LA girls are you ok

That guy was on the news last night and they demonstrated the "new" ways to protect yourself from earthquakes. In the same report, they had someone else say that it was bogus. I just don't know what to believe! Should I duck and cover like I was taught or roll and stay?

Mandy thank you so much for that article! #9 gave me chills because I know people whose relatives died in some of those cars. We were all worried that our family/friends were crushed because it was commute time and so many people drove that stretch home everyday. Phones were down so it was a long time to worry. We had been listening to radio but when the power finally came on a day or 2 later and we saw TV for the first time we were in shock. (if anyone wants to see how devastating it was google image search "cypress structure")

Yari I would study the article Mandy posted, that falls in line with the most current info I've heard. I'm going to forward it on to my family/friends in CA.

And as for "the big one" they've been talking about that since I was a kid too! I thought the big one was the 7.1 in '89 but they say a bigger one is in store in Norcal, Socal too...all we can do is wait.

I agree with Yari- it's very conflicting.

here's a website discrediting the triangle of life:

Triangle of Life - Earthquake Safety and You!

Here's ARTI's website with more information to support the triangle of life:

Welcome To American Rescue - American Rescue

Scary scary stuff. I guess the best thing you can do is make the best decision possible in the time of an earthquake then really pray.

Here is an article about having an emergency plan...I thought it was quite good.

Emergency Plan.doc

The triangle of life is what Mandy's article was about, that one makes sense to me!

If I go back and read and research all of this stuff will I fly home tonight? You ladies are freakn me out.

I wouldn't freak out, it is just better to be prepared. We Californians tend to forget that we live in earthquake country and when one occurs we go back to being prepared. The odds of another large earthquake in the next six months are slim. Heck it's been 14 years since the last "big" one.