[oema] False Earthquake Procedures E-mail Making Rounds
- From: "Derek White" <Derek.White@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Carmen Merlo" <carmen.merlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Patty Hopkins" <phopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Patty Rueter" <prueter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Cheryl Bledsoe" <Cheryl.Bledsoe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "John Wallace" <john.wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "John Wheeler" <John.Wheeler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Scott Clemetson" <Scott.Clemetson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Dana Robinson" <danar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Nora Yotsov" <NoraYot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Terri Poet" <terripoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Jennifer Engkraf" <EngkrafJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Grover Laseke" <LasekeG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bob Grist" <bob.grist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "David Houghton" <david.b.houghton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Steven Bullock" <steven.bullock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Doug Hormann" <hormandj@xxxxxxxx>, "Steve Muir" <muirsr@xxxxxxxx>, "Scott Porter" <scott.porter@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:53:19 -0800
Just FYI: this e-mail has been spreading through my county like wildfire
and I have been receiving questions from folks about it. According to
geologists and planners from institutions such as the University of
Southern California, the info in this e-mail is dangerously incorrect.
You may want to put out a press release that re-affirms "drop, cover and
hold on". For more info, go to
http://www.earthquakecountry.info/dropcoverholdon/ .
Derek White
Columbia County Emergency Management
>>> Jerry Keenon 2/1/2010 9:33 AM >>>
Derek;
I suspect you have seen this email, but find it informative so wanted
to send it on.......
Jerry
With current world events in mind, please take a look…
Please read this and pass the info along to your family members;
itcould 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
anearthquake.
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
COLLAPSEare crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks
or cars, arecrushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal
position.
You should too in an earthquake.. It is a natural
safety/survivalinstinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to
an object, next to asofa, next to a large bulky object that will
compress slightly but leave avoid 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
asign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to liedown
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 sidewaysyou 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 buildingcollapse, 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
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