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Recent LA transplant here. Fight or flight did not kick in. Instead, I was mostly confused and kinda paced about the flat while the earth shook. I always imagin
by fumar 7y ago
Recent LA transplant here. Fight or flight did not kick in. Instead, I was mostly confused and kinda paced about the flat while the earth shook. I always imagine myself acting quick on my feet like a movie hero. Two learnings; I know what an earthquake feels like and I need to increase my disaster preparedness.
- jedberg 7y agoAny time you enter a room, look for a strong table. It'll become habit after a couple quakes. :)
- belltaco 7y agoIf you spend more than 3 hours a day near such a table, then place some water bottles and optionally non-perishable food close to the table.
- carey 7y agoAfter something bigger, you'll be one the lookout for unreinforced masonry, and crossing the street to avoid it. For example: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/5588007/Unreinforced-masonry-killed-40 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquak...
- tekacs 7y agoHere some good material on unreinforced masonry: https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1728-25045-2959/femap774.pdf https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1728-25045-...
- senorjazz 7y agoAfter something bigger, where buildings collapse and stories of families where half got out and half didn't, you will always be aware of the quickest exit and where to be outside so buildings don't collapse on you
- checker659 7y agoI'm from Nepal. We had a 7.8 earthquake in 2015 which was pretty devastating. When the first quake happened, I did run. But it didn't really occur to me that we'd had an earthquake until after. It was like I was auto responding to an emergency, but the mind hadn't had time to process that it was an earthquake. And, this is considering the fact that we'd sort of known that a big one was due soonish.
- fit2rule 7y agoGet off HN right now and go and make your bug-out bag. It should contain all your valuable documents, medication if you need it, first-aid kit, spare water bottles, emergency food and water for 5 days, backup cell device, etc. Nobody living in a quake zone should be content with themselves unless they have a proper bug-out bag prepared .. you don't want to be fighting for scraps in SoCal after a big quake. (I once watched two little old ladies - grandma's - beat the shit out of each other in a 711, fighting over the last bottle of water on the shelf..)
- russdill 7y agoThat's what a far away earthquake feels like. A close one, even a much smaller but nearby magnitude 4 feels very different. It's like what happens to thunder when it's far away.