Re:New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor
by enraged_camel on Sunday November 13, 2016 @02:05PM
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Also, some tables, particularly heavy wooden and metal tables, can withstand lots and lots of weight. Hiding under them can help you avoid getting your skull bashed in by a falling slab of concrete.
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Re:New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor
by wiredfool on Sunday November 13, 2016 @02:34PM
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The one biggish one I went through was in Seattle, where I was in a startup. We had cheap IKEA desks, which barely held the computers. I bolted for the door, which was the wrong thing to do in a brick clad building. Thankfully, we were on solid ground on Capitol Hill, not the fill in Pioneer Square, so I didn't get hit by falling cornice.