The Art to Safety: What to do During Earthquakes?

Usually earthquakes only lasts for some seconds to minutes. The longest shake recorded lasts 4 minutes. But ,though its just too fast  it brings the greatest amount of casualties , both life casualties and infrastructures. Most of the time earthquake also ate followed by tidal waves or tsunami and fire as its effect.

Here are some tips that we practiced during the earthquake drill that happened last July 30.

* drop, dock,cover  and count- when you start feeling the shake make sure to drop whatever you are into with, dock yourself under a stable table or under the bed, cover your head then count 1-45 or 45 seconds. Do not close your eyes so that you can see the things that might drop over you.

* run outside into a safe open area- after 45 seconds or when the shake has already lessened that you can already manage to move, run right away outside into a safe open area because the building may not collapse during the shake but after it and of course there are many aftershocks to be expected. Make sure to stay in an area that is clear from tall buildings, no posts and trees that might drop down.

* make sure to have a designated meeting place with your family before hand where you will meet each other because for sure, electricity, network coverage signals and internet signals are going to be cut off thus there will be no means of communication.

*have an assignment for the members of the family whose to do the things during earthquake such as who will open the doors for exit and lock doors that ate not needed. It is good to lock the doors before you totally leave your home since for sure there will be looting. Who will fetch the older and sick members of the family and help them out?Who will bring the house keys?Who will open the pets cage? Though these as so gents must be done in a matter of a seconds.

* have a "survival bag" always prepared and at your easy grab or what we call "grab and go bag" which contains the things that you need for survival.

Up next: What will be put in your "survival bag"?

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