Earthquake! Be prepared.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 16:10 We live in earthquake country, here in Nevada. But earthquakes can and have occurred throughout much of the United States. Travelling to earthquake prone areas of the world can also leave you at risk, so it’s wise to have some earthquake awareness.
The difference in fatalities and overall destruction between the Haitian quake and the much larger (100 times bigger ) 8.8 earthquake in Chile boils down to much better construction standards in Chile in addition to a much higher earthquaker awareness among Chile’s citizens.
Even the day of the big quake, persons interviewed in Chile, while not exactly blase about it, are relatively calm even as many are being evacuated from unsafe areas.
As engineers like to say: “earthquakes don’t kill people. Falling buildings do.”