During an earthquake.

[_eMuu_]

If you are in a 40th floor of a highrise office building.

Should you hide under the desk
or
run to the nearest escape stairwell and run like hell down the building to get out of the building as fast as possible?

Assuming it is a 7.1 earthquake

What should do?

 

[Greygrey]

Stay under table.

No modern skyscraper has ever collapsed from an earthquake cos they were made to withstand these effects.

But if if the scale is 10 type then gg.

 

[Dinoboyboy]

at 40th floor during an earthquake will likely be the last time you get to p cc. so i will spend my time wisely and go without regret..

 

[_eMuu_]

If hide under the desk.

After the quake, do you get out of the building or continue to work like nothing happen?

 

[Orphan]

If hide under the desk.

After the quake, do you get out of the building or continue to work like nothing happen?

Wah lau, like that also need to ask? Got valid excuse to keng or even take MC leow.

You never learn the most important skill during NS?

 

[coldish]

Most likely u will be crushed by the interior stuffs falling into u first

 

[MizunoVolley]

Earthquake only last at most a few minutes.

If the building will collapse, you run how fast also take more than 10 minutes to run down so useless and more likely to die from falling debris.

If will not collapse, you also will not need to run down

So best option is stay still under a desk

 

[Hello_Kitty]

i will protect my chiobu colleague during an earthquake

 

[Tsoukalos]

If you are in a 40th floor of a highrise office building.

Should you hide under the desk
or
run to the nearest escape stairwell and run like hell down the building to get out of the building as fast as possible?

Assuming it is a 7.1 earthquake

What should do?

How fast can u run? Maybe jump faster. Find nearest shelter lah

 

[tomsss]

that's why one should learn BASE jumping

 

[ewng]

Trust me...if you kena 7.1 earthquake you won't be able to stand still at all...so just squat down and hide under the desk...wait for it to stop then faster evacuate...

 

[justpcupdate]

just lie flat under table and try to sleep as much as i can

 

[MizunoVolley]

that's why one should learn BASE jumping

Lmao, dun mislead people with AI video.

It takes bout 5 seconds to fall down from 40th floor, unlikely for parachute to be able to deploy successful within the 5 seconds.

 

[tomsss]

Lmao, dun mislead people with AI video.

It takes bout 5 seconds to fall down from 40th floor, unlikely for parachute to be able to deploy successful within the 5 seconds.

 

[MizunoVolley]

You cannot see that it says dangerous ah?

Meaning even top level base jumper they already consider dangerous, dun even say normal people who knows something about it.

 

[tomsss]

You cannot see that it says dangerous ah?

Meaning even top level base jumper they already consider dangerous, dun even say normal people who knows something about it.

you're so fun at parties

have it your way

 

[virtualape]

hide under the bed if can squeeze under it. if have time, run to bomb shelter. grab some bottles of water, powerbank and food. theoritically its should be strong enough and less likely to cave in...

 

[carlongerdidu93]

1st exp was last time east area got tremors from indo quake , my place is a curved building lik tis ) which shld be stronger than a straight structure also gentle sway side to side , grab wallet jitao run down fire escape staircase which was just next door , though only 8 flrs

taiwanese friends said gentle sway side to side ish not tat bad more jialat is up and down motion

chatgpt ans:

HDB fire/escape staircases are generally designed to a high structural and fire-safety standard, but that does not necessarily mean the staircase itself is “much stronger” than every other part of the building.

In Singapore, an exit staircase must be made from non-combustible materials, and its surrounding enclosure is designed to protect people from fire and smoke. SCDF specifically requires exit staircases to be separated from other parts of the building by fire-resistant construction.

Structural strength: The staircase is engineered to carry the expected loads of many people evacuating simultaneously, as well as its own structural weight.

 

[week3nd]

Earthquake that big, you can't even stand straight. You got no choice but to wait for it to be over first.

 

[coldish]

Trust me...if you kena 7.1 earthquake you won't be able to stand still at all...so just squat down and hide under the desk...wait for it to stop then faster evacuate...

I kena 7.2 at Taiwan 2 years ago but it was 12th floor instead of 40th. Actual impact was 6.5 but was enough to keep us from moving. Mirror n TV fell off n glass fragments was all over the table n the ground so want to hide also cannot.
So if kena 40th floor can only say good luck. Ofc building like Taipei 101 is different story