DROP | COVER | HOLD ON /// PROTECT YOURSELF IN CASE OF A QUAKE

Off-Topic but still worth knowing. Here's what to do in case an earthquake hits your city.

• DROP down onto your hands and knees (before the earthquakes knocks you down). This position protects you from falling but allows you to still move if necessary.
• COVER your head and neck (and your entire body if possible) under a sturdy table or desk. If there is no shelter nearby, only then should you get down near an interior wall (or next to low-lying furniture that won't fall on you), and cover your head and neck with your arms and hands.
• HOLD ON to your shelter (or to your head and neck) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking shifts it around.

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Our thoughts and prayers go to Japan and her people. Hang in there! You'll survive.

via earthquakecountry.org