SurvivalintheEarthquake(地震逃生).ppt

Survival or Death Life is in Your Hand In The Event Of An Earthquake During an earthquake you are likely to first feel a very sharp jolt, and then within a few seconds youll feel a rolling motion, back and forth. That actually can be a much stronger, more intense motion than that initial jolt. In both cases though, items will start to fall, youll start to have the building shaking very loudly and youll be hearing the ground itself move as the shaking moves through it. Your building may start to really shake a lot and the contents inside start to fall. Youll have broken glass and a lot of things being spilled all over the place. You can minimize that in advance by securing the things, but youre still going to have a lot of noise and things falling around, so you need to be prepared to walk through all that afterwards. 1． What should I expect during an earthquake? First of all, if you are indoors when an earthquake happens, stay indoors. Dont move outside. Thats where people get injured from things falling off the building. When you are indoors, first thing you want to do is drop to the ground. Drop before the earthquake drops you. You are not likely going to be able to walk during an earthquake. You also want to get under something heavy if possible, like a desk or table, cover your head and get down low to make sure that you are protected from things that might be falling in your home. If you are not able to get under something, get next to an anterior wall, make yourself as small as possible, cover your head and protect yourself while the shaking is going on. 2． What should I do if I am indoors during an earthquake? 3． What furniture can I use to protect myself? During an earthquake you want to get under something thats large enough to provide you shelter from things that may be falling in the room. For example, a regular table, a desk or a coffee table. Any piece of furniture large enough for you to get under, cover yourself and hold on to it so that