Earthquake!!!
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Ah! Your first earthquake! Welcome Newbies! Now you're really Angelians.
I was on the 8th floor of my doctors building at Cedar Sinai.
Scared the bejesus out of me. Never been that high up before during one.
Also, didn't know you all had been having them all week, since I was out of town.
Guy in the waiting room said, something like, "well, not much choice about getting out when you're on the 8th floor", which sounds fatalistic, but made me feel oddly comforted.
It's been awhile since we had one like that!
Couple things: Keep some shoes by your bed. Don't want to step on broken glass in the dark. Don't RUN to a doorway or whatever. You can break your leg if the ground is moving and you're trying to run over it.
Have a loaded flashlight ready. No candles. Gas lines can break, dangerous to light things.
Just thought of this one too...don't hang or put heavy things near your bed. Things that can fall off the wall on you. Mirrors, bookcases...etc.
Uh....aside from the water thing and the survivalist kind of kit or something, those are all I have for you.
I was on the 8th floor of my doctors building at Cedar Sinai.
Scared the bejesus out of me. Never been that high up before during one.
Also, didn't know you all had been having them all week, since I was out of town.
Guy in the waiting room said, something like, "well, not much choice about getting out when you're on the 8th floor", which sounds fatalistic, but made me feel oddly comforted.
It's been awhile since we had one like that!
Couple things: Keep some shoes by your bed. Don't want to step on broken glass in the dark. Don't RUN to a doorway or whatever. You can break your leg if the ground is moving and you're trying to run over it.
Have a loaded flashlight ready. No candles. Gas lines can break, dangerous to light things.
Just thought of this one too...don't hang or put heavy things near your bed. Things that can fall off the wall on you. Mirrors, bookcases...etc.
Uh....aside from the water thing and the survivalist kind of kit or something, those are all I have for you.
i didnt feel it, i was walking outside, but i feel like once you've felt one you don't need to feel any more. i'd rather we weren't living on top of 5,000 active faults, and i wish one of the most major of those weren't running through the foundation of the exotic fuels building at jpl, and i wish....
as to earthquake advice, standing in a doorway is ok advice, but keep one thing in mind- that door is going to be swinging around if its a big one, fingers in door hinge is pretty bad. getting under or right next to something that is really strong and can withstand stuff falling on it is sometimes but not always best. basically there is no perfectly safe solution... come to think of it earthquake safety is a bit like improv:
make a bold decision and act on it immediately. it may not be the perfect decision, but at the time you will not ever be able to know for certain what the perfect decision is. funny how improv is everywhere.
as to earthquake advice, standing in a doorway is ok advice, but keep one thing in mind- that door is going to be swinging around if its a big one, fingers in door hinge is pretty bad. getting under or right next to something that is really strong and can withstand stuff falling on it is sometimes but not always best. basically there is no perfectly safe solution... come to think of it earthquake safety is a bit like improv:
make a bold decision and act on it immediately. it may not be the perfect decision, but at the time you will not ever be able to know for certain what the perfect decision is. funny how improv is everywhere.