How would u prepare for an earthquake?

Question

how would u prepare for an earthquake: supplies, building, furniture, etc?

Answer 1

1. Have a well stocked first aid kit.
2. Have pleanty of canned food and a mechanical can opener, as well as food and supplies for your pets.

3. Have enough bottled water for drinking and washing to last each person at least two weeks, and pets.

Be sure to rotate the water and the food. Canned food has expiration dates and the water does too.

Store the supplies in an area that won't be prone to much damage in an earthquake and will be easily accessed.

4. Keep flashlights with extra batteries near beds and in other places throughout the house, as well as shoes near your bed. DO NOT light candles, especially if there are gas lines in the area. Also have battery powered radios on hand to hear the news.

5. Secure all furniture and appliances that could topple easily with specially made earthquake straps. Be sure to anchore them to the wall into the wood and not just the plaster. Knick knacks can be secured with museum putty, available at most hardware stores. Make sure pictures and mirrors are properly secured as well.

6. If you have a natural gas line, install a dual ball automatic shut off valve. Also, keep a wrench handy to manually shut it off if you have to.

7. Wood framed houses typically withstand earthquakes well. Brick tends to crumble and steel framed homes can develope cracks in the steel making the structure unsafe. Geodesic dome houses are amongst the safest in an earthquake.

8. If you can afford it, a generator would be a good thing to have, and a CB or HAM radio to call for help if you need to.

Answer 2

There are precious few cities in the world which *are* prepared for earthquakes. Most large cities of Japan are, as is Taiwan. The west coast of the US is in pretty good shape - though not as prepared as Japan. The rest of the world... nope. Earthquakes come, things fall down. Even cities like London or New York would fair very poorly in a good sized quake. The monster that hit Haiti would have created pure havoc wherever it happened - it was just too big. Third world nations typically fair the worst - and Haiti is *very* third world. The priorities for their people was staying fed and clothed - even there they were not doing well. That's what makes a huge earthquake like this such an enormous tragedy. It slammed the worst off people in the hemisphere with a disaster Tokyo or LA wouldn't have been able to cope with.

Answer 3

always have a emergency kit (with first-aid kit, flashlight, emergency blanket, water, etc.) and some place sturdy to cower under if your are trapped inside on the first floor. If you can go outside into say, a field, where there aren't any tall buildings around, always run out there in the event of an earthquake. But if you live in the city, STAY INSIDE.

Answer 4

only thing they taught us was to stand in the doorways and cover our heads or something like that..

Answer 5

yes