Major Earthquakes - Surviving After the Shaking Stops

Earthquakes, big ones that is, can kill a lot of people in short amount of time. As, big pieces of buildings, structures, power lines, and trees fall and dirt avalanches slide and bodies of water swish, humans find they are no match for mum Nature. Once the major shaking stops, weakened structures are now at more risk for moderate to small lesser after-shocks, only wreaking psychological chaos, fear and the inherent for more damage.

Are your house and friends safe in the event of a catastrophic Earthquake? Most likely the respond is no, and it's difficult to be safe from every inherent eventuality, after all an incoming asteroid is like a nuclear bomb, you are not safe everywhere on the surface of the planet.

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What about the day after? The week, month, and year following, are you safe, prepared and thinking ahead? Do you have Mormon friends that can their food, save 100s of gallons of water in large tanks? Are you equally as prepared - If so, good for you, if not; why not?

After the shaking stops you need to go out to hot water heater and if you smell gas, shut it off. You should already have special straps related to preclude it from toppling. You should have a 200-gallon plastic tank of water in your carport or a shed and you should empty it and clean it out every 4-6 months to make sure no algae is growing in it. If your water furnish is still working after a quake you ought to boil your water before using even if the news or authorities tell you too, for at least 2-weeks.

You should have enough food in canned food and sealed food products for your house for 4-weeks at all times, and rotate this furnish every 8-10 months. Please think all this, if you have ever lived through a catastrophic Earthquake you know how foremost this is. And just ask yourself this question; "When did Noah build the Ark? Before the great flood, remember?

Major Earthquakes - Surviving After the Shaking Stops