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At 45 seconds, load up social media. (although I actually missed the warnings this time, was focused on work) At least assuming the number is only 7.x. If it w
by klempner 5mo ago
At 45 seconds, load up social media. (although I actually missed the warnings this time, was focused on work) At least assuming the number is only 7.x.
If it were 8+ or somewhat closer, I'd get under my desk. (then pull up social media on my phone)
- fennecbutt 5mo agoStanding underneath a doorframe is also advisable.
- strangegecko 5mo agoI'm pretty sure that is advice from the last millennium that is no longer taught.
- fragmede 5mo agoSpecifically, the two reasons that it's no longer taught is that 1) rushing to get under a doorframe caused accidents 2) doorframes are no longer reinforced the way they used to be.
- fennecbutt 5mo agoI suppose it must be dependent on country. I'm a kiwi and that's what I was taught. We're also ring of fire dwellers.
- teiferer 5mo agoHow does loading up on social media help? Maybe turn off any gas stove, secure any dangerous tools, stop your car, that kind of thing.
- pezezin 5mo agoModern gas stoves have security sensors to turn down themselves. I had to reset my water boiler when I got home.
- klempner 5mo agoIt's not that social media helps, it's that there's not really more to do. It's just another day on the ring of fire. In practice for anything short of the very biggest earthquakes, if you're close enough for the earthquake to truly be a big deal you're only getting a few seconds of warning. It's not a task list, it's stop doing the immediate dangerous thing you might be doing and grab immediate cover.