Where to stay during an earthquake?

zz from Yuan, Jue's Blog




地震来时，你躲在哪里？如果你依照小时候老师教我们的方法乖乖躲在桌子底下，床铺底下，那么，我必须告诉你，你的伤亡率，高达百分之九十八！！那该怎么办？




美国国际搜救队长教你正确的躲避位置。道格卡普是美国国际搜救队长，自一九八五年至今，他及他的队员己参与全世界七十九次重大灾难的救灾工作，他
曾经爬进近七百栋因为地震、爆炸而严重倒塌的建筑物内
搜查受困的生还者以及罹难者的遗体。除了参与两年前日本神户大地震及美国俄克拉荷马市联邦大楼爆炸案救搜工作，十二年来国际新闻中的重大灾难救灾，他都没
缺席。本月十九日他离华前，传授在建筑物倒塌时如何求生。




国人从小到大，在防震演习中，老师总是叫学生躲在课桌下，道格得知这点后，很焦急地一再呼吁：不要躲在桌子、床铺下，而要以比桌、床高度更低的姿
势，躲在桌子床铺的旁边。他以先前和土耳其政府、大学合作拍制的地震逃生录像带，说明不要躲在桌下 避震的
道理。透过土耳其政府协助，制作单位爆破一栋废弃大楼，仿真地震时建筑物倒塌的情形，工作人员先依据「常识」，在桌子床铺等家具下，放置十具模特儿；他和
他的搜救队员在桌子床铺等家具旁，同样放置十具模特儿，炸药引爆后大楼变成断坦残壁，他和搜救队员依序找到二十具模特儿，在桌床下的十具模特儿有八具被压
成全毁，其中一具甚至头、身、脚断成三截；他放置的十具模特儿，则全部安好无事。他解释，建筑物天花板因强震倒塌时，会将桌床等家具压毁，人如果躲在其
中，后果不堪设想，如果人以低姿势躲在家具旁，家具可以先受倒塌物品的力道，让一旁的人取得生存空间。




道格说，即使开车时遇到地震，也要赶快离开车子，很多地震时在停车场丧命的人，都是在车内被活活压死，在两车之间的人，却毫发未伤（此段话引述图
片说明：强烈地震发生时，如果你正在停车场，千万不要留在车内，以免垮下来的天花板压扁汽车，造成伤害；应该以卧姿躲在车旁，掉落的天花压在车上，不致直
接撞击人身，可能形成一块『生存空间』，增加存活机会）。他很慎重地对在场的一百多位我国搜救队员说，搜救队员一要在地震中先能自己求得生存，只有活下
来，才能拯救他人性命。他说，希望大家告诉大家，只要传播这么一点求生讯息，地震发生时，建筑物内的伤亡率，可以由百分之九十，遽降为百分之二。请大家传
阅，增加大家在灾难发生时的生存机率，减少伤害。




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July·Graduation I

 

July·Graduation II

 

On the 25th Anniversary of the Discovery of Radium [Excerpt]

Even now, after 25 years of intensive research, we feel there is a great deal still to be done. We have made many discoveries. Pierre Curie, with his suggestions we have found in his notes, and the thoughts he had expressed to me, has helped to guide us to there. But no one of us can do much, if each of us perhaps, can catch some gleam of knowledge, which is modest and insufficient of itself, may add to man's dream of truth. It is by these small candles in our darkness that we see before us, little by little, the dim outlines of that great plan that shapes the universe. And I am among those people who think that for this reason, science has great beauty, and with its great spiritual strength, will in time, clean this world of its evils, its ignorance, its poverty, diseases, wars and heartaches. Look for the clear light of truth, look for unknown new roads. Even when man sights, his keener far than now divine wonder, had never failures.

Every age had its own dreams. Leave then the dreams of yesterday. You take the torch of knowledge, and build the palace of the future.

-- On the 25th Anniversary of the Discovery of Radium

Marie Curie

From Lei's Blog: http://eco-evo.spaces.msn.com/

Weekly Plan

I think it may be a good way to keep my friends updated --- know what I am doing and also it is a good way to keep myself organized :P

Tasks:
1. Attending driving school lessons --- yeah, I got to get the driving license soon.
2. Learn Python --- it is a good thing to learn
3. Practice Design Patterns --- I have read most of them, but only practice can let me understand them

General stuff: continue to go to work and try to work well, keep learning, keep working, and properly relax...

Germany lost...

They played good soccer. And Italy plays very boring soccer, with many direct long pass to Lehman.. But the Italians got luck at the end of the game. Life is cruel.

I am very unhappy because that as Italy seldom plays good football and I hate those teams. This is the end of world cup for me. Third place is nothing for Germany.