Hello!

So, College Humor made a video about “what to do in an earthquake.”

It is WAAAAAY too accurate about the modern-day response…

I’ve been in places with earthquakes a fair bit, especially when I was younger. One that I remember, was having enough time to go under my desk, think “Wait! My computer!”, reach up to grab my computer (it was my first laptop), and pull it down again. And then it was over.

That was one of the longer earthquake experiences. (Obviously, THAT part in the College Humor video are a bit out of proportion…)

I think there was also a time when it was me and someone else in the room and, just like in the video, we alternated between standing in the archway, getting underneath the piano bench, and crouching next to the couch. At which point it was all over.

That was also one of the longer earthquakes.

Actually, the most recent one I didn’t sleep through was short enough that it wasn’t until I heard someone else ask, “Was that an earthquake?” that I was aware it was an earthquake. (I didn’t leave my seat on the couch. I think I was actually writing a fluff-post at the time… The dog also didn’t twitch. At all.)

And I still have No. Flippin’. Clue. What to do.

Back about twenty years ago, the advice was to go under a piece of furniture, or stand in an archway. It protects you from falling debris. And then research suggested that you’re actually more likely to be crushed by that same piece of furniture than you are to be saved by it… if you’re under it. On the other hand, if you’re next to it, as the furniture gets crushed, it still provides a bit of vertical height, which then allows the debris to make a triangle of space over you. Or something.

And then the CH video completely accurately represented the “stand in a doorframe” thing.

Yep, this is definitely a video that is “funny, because it’s true.”

Have a lovely Sunday!

For those of you who don’t know, the “special edition, rehearsal script” for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” came out on Sunday. My copy arrived yesterday. I am deliberately spacing out my reading of it… so I only read the first half last night.

(It’s taking a LOT of my willpower to do so, by the way.)

So far, I’m REALLY seriously enjoying it.

You should get a copy. The first half alone is worthwhile, and I’m sure the second half won’t detract.

Have a lovely week!

This is a public service announcement. You should not, repeat should not be alarmed.

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