during a earthquake should you be under a desk or the doorway?

Question

During a earthquake where should you take cover
some of my friends say under the doorway
but others say thats dangerous and you should be under
table
which is it?

Answer 1

The doorway because:

A doorway is located in a wall, the wall is what is made to hold up the roof or floor above.

Pick a door with the least amount of stuff above it. By this I mean that doors with lots of stories above will likely be crushed flatter than doors on the top floor. Bear in mind that doors on the top floor of a thirty story building may hit the ground with considerable speed.

Desks are made only to hold up the people fornicating on top of them. If the ceiling collapses from above (far from the walls with the doors in them) the weight of the ceiling and other stuff may cause the desk to collapse. If you are under the desk then the desk, the floor and any fornicators will be on you (you may not survive).

Answer 2

Protection during earthquakes

The following are some of the important precaution to be observed to save our life during an earthquake. Even though we do not have fool proof system to fore warn earthquakes some of the changes in nature or in the behaviors of animals and birds may help to decide the situations.
Before an earthquake.
Have a battery powered radio, flash light, and first aid kids in your house ,
Make sure every one knows where they are kept ,
Lean first aid; teach how to stop electric main and gas supply ,
Don’t keep heavy objects in high shelves ,
Fasten heavy appliances to the floor, and anchor heavy furniture to the walls ,
Plan for your family for reuniting after an earthquake if anybody separated ,
Urge your school teachers to discuss earthquake safety in the class rooms, and ask them to conduct drills ,
Find out your office has an emergency plan, know your responsibility at your works during an emergency ,
During an earthquake.
Stay calm if you are indoors, stay indoor if out doors, stay outdoors. Many injuries occur as people enter or leave the buildings.
If you are indoors , stand against the a wall near the center of the building, or get under a sturdy table keep some cushion on your head, Stay away from windows and outside doors, if you are in a high rise building stand against a support column.
If you are in outdoor stay in the open , keep away from over head electric wires. and bridges,
Don’t use open flames, if you are in a moving vehicle stop away from over bridges and stay inside the vehicle still earthquake stops.
After an earthquake.
Check yourself and nearby people for injury, provide first aid,
Check electric and gas connection,
Turn on your radio for emergency instructions, reduce the use of phone lines it may be required for conveying some important messages.
Stay out of damaged buildings,
Wear chapels and gloves to protect against shattered glass and debris,
Stay away from beaches and water front areas where Tsunami could strike, even long after the shaking has stopped.
I am the person issued the warning 2 hours before Tsunami struck our Indian coast to local T.V.stations but my warning was ignored by them.

Answer 3

you should be under a doorway. a doorway is supported with 2x4 which hold up alot of pressure, all of the pressure that is exerted above it is then transfered through them into the concrete footer into the ground. if something falls on a table, it goes right through it.

Answer 4

Neither. u should be on the fied during an earthquake..

Answer 5

a solid solid table/table is okay, because of fact the doorframe is frequently only as risky because of fact something of the domicile. in case you lack something, pass exterior, removed from stuff that could fall on you.

Answer 6

there was a thing on tv about this. this expert said to hide beside something fairly solid, not under anything.

Answer 7

it is safer to take cover under the walls.

Answer 8

doorway if no horse shoe is above it

Answer 9

door ways because they have supports in there structure

Answer 10

You should be in church, praying for God to save your asss.
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