At the ShakeOut
Only in California. We're a Virgo State and, so like a Virgo, we're on pins and needles worrying about the Next One, the Big Un. And if it won't come to us, we'll go to it. The Oregon Coast is probably in much more danger of getting wiped away sooner, but evidentally they don't worry.
In Honor of Our Neuroses, Los Angeles has decided to host a week long party event that's centered around Earthquakes from Nov. 12 through Nov. 18, 2008. Some Scientists will hole up in some conference rooms somewhere to make things look official. Then on Nov. 13 millions of Southern Californians will practice a massive earthquake drill. School kids will drop under their desktops. Firemen will ride around in their big red trucks. Drunks will fall off their barstools. Then, the rest of the week, The Art Center College of Design will host a Festival Extravaganza called "Drop, Cover, and Hold On." How many punk bands will have to play their rendition of "Shake, Rattle & Roll?" Some nut from Connecticut probably dreamed this thing up and decided to make some money off of it. Now that's California.
If a 7.9 earthquake happens in October, of course, everyone will be dead and so the party will have to be called off.
I had to check the chart. Is this a true Earthquake Drill? Remember we want to check for Nodes on Angles, Mars, Pluto, Uranus, Saturn. Maybe some intense Moonie thing. Whew, it looks like they're serious, Capricorn Rising = Be Prepared.
Earthquake Drill
Nov. 13, 2008 10am Los Angeles, CA
Sun 22 Scorpio; Moon 29 Taurus; ASC 8 Capricorn; MC 27 Libra; NN 14 Aquarius Rx
Well, I'm no astro-earthquake expert, but this looks like a pretty accurate chart for simulating having an earthquake. Actually, it almost looks like the real thing. It's too perfect to be the real thing though. The Party Planners picked the 1st Full Moon after the first exact pass of the Saturn-Uranus opposition. People will be pretty nuts. The Moon will also be out-of-bounds at 24 degrees and 33 minutes and opposing Mars in Scorpio to the degree which gives things a little extra oomph in the panic department. Best to wear a bullet protecting vest to this party.
Adding to the emotional fervor indicated by the Moon, Venus will be conjunct Pluto over the Aries Point. This will be conjunct the Capricorn Ascendant. If there isn't an earthquake on this day, all those kids ducking under their desks will be traumatized forever just from the drill. Aries on the IC is good for emergency preparedness. Mars in Scorpio in the 11th house is a good indicator for a real one.
The North Node will be in Aquarius, one of the signs of earthquakes. It will be conjunct Chiron and Neptune and squaring a stellium of Mercury-Sun-Mars in Scorpio. I was hoping Neptune would be involved for the kids' sake if nothing else. Mars-Neptune squares can at least add an element of Glamour. Maybe Ahrnold and Maria will at least be there cutting some ribbons or something.
This chart is actually kind of scary. Gonna have to mop up a lot of barf from under those barstools.
Ah, it'll be ok. Earthquakes only happen at rush hour or when you're naked in the shower.
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posted by Out The Comet's Ass @ 3:11 PM
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What follows I received in an email from a friend just recently:
F.Y.I. Where to be During an Earthquake
Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway??
Well, this guy has a completely reverse opinion. This is very interesting, different from what we were all taught.
Please read this and pass the info along to your family members; it could save their lives someday!
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams
from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries.
I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary
and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'.
The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see,in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct.
You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa,next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake.
If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created.
Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries
but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve
a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor,next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out
the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is
killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and th e door jamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be
killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of
frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building).
The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the
stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake , they may collapse later when
overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety,even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible
- It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than
the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact.Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is
experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!
'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly'
In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific
test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten
mannequins did 'duck and cover, ' and ten mannequins I used in my
'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse,
showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.
There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in th e USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV
Thank you very much for adding this email here, analysa. This is really valuable information.
Your welcome!
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