This event lead to a discussion at a lunch I was at on Sunday. The question came up where would you go and what was the safest place to be during different emergencies. Events discussed were bomb attack, earthquake, flash flood and mudslide. Most agreed that if they knew a bomb was headed our way you would problably know it was the last minutes of your life. My H said in event of an earthquake he would go to outside to which I reminded him that we have big trees and the reality is that when an earthquake has happened and we are awaken we usually stay in bed till it passes. When we were kids we had earthquake and emergency drills in school and we dropped and covered our bodies under a desk. They also suggested a doorway as that is suppose to be a well supported area of a house.
For a flash flood or mudslide we weren’t sure what to do. It seems that you might be better off to stay up high inside and not open any doors.
The end result of the discussion was that most of us don’t know what to do or where it is best to go when an emergency happens.