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A guy at my work sent out a company wide e-mail about 3-4 months ago and it basically stated that you should no longer get under things such as desks and tables. The desk or table will protect you from falling debris or chunks of the building falling. But in the event of THE BIG ONE, when the building collapses or roof caves in those desks and tables will take the brunt and collapse on you. Instead you want to be next to those items that create a void right next to them when collapsed.

Never did search to see if it was one of the tall tail e-mails that get passed all over the web but it makes sense.
 
Bluetribal said:
A guy at my work sent out a company wide e-mail about 3-4 months ago and it basically stated that you should no longer get under things such as desks and tables. The desk or table will protect you from falling debris or chunks of the building falling. But in the event of THE BIG ONE, when the building collapses or roof caves in those desks and tables will take the brunt and collapse on you. Instead you want to be next to those items that create a void right next to them when collapsed.

Never did search to see if it was one of the tall tail e-mails that get passed all over the web but it makes sense.
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I heard that too. There's going to be a lot of **** flying around before the building comes down I think and any number of those items could take you out. If the building collapses I think we've got bigger problems. I do kind of agree though if you have a school desk with skinny little toothpick legs, however I have a heavily supported desk that has its own 4" steel support column...so YMMV depending on your desk I suppose

A couple of our guys did go sit next to our filing cabinets. I'll stick to the desk though.
 
I am glad to hear everyone is safe. You guys were the first ones I thought of when I heard about it......at 11 pm EST last night.

Smitty
 
I was sitting in my rig in a parking lot in the south bay. At first i thought it was a friend screwing with me and jumping on the bumper, until I looked around and saw all the other cars rocking in the lot.

Good times, the best was later in the bank. CNN on with nothing better to report, you would have thought it was a disaster and the city was about to burn...

-Ammo
 
You felt it in Hawaii?

AMMO said:
I was sitting in my rig in a parking lot in the south bay. At first i thought it was a friend screwing with me and jumping on the bumper, until I looked around and saw all the other cars rocking in the lot.

Good times, the best was later in the bank. CNN on with nothing better to report, you would have thought it was a disaster and the city was about to burn...

-Ammo
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Bluetribal said:
A guy at my work sent out a company wide e-mail about 3-4 months ago and it basically stated that you should no longer get under things such as desks and tables. The desk or table will protect you from falling debris or chunks of the building falling. But in the event of THE BIG ONE, when the building collapses or roof caves in those desks and tables will take the brunt and collapse on you. Instead you want to be next to those items that create a void right next to them when collapsed.

Never did search to see if it was one of the tall tail e-mails that get passed all over the web but it makes sense.
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You mean the "Triangle of Life" theory? Snopes sort of shoots it down. As does the American Red Cross.
 
I missed it to as I was driving my wifes truck at the time. She felt it big in the hospital with the baby. The tower there is on rollers so it does some serious moving.
 
Downtown LA, 10th floor. Just got in the elevator and it started bouncing as the doors began to close. At first I thought it was an elevator problem. When it kept going for a while I realized it was a quake.

Nothing like Northridge -- I was about 1.5 miles from the epicenter on that one. That was a wild ride!
 
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