5.9 RICHTER EAST COAST ROCKER!

Give Thanks For Life and Give Thanks for The Giving of Thanks...

Give Thanks some more as you continue to read or listen to this note.

There "was" a possibility that we could not be here to breathe and live.

2 days ago, the 5.9 East Coast North American 4 mile deep Tremor Caused me to grab my soon to be 6 year old daughter like a JUMBO SIZE BAG of organic blue corn chips.

It seemed as I glanced back at my desk, I literally sprang forward and cleared about 6 feet in a single bound - or maybe I was traveling. Either way I did move pretty fast.

After all why not!? The rumble and shakes were fast turning into sways! (At some point in time
I distinctly felt like I was on TV)

"Where's the Twins!?," someone shouted!

"Grab the babies!... Grab Apphiah!! I hollered.

"They're in the bedroom!" everybody seemed to shout.

"The door is locked!!!," Mama screamed.

"You're gonna have to break it down!," I shouted.

All this time the Jumbo bag of organic chips was becoming like a rag doll of sorts...

Eventually, within moments its seemed the door was sprawling open and we were heading out.

All Eight of us. (Except Golden the goldfish)

I pulled up the rear with the adrenalin laced rag doll (my daughter) in my arms partially settling on my right hip.

It all subsided...there was a steady flow of people and voices by now.

I never really went all the way outside.  It was interesting to say the least.  Everyone seemed more surprised than more prepared.

"We usually don't have earthquakes in this side of town..." they fussed and cussed.

Well the fact of the matter is we are on EARTH so it could quake... fair enough?

By the time I returned to my desk where I now type this report...One of the heavily laden mugs filled with pens and scissors and that type of clutter "kilkaytayed" all over my workstation.

That is a true story.


But that's not why we stopped by...

Wait... we do have more good news to share on EARTHQUAKE SAFETY:

See Below:

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 is called the "triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, and 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. They are everywhere.

TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

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.

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.

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.

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 achieve 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.

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.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb 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!

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.

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

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 survived 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.

10) It was 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.

Spread the word to everyone YOU care about and save someone's life!

Guest post by:

Baba YHWHdah