I appreciate the knowledge of “the triangle of life”. You learn something new everyday. Instinctively, I feel being outside is best, but if caught in the middle of the night- I’d probably crawl under my bed. It makes sense however things may fall straight down, but it’s nice to have a buffer to catch the full impact and by gravity weight will slant.
It’s sad, but thinking about it you are right those individuals who simply stayed in their cars-were crushed like pancakes.
Growing up in Texas, we were told during tornadoes to go along the wall and crouch. Lucky enough one never passed over us (I always had visions of school children swirling in the air). Your experience in Mexico is touching and sad. I truly hope you are running a blog or giving seminars on earthquake safety awareness. Thank you for the information.
The idea for companies to implement an emergency earthquake plan is a good one and I’m surprised that all the companies I worked with never even mentioned it. Gives me something to look forward too on Tuesday when I go back to work.
Oddly, last night I told my fiance that I felt a big quake coming. I don’t know if the earthquakes in Chile, Okinawa and Haiti released tension, or made those tectonic plates even more stressed and compacted?
It’s just been too darn quiet in LA and San Fran, but I don’t want to spread any bad mojo.
A lot of good information and an eye opening post- thanks all!
