Also, weaklings a-feared of living where the earth moves ("The coast is the most, because the surfing's the best!") are roundly & soundly mocked. Say what you will about your Eastern urban hellholes, merely being here (There are no "good" or "bad" neighborhoods when it comes to 'quakes.) challenges fate every effing day.
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It's very dusty under my desk.
Slept Through It Ed.:
Now you know the first thing in 'quake preparation: Dusting.
P.S.: Current thought is to stand in a doorway, not get under a desk. Although I say run outside screaming if possible.
P.P.S.: That doorway may be crowded!
Can't scare Monsieur Bouffant, dude's a flaming brain, doncha know.
I learned everything I know about how to behave in an earthquake from this movie.
Bonus: the theater had a balcony, which pals and I were sitting in. It really felt like you were sliding down and headed over the edge.
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P.S.: Current thought is to stand in a doorway, not get under a desk. Although I say run outside screaming if possible.
Even if the desk is a 1950's vintage McDowell & Craig steel monstrosity? It's pretty damn sturdy.
Safety Warden* Advises:
Judgement call, really, depending on what may fall on you. A solid desk should be good for a fluorescent light ballast & acoustic ceiling tiles, but in a multi-story bldg. where running outside involves a multi-story drop know where the nearest load-bearing doorway is.
I still always advise running outside screaming UNLESS there is danger of shards of skyscraper glass or other falling crap.
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*Srsly. When I was a corporate drone in a third sub-basement. As if we would've gotten out from the eleven floors above us.
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