Guest guest Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 It appears that what Doug Copp says is good advice but there have been some disagreements with him. I think, should the occasion arise I will opt for his Triangle of Life. http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/triangle.asp - " Anna Webb " <electricwind Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:48 AM Triangle of Life Hi, I'd seen this before and hadn't saved it. Luckily it was posted on another group. Anna > 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. > > 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. > > The first building I ever crawled inside of was a > school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. > Every child was under their 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, and 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. They are > everywhere. > > TEN 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 (space) 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. 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