Earthquake Survival Kits

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1. pawelkono
   Posted October 19, 2010 at 3:52 am | Permalink

   Costa Rica earthquake on the 8th and 20th of January 2009

2. meslippers
   Posted November 19, 2010 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

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3. Lydia
   Posted December 23, 2011 at 3:55 am | Permalink

   Tsunami – run for the hills or high ground.
   Earthquake – get under a table or desk and hold onto the legs (not if its beside a window though). Also you can get in a open doorway and put your bum against the door (so it doesn't smack into your face) and hold on.
   Flooding – get on high ground if possible, if you caught up in the current go with it and try to go to one side where there's a bank.
   Hurricane/Twister – get under a table and hold onto the legs. If you're got enough time open all the windows so that instead of the roof blowing off the wind just swirls round inside your house when it hits.
   Lightning Storm – if you're in a car stay in it don't get out of it because it will protect you from the Lightning, don't go climbing tall trees or metal poles because they the most likely places to be hit by a lightning strike. You should be safe inside a big building because they often have lightning rods on top of the building which earths the current (which means you're safe.)

   For any Natural Disaster you should have a kit with the following:
   - At least 3 days good drinking water (enough for your family)
   - Warm blankets
   - Dried food, Canned Food, for example noodles
   - Powder milk that can be made by adding water.
   - Radio with batteries, and spare batteries
   - Torch with batteries, and spare batteries
   - Try and keep your sleeping bags nearby this kit (if you can't keep it with it.)
   - Gas cooker and Gas bottle
   - Matches
   - First Aid Kit -(really important this one!)
   - Sharp Knife (just encase you need to cut something.