!!!!!!

[Kophi]

Originally Posted by michgc

According to FEMA:

If you are indoors "Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. Most injuries during earthquakes occur when people are hit by falling objects when entering into or exiting from buildings."

Instead, FEMA says that if you are already indoors then you should:

--Take cover under a sturdy desk, table, or bench or against an inside wall, and hold on. If there isn’t a table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in an inside corner of the building.

--Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture.

--Stay in bed - if you are there when the earthquake strikes - hold on and protect your head with a pillow, unless you are under a heavy light fixture that could fall. In that case, move to the nearest safe place.

--Use a doorway for shelter only if it is in close proximity to you and if you know it is a strongly supported, loadbearing doorway.

I'm so glad you shared this because I had been wondering just how I was going to go about it if a quake happened during the night. I'm at one end of the hallway and the kids' rooms are on the other, and dashing down the hall and dragging sleeping people out of bed and down the stairs (the latter which I envision dramatically swaying and crumbling away) and out the door -- oh and making sure to turn off the house alarm before doing so -- just seemed like a rather elaborate procedure for something that likely would be over in the time it took to do all that. Remaining in the bed or ducking under the nearest desk is far quicker (and from what I now see, far safer -- W00T!!).

I guess a lingering question in my mind (and what likely inspired me to dash out of the house when we had the recent quake) is: What if hiding under a desk/table backfires because the floor falls out from under you? Whatever it is you're hiding under to protect you from things falling from above then itself becomes one of the things falling (with you) from above and consequently lands on you when you land on whatever the next (still intact) level happens to be further down. Or does that not happen much? I overthink these things, I know...

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[CaliTerp07]

Originally Posted by Rayjeena

I guess a lingering question in my mind (and what likely inspired me to dash out of the house when we had the recent quake) is: What if hiding under a desk/table backfires because the floor falls out from under you? Whatever it is you're hiding under to protect you from things falling from above then itself becomes one of the things falling (with you) from above and consequently lands on you when you land on whatever the next (still intact) level happens to be further down. Or does that not happen much? I overthink these things, I know... .

Far, far, faaaaaaaaaar more likely that falling objects are books and wine bottles and overhead lights than the ceiling above. Even when the ceiling does fall, it's generally tiles and dust. It would have to be a hell of an earthquake for the entire floor to drop out--larger than anything I've ever experienced, and I was in LA for the northridge quake.

[Kophi]

Originally Posted by CaliTerp07

Far, far, faaaaaaaaaar more likely that falling objects are books and wine bottles and overhead lights than the ceiling above. Even when the ceiling does fall, it's generally tiles and dust. It would have to be a hell of an earthquake for the entire floor to drop out--larger than anything I've ever experienced, and I was in LA for the northridge quake.

Oh good - that's reassuring to know!!

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[yamota]

I guess we can call ourselves earthquake veterans now

[Flamingo13]

I wonder if there was just another little one? I felt something at 10:55, anyone else?

[oneasterisk]

Sorry I was in the restroom...

[ersatz]

Flamingo13 asked

I wonder if there was just another little one? I felt something at 10:55, anyone else?

Nope, but there was a 1.7 on Thursday between Charlottesville and Richmond.

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