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Knowing what's going on kind of dictates your response. If it's a forest fire, for example, swift action is much preferable to hiding under the bed. Hence looki
by ip26 8y ago
Knowing what's going on kind of dictates your response. If it's a forest fire, for example, swift action is much preferable to hiding under the bed. Hence looking out the window.
- SideburnsOfDoom 8y agoHow swift? It can't be more than 15 seconds between flash of light and shockwave. Staying down for that long in case there's a shockwave seems reasonable. Also, forest fires are not typically sudden flashes of light or found in urban areas. Context matters.
- BerislavLopac 8y agoAccording to the experience in Halifax explosion, a blast wave travels at 1000 m/s; so you get 15 seconds if the blast happens 10 miles away from you.
- SideburnsOfDoom 8y agoGood to know. In the unlikely event etc, I'll give it 20 seconds or so then.