Survive an earth quake

Thought I may pass this along

I think this is certainly worth a "read" it does make sense.
> >> For sure not all of you are in earthquake prone regions but one never
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> >> Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing
> >> in a doorway?? Well, this guy has a completely reverse opinion. This is
> >> very interesting, different from what we were all taught.
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> >> Boy! Is this ever an eye opener. Directly opposite of what
> >> we've been taught over the years! I can remember in school being told to,
> >> 'duck and cover' or stand in a doorway during an earthquake. This guy's
> >> findings is absolutely amazing. I hope we all remember his survival
> >> method if we are ever in an earthquake!!!
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> >> Please read this and pass the info along to your family
> >> members; it could save their lives someday!
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> >> EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
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> >> My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster
> >> Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's
> >> most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save
> >> lives in an earthquake.
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> >> I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with
> >> rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several
> >> countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries.
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> >> I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for
> >> two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985,
> >> except for simultaneous disasters.
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> >> The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in
> >> Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk.
> >> Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have
> >> survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene,
> >> unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I
> >> didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under
> >> something.
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> >> Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the
> >> ceilings
> >> Falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these
> >> objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call
> >> the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it
> >> will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the
> >> greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety
> >> will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on
> >> television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It
> >> is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
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> >> TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
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> >> 1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' WHEN
> >> BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects,
> >> like desks or cars, are crushed.
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> >> 2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the
> >> fetal position.
> >> You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural
> >> safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to
> >> an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will
> >> compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
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> >> 3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to
> >> be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of
> >> the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival
> >> voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated,
> >> crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks.
> >> Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete
> >> slabs.
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> >> 4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake
> >> occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed.
> >> Hotels can a chieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply
> >> by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants
> >> to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an
> >> earthquake.
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> >> 5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by
> >> getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal
> >> position next to a sofa, or large chair.
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> >> 6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings
> >> collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and th e door jamb
> >> falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If
> >> the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In
> >> either case, you will be killed!
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> >> 7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different
> >> 'moment of
> >> Frequency (they swing separately from the main part of the
> >> building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump
> >> into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The
> >> people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair
> >> treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay
> >> away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be
> >> damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake , they
> >> may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always
> >> be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
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> >> 8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them
> >> If Possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building
> >> rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside
> >> perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape
> >> route will be blocked.
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> >> 9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the
> >> road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is
> >> exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz
> >> Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of
> >> their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by
> >> getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed
> >> would have survi ved if they had been able to get out of their cars and
> >> sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next
> >> to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
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> >> 10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed
> >> newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does
> >> not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
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> >> Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world
> >> is
> >> experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!
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> >> 'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly'
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> >> In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival
> >> methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of
> >> Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to
> >> film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home
> >> with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover, ' and ten
> >> mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the
> >> simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered
> >> the building to film and document the
> >> results. The film, in which I practiced my survival
> >> techniques under
> >> directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to
> >> building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for
> >> those doing duck and cover.
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> >> There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for
> >> people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen
> >> by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe,
> >> and it was seen in th e USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program
> >> Real TV

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