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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

We had an earthquake drill at one place I worked, where there was an outside door less than 20 feet from our desks. Another guy and I agreed, if there was ever an earthquake we were heading out that door and would wait in the middle of the parking lot until it was over and then help dig bodies out of the rubble. Somebody said, "What about falling debris?" It was a freaking 2-story building, but yeah we conceded we'd be taking a risk for a second or two as we sprinted clear - vs expecting our cubicle furniture to keep a collapsing building off us lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Stairwells are the most structural sound area of any multi story building.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Having lived through a major earthquake - if it's a brick or concrete tilt-slab building, you are way better off inside the building. The risk isn't so much some random piece of something falling off, it's the entire facade of the building coming down on your head.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Like I said, middle of the parking lot - I'm talking at least 100 ft away from a building that was maybe 30 ft tall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

shrug if you think you can run 100 ft faster than concrete can fall 30 during an earthquake so strong you can't stand then more power to you I guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't think I can outrun concrete that starts falling at the exact moment I start running. What I think is that the odds are low that the timing will be so perfect, and also that the odds of getting crushed under a desk are so much greater running would definitely have given my higher odds of survival in the specific situation I outlined.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

If the face of the building falls off faster than they can get out to the middle of the parking lot then everyone inside is already dead too.