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I'm surprised to see them confidently standing around watching and filming. Didn't they feel the quake and evacuate? Or is it standard procedure there not to ev

I'm surprised to see them confidently standing around watching and filming. Didn't they feel the quake and evacuate? Or is it standard procedure there not to evacuate buildings?

vkou 4y ago
They are on the 87th floor, you aren't going to be running for the doors in that situation.
- ajmurmann 4y ago
  Even if they were on the ground floor I would stay in. Outside they might get hit by stuff falling off the building even under conditions where the building itself survives. If the building collapse, they won't be safe at all even outside the building unless they get pretty far away.
- waste_monk 4y ago
  Each skyscraper should have one or more playground-style spiral slides installed that can be ridden directly to the bottom in the event of an emergency. This would also provide a valuable source of fun to the building occupants. That would be pretty dumb in reality, but I wonder if it could be made to work... you'd need some kind of synchronisation control on the ingress to ensure people enter the slide with sufficient clearance before/ahead of them, and you'd have to have a "mantrap" type arrangement at the ingress points to prevent multiple people cramming in at once and risking a jam. You'd also want to neck the entrances down to about 3/4 of the tunnel diameter to stop overly large persons from entering the slide. Probably also want some kind of low-friction mat at the exit point so people aren't piling up at the bottom of the slide and blocking it if they can't move fast enough.
ajmurmann 4y ago
Why would you try to evacuate people from the 80+ floor during an earthquake? What good cut realistically come from that under what scenario?
- lovelearning 4y ago
  You got a point. I live in a low-risk zone and been through only two experiences - one was a weak quake back in school and the other was an office drill. Both times we were told to evacuate the building. I assumed it was SOP but doesn't look like it. Now that I think about it, it was perhaps because both were from the 1st floor and outside was wide open ground.
luobogao 4y ago
It was only a magnitude 2 in Taipei. The epicenter was 200-300km away in the south-east of the island
- philliphaydon 4y ago
  The first one was 2 the second was 3. I didn’t feel the first one despite being awake when it happened due to taking care of new born. The second I felt, wife was scared. 4yo on bed watching tv didn’t even notice it.
ytch 4y ago
https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-us/earthquake/imgs/ee2022091814441568111 https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-us/earthquake/imgs/ee20220918144... The Intensity (human feeling) at Taipei is just Lv.3 (because epicenter is almost 250km or 161 miles away), which means "Almost everyone will feel shaking, and some may experience fear"[1]. Such degree is not very rare at Taiwan, so most people will just act as "hmm", "OK fine". Also after the 921 Earthquake[2], Taiwan raise earthquake-resistant structures standard, therefore most new buildings will be fine under 5 or 6 Intensity. [1] https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-US/Guidance/FAQdetail/182 https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-US/Guidance/FAQdetail/182 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Jiji_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Jiji_earthquake

I'm surprised to see them confidently standing around watching and filming. Didn't they feel the quake and evacuate? Or is it standard procedure there not to evacuate buildings?

vkou 4y ago

They are on the 87th floor, you aren't going to be running for the doors in that situation.

ajmurmann 4y ago
Even if they were on the ground floor I would stay in. Outside they might get hit by stuff falling off the building even under conditions where the building itself survives. If the building collapse, they won't be safe at all even outside the building unless they get pretty far away.
waste_monk 4y ago
Each skyscraper should have one or more playground-style spiral slides installed that can be ridden directly to the bottom in the event of an emergency. This would also provide a valuable source of fun to the building occupants. That would be pretty dumb in reality, but I wonder if it could be made to work... you'd need some kind of synchronisation control on the ingress to ensure people enter the slide with sufficient clearance before/ahead of them, and you'd have to have a "mantrap" type arrangement at the ingress points to prevent multiple people cramming in at once and risking a jam. You'd also want to neck the entrances down to about 3/4 of the tunnel diameter to stop overly large persons from entering the slide. Probably also want some kind of low-friction mat at the exit point so people aren't piling up at the bottom of the slide and blocking it if they can't move fast enough.

ajmurmann 4y ago

Why would you try to evacuate people from the 80+ floor during an earthquake? What good cut realistically come from that under what scenario?

lovelearning 4y ago
You got a point. I live in a low-risk zone and been through only two experiences - one was a weak quake back in school and the other was an office drill. Both times we were told to evacuate the building. I assumed it was SOP but doesn't look like it. Now that I think about it, it was perhaps because both were from the 1st floor and outside was wide open ground.

luobogao 4y ago

It was only a magnitude 2 in Taipei. The epicenter was 200-300km away in the south-east of the island

philliphaydon 4y ago
The first one was 2 the second was 3. I didn’t feel the first one despite being awake when it happened due to taking care of new born. The second I felt, wife was scared. 4yo on bed watching tv didn’t even notice it.

ytch 4y ago

https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-us/earthquake/imgs/ee2022091814441568111 https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-us/earthquake/imgs/ee20220918144... The Intensity (human feeling) at Taipei is just Lv.3 (because epicenter is almost 250km or 161 miles away), which means "Almost everyone will feel shaking, and some may experience fear"[1]. Such degree is not very rare at Taiwan, so most people will just act as "hmm", "OK fine". Also after the 921 Earthquake[2], Taiwan raise earthquake-resistant structures standard, therefore most new buildings will be fine under 5 or 6 Intensity. [1] https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-US/Guidance/FAQdetail/182 https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-US/Guidance/FAQdetail/182 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Jiji_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Jiji_earthquake