Posted by techman41973 on March 17, 2011, 3:32 am
I live in northern California and with the horror happening in Japan,
I want to prepare as much as possible for the inevitable big quake on
the west coast. I've read the official government websites and made
sure I have everything in their checklists already in my house.
I want to take my preparation a step further and ask those who have
actually been through a major earthquake, what they wish they could
have done better to prepare.
One thing that's frustrating is that Japan atleast has a 10-15 second
warning system that gives you some time to duck and cover. California
does not.
Posted by obbzerver on April 1, 2011, 11:46 pm
> I want to take my preparation a step further and ask those who have
> actually been through a major earthquake, what they wish they could
> have done better to prepare.
> One thing that's frustrating is that Japan atleast has a 10-15 second
> warning system that gives you some time to duck and cover. California
> does not.
The Japanese also don't have to contend with an army of
"disenfranchised minorities". Think about what things are like with
the infrastructure intact and police around to crack heads. If you
have the "big one" in California and live you better be armed to the
teeth and fully prepared to shoot first and worry about political
correctness later.
Posted by obbzerver on April 1, 2011, 11:48 pm
> be armed to the teeth and fully prepared to shoot first and worry
> about political correctness later. .
I'd say that would be beyond the typical gov't checklist.
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> actually been through a major earthquake, what they wish they could
> have done better to prepare.
> One thing that's frustrating is that Japan atleast has a 10-15 second
> warning system that gives you some time to duck and cover. California
> does not.