Well as kids they made us do the desk thing....they told us door jams etc. But anyone who's lived in California knows that shit doesn't really make any difference.
I spent most of my life in California and I would say that 99% of all earthquakes start with "Is that an earthquake?" and, of course, there's always one person saying "I don't feel anything" and by the time it is decided that it is in fact an earthquake it's already over.
The absolute worst earthquake I ever felt was the 1987 Whittier quake. My grandfather had a porcelain statue of a pelican (he was in the Navy) that fell off of a shelf and a small part chipped off. But somehow we made it through.
I work in a government office building with 200 other people and every year they get all excited for this Shake Out BS. They tell us we have to participate and get under our desk. I'm a big feller with creaky joints. Getting back out from under my desk is harder than getting under it. And for what? In case some foam ceiling tiles fall down? They say "The industrial sized air conditioners on the roof could come through!" and I'm thinking that if that were to happen my press-board desk top with no legs mounted on aluminum partitions might not protect me.
I have never seen that happen but I do realize it could happen. A helicopter could also crash through the roof but we don't have a day for that.
I remember the Whittier quake. It rolled like waves in the ocean. I always thought quakes were kinda fun, except for the picture frames falling on my head. Those are sharp.
We had one in Seattle in 2002 that did some damage but nothing insane. I was at lunch in school and the table started rolling and the lights shaked. It was a 5 or 6. Otherwise I hear that there was an Earthquake on the news but so small you wouldn’t even have noticed.
See why it's important to buy Earthquake insurance? That incident you suffered through back then could very well happen again, and you don't want that, do you? That's why it's important to give the insurance companies money so they can make people aware that tables can roll a few inches and lights could swing. Get your Earthquake insurance today!
Another scam. It was started years ago by an insurance company to scare people into buying earthquake insurance.
I have lived through many earthquakes over the years and never once did anybody get under their desk.
Well as kids they made us do the desk thing....they told us door jams etc. But anyone who's lived in California knows that shit doesn't really make any difference.
I spent most of my life in California and I would say that 99% of all earthquakes start with "Is that an earthquake?" and, of course, there's always one person saying "I don't feel anything" and by the time it is decided that it is in fact an earthquake it's already over.
The absolute worst earthquake I ever felt was the 1987 Whittier quake. My grandfather had a porcelain statue of a pelican (he was in the Navy) that fell off of a shelf and a small part chipped off. But somehow we made it through.
I work in a government office building with 200 other people and every year they get all excited for this Shake Out BS. They tell us we have to participate and get under our desk. I'm a big feller with creaky joints. Getting back out from under my desk is harder than getting under it. And for what? In case some foam ceiling tiles fall down? They say "The industrial sized air conditioners on the roof could come through!" and I'm thinking that if that were to happen my press-board desk top with no legs mounted on aluminum partitions might not protect me.
I have never seen that happen but I do realize it could happen. A helicopter could also crash through the roof but we don't have a day for that.
I remember the Whittier quake. It rolled like waves in the ocean. I always thought quakes were kinda fun, except for the picture frames falling on my head. Those are sharp.
We had one in Seattle in 2002 that did some damage but nothing insane. I was at lunch in school and the table started rolling and the lights shaked. It was a 5 or 6. Otherwise I hear that there was an Earthquake on the news but so small you wouldn’t even have noticed.
See why it's important to buy Earthquake insurance? That incident you suffered through back then could very well happen again, and you don't want that, do you? That's why it's important to give the insurance companies money so they can make people aware that tables can roll a few inches and lights could swing. Get your Earthquake insurance today!
I know man idk if I can relive the horror of my lunch table shaking.
I mentioned that during the Whittier quake my grandfather's porcelain pelican fell off a shelf and a bit chipped off.
I didn't acknowledge at the time how traumatized I was by it, but the truth is I don't have a single porcelain pelican anywhere in my home.