subject: Outdoor Escape Tips in Earthquake [print this page] Outdoor Escape Tips in Earthquake Outdoor Escape Tips in Earthquake
If an earthquake occurs when you are walking at a street, taking a drive or having trips on hills, what should you do to keep safe in outdoor situations? Here are some useful tips that you can follow in the danger of earthquake.
Avoid dangerous locations
When the earth is shaking violently, people would catch or lean on something to keep body balance. Usually, walls and gate posts will be chosen as protection objets in dangerous situations. actually, these solid looking objects are very dangerous. In 1987, an undersea earthquake shook Japan. Many casualties were caused by collapsed cement walls and gate posts. Make sure not to get close to prefabricated cement walls and posts, etc.
In busy streets and blocks, the most dangerous items are fallen window glasses and billboards which may hurt passers. Thus, you should protect your head with hands or handbags while passing theses places.
Safe parking
When there is an earthquake, you will find it hard to control the steering wheel just like tyres of the car lacking pressure. At such time, you should park your car by roadside away from traffic crosses. In order not to hinder emergency evacuation and traffic, move your car out of middle part of a road.
Usually, traffic roads will be banned in city center areas in a quake. Pay full attention to car radio broadcasting and do as what the police tells to do if there is a policeman around. If it's necessary to refugee together with local people from the parking position, you can shut the car windows and don't lock the car doors, leaving keys to it.
Watch out for landslides and tsunami
If you are on a hillside or a steep sloping when a quake occurs, move to safe place for asylum rapidly for theses places are in the danger of landslide in an earthquake. If you are on the seashore, you may encounter tsunami in earth shocks. Keep informed with radio or television reports. Seek for safe places on hearing earthquake or tsunami warnings.
All in all, it's quite helpful to master some outdoor escape skills and prepare some emergency items, such as radios and torches, when you encounter an earthquake.
