| The year 1906 was a determining factor in how future | | | | thing-a-magics guaranteed to make any normal person |
| resident of the San Francisco area would live their | | | | flip out. |
| lives. Will they be able to sleep peacefully at night | | | | The most important thing to remember during an |
| knowing that anything can happen between the time | | | | earthquake is to duck and keep off everything heavy |
| they slept and the time they will be awake. But the | | | | that may fall on anyone. However, there are other |
| question for most people is the possibility that they | | | | earthquake emergency tips that will benefit any person |
| may never wake up again. | | | | who would be faced with an emergency earthquake |
| The same goes for the people in Mexico, Baguio in the | | | | situation at any time in his life. |
| Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and other countries that | | | | When faced with an earthquake circumstance, it is |
| have been victimized by strong earthquakes. Most of | | | | always better to seek refuge from tables that can |
| these people were caught unaware and this made the | | | | protect a person from heavy objects that are falling |
| disaster more disastrous. | | | | from everywhere. When this is however not practical, |
| San Franciscans are aware that someday, their city | | | | a person should immediately go out and proceed to an |
| will fall into the depths of the city. But why do they | | | | open area without the danger of falling trees, high rises |
| continue to live in a city, which though beautiful, is a | | | | or power cables. Those who are caught driving when |
| catastrophe waiting to happen again? | | | | an earthquake occurs would be better off if they stay |
| Most of the people living in earthquake-prone areas | | | | inside their car. When inside a grocery or a mall, make |
| prefer to live each day with the thought that they | | | | sure that the person is away from heavy shelves and |
| might never wake up again. However, what makes | | | | other objects. When inside a theater or a sports |
| them different from majority of the people living safe | | | | stadium and an earthquake occurs, never run for |
| lives in safe places is the fact that they are aware | | | | safety and join the hundreds of people doing the |
| that a tragedy like an earthquake may strike them | | | | same. Duck under the seat and wait until everything |
| anytime and they are prepared for it. | | | | clears up. |
| These people party and live life to the fullest but they | | | | A lot of people get hurt or even die not because of |
| made sure they live in earthquake-safe buildings. Most | | | | the earthquake itself but because of panic and failure |
| of the high rise establishments were constructed with | | | | to prepare for such an emergency. It is always helpful |
| a strong earthquake in mind | | | | to have an emergency earthquake plan even if |
| Jason, a technology specialist lives in the Marina area | | | | earthquakes are not common in the area. |
| which is the most earthquake-prone area in the city. | | | | Survival will always depend on how prepared a person |
| While he accepts that he is taking a big risk living in | | | | is for emergencies. People who have not prepared for |
| that area, he takes no chances and always stores | | | | the worse case scenario are the ones who have the |
| several gallons of water nearby. | | | | tendency to panic. And in most cases, those who |
| He has also prepared earthquake packs and | | | | panic and lose their presence of mind become the first |
| emergency kits containing first aid medicines as well as | | | | victims of any emergency, |
| food packs that can be eaten right out of the packet. | | | | Read about volcano facts and tsunami facts at the |
| He also has extra flashlights, batteries and other | | | | Natural Disasters Facts website. |