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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nj542" data-source="post: 2269944" data-attributes="member: 42003">Subject: safe zones in earthquakes    Please read this and pass the info along to your family members; it could    save their lives someday!    EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE'    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.    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.    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.    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.    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.    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) 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.    Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is    experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!    'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly'    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.    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 the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/cool.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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