Ways tO survive when Quake occured?!

Good to know especially when we travel.




QUAKE


Some interesting points that make sense, all contrary to what we have
been
taught.


Earthquakes

This is really interesting. ...just the opposite of what we were taught
and
maybe still are teaching our children and each other. Please print it
and
read it, keep it and share it. I was amazed at how many things we've
been
taught that are NOT the right thing to do.

For those who might encounter an earthquake (which is everyone). My name
is
Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American
Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue
team.
The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake. I have
crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60
countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member
of
many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United
Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years... There would
likely
have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the
"triangle of life."

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City
during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under their desk. Every
child
was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by
lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene,
unnecessary
and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the
time know that the children were told to hide under something. Simply
stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon
the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space
or
void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life" The
larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the
object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that
the
person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next
time
you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you
see
formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape you will see,
in a
collapsed building.

TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY:

1) Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
is
crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are
crushed.

2) Cats, dogs & babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position.
You
should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct.
You
can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa,
next
to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void
next
to it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during
an
earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake.
If
the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created.
Also,
the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick
buildings
will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but
less
squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply
roll
off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a
much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on
the
back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the
floor,
next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out
of
the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next
to
a sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is
killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward
or
backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls
sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you
will
be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of
frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building).
The
stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other
until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get
on
stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads- horribly
mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the
stairs
. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if
the
stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when
overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety,
even when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible.
It
is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the
interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the
building the greater the probability that your escape route will be
blocked.

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls
in
an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened
with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of
the
San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were
all
killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or
lying
next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had
been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the
crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars
that
had columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices
and
other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large
voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

Spread the word and save someone's life. PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION.