On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:41:12 GMT, Louise Bremner
<dame_zumari@yahoo.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:33:26 -0500, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com>
>> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>> 
>> 
>>>Bryce wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:2u1s6mF20urulU12@uni-berlin.de...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>John W. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Fabian wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Kevin Gowen hu kiteb:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I never understood the Japanese practice of hiding under things
>>>>>>>>during an earthquake.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Me neither. You should really hide next to something, not under
>>>>>>>something.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Being next to a table doesn't stop stuff from hitting you on the head.
>>>>>>Ever had a piece of ceiling plaster hit you? Or a book? Etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>Whoosh.
>>>>>
>>>>>- Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I've gotta agree with Kevin on this one. Just compiling the numbers of
>>>>injuries in different areas throughout different earthquakes will show that
>>>>being "next to something substantial" is much better than being "under
>>>>something substantial". Live bodies are usually found inside voids in rubble
>>>>which are caused by buildups against substantial items. Some studies suggest
>>>>also that standing in a "doorway" is the last thing you wanna do. Headers
>>>>can slice you in half and things never fall down around them as many have
>>>>suggested.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'd be interested in seeing those numbers. Everything I've ever heard 
>>>says that most injuries are from things falling and hitting you, and 
>>>sitting next to a table (etc.) isn't going to prevent something from 
>>>hitting you on the head.
>> 
>> 
>> And almost anything at all has to beat the 防災頭巾 which some people
>> still use. Even though hard hats are cheap and readily available.
>
>They don't fold up so neatly.

Precisely my point.





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Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College