Post by Paddy by Grace on Feb 28, 2010 21:32:17 GMT -7
Great info Tshuvah:
> THE FOLLOWING IS GOOD TO KNOW AND WORTH THE READ!!!
What to do in an Earthquake Directly opposite of what
we've been taught over the years! I can remember in school being
told to, "duck and cover" or stand in a doorway during an
earthquake.
This guy's findings are absolutely amazing. I hope we all
remember his survival method if we are ever in an
earthquake!!!
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP ' S ARTICLE ON THE:
"TRIANGLE OF LIFE"
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and
Disaster, Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI),
the world's most experienced rescue team.
The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings,
worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded
rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many
rescue teams from many countries...
I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for
two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the
world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in
Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was
under his desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones.
They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the
aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the
children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know
that the children were told to hide under something.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the
ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside
crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them.
This space is what I call the "triangle of life".
The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will
compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the
greater the probability that the person who is using this void
for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed
buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see
formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape,
you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1. Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers"
when buildings collapse are crushed to death. People
who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2. Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up
in the fetal position. You should too in an
earthquake... It is a natural safety/survival instinct.
You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object,
next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress
slightly but leave a void next to it.
3 Wooden buildings are the safest type of
construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is
flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake.
If the wooden building does collapse,
large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden
building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will
break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries
but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4. If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs,
simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed.
Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes,
simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room
telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom
of the bed during an earthquake.
5. If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily
escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and
curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6. Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings
collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and
the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the
ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by
the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7. Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different
"moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main
part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building
continuously bump into each other until structural
failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before
they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated.
Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs.
The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the
stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when
overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety,
even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8. Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible -
It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the
interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building
the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9. People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above
falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles;
which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the
Nimitz Freeway... The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed
inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily
survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their
vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to
get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars
had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns
fall directly across them.
10. I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and
other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.
Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word and save someone's life... The
Entire world is experiencing natural calamities so
be prepared!
In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival
methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal
Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul
Case Productions and ARTI cooperated
to film this practical, scientific test. We
collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside.
Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins
I used in my "triangle of life" survival method.
After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the
rubble and entered the building to film and
document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques
under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to
building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for
those doing duck and cover.
There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people
using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen
by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it
was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
Always good to be informed.
Y How odd of G*D to choose the Jew, but not as odd as those who choose the Jewish G*D and hate the Jew!
> THE FOLLOWING IS GOOD TO KNOW AND WORTH THE READ!!!
What to do in an Earthquake Directly opposite of what
we've been taught over the years! I can remember in school being
told to, "duck and cover" or stand in a doorway during an
earthquake.
This guy's findings are absolutely amazing. I hope we all
remember his survival method if we are ever in an
earthquake!!!
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP ' S ARTICLE ON THE:
"TRIANGLE OF LIFE"
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and
Disaster, Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI),
the world's most experienced rescue team.
The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings,
worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded
rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many
rescue teams from many countries...
I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for
two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the
world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in
Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was
under his desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones.
They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the
aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the
children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know
that the children were told to hide under something.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the
ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside
crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them.
This space is what I call the "triangle of life".
The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will
compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the
greater the probability that the person who is using this void
for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed
buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see
formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape,
you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1. Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers"
when buildings collapse are crushed to death. People
who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2. Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up
in the fetal position. You should too in an
earthquake... It is a natural safety/survival instinct.
You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object,
next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress
slightly but leave a void next to it.
3 Wooden buildings are the safest type of
construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is
flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake.
If the wooden building does collapse,
large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden
building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will
break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries
but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4. If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs,
simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed.
Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes,
simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room
telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom
of the bed during an earthquake.
5. If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily
escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and
curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6. Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings
collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and
the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the
ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by
the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7. Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different
"moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main
part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building
continuously bump into each other until structural
failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before
they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated.
Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs.
The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the
stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when
overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety,
even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8. Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible -
It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the
interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building
the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9. People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above
falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles;
which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the
Nimitz Freeway... The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed
inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily
survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their
vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to
get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars
had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns
fall directly across them.
10. I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and
other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.
Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word and save someone's life... The
Entire world is experiencing natural calamities so
be prepared!
In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival
methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal
Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul
Case Productions and ARTI cooperated
to film this practical, scientific test. We
collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside.
Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins
I used in my "triangle of life" survival method.
After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the
rubble and entered the building to film and
document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques
under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to
building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for
those doing duck and cover.
There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people
using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen
by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it
was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
Always good to be informed.
Y How odd of G*D to choose the Jew, but not as odd as those who choose the Jewish G*D and hate the Jew!