Where would be the worst place to be during an earthquake?
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machinerat
ANSWERS: 37
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Washing windows on a scaffold, on the upper stories of a skyscraper comes to mind.
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a coal mine
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In a store selling machetes, razor blades, running laser saws, ninja swords, and plate glass. :o)
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China Store.
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inside the crack?
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on the toilet
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The epicenter.
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Port-A-Potty
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Near or around glass, or in a house that is made out of cement. Cement is very sturdy when it comes to hurricanes or tornadoes but when it comes to earthquakes wood is your safest bet because wood can bend and wont fall as easy while an earthquake is in effect.
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I was in the shower when a 7.2 hit in California. I can certainly say that wasn't any fun.
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Smack dab in the middle of the Fault Line. :(
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Elevator.
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On the fault line.
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On stilts ;0)
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Driving over a bridge
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The worst place to be when a crisis such as an earthquake occurs is probably when the earthequake suprisingly commences and you have not enough time to prepare or seek for help. Therefore a place such as 'showing' naked when you don't have your clothes on and you're totally wet is a good example.
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Standing on the crack itself!
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hell
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At the epicentre of course. This would face the brunt of the quake and if it is on a richter scale of 6.5 and above you may not live to regret it.
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on a fault line...
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Astraddle a fault line crack.
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Huddled under a house on stilts, holding your ginsu knife collection in one hand while someone puts a gun to your head and demands that you apply lipstick perfectly or die.
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At the cemetery, inside the mausoleum. Coffins and slabs of stone would be tumbling everywhere!
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3rd country.
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Inside the glass pyramid
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Walking down the sidewalk next to tall buildings with lots of windows and 19th Century walls.
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walking in stilettoes on a tight rope which has been hung between two very tall buildings, which happen to be on either side of the epi-centre, and needing to do a pee urgently.
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in a porta potty
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My first thought was that double decker freeway near San Francisco. But under any overpass that could collapse would be bad.
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Working in the packing department of a nitro glycerine factory.
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In an elevator, escalator, or in the bathroom in the shower or on the toilet.
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In a masonry building. In an earthquake most people are hurt or killed by something falling on them. Brick buildings just come apart and collapse. Hardly anyone is ever hurt just by the ground shaking.
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... deep underground, in a mine shaft, at or near the epicenter ...
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If the 'quake started in the Pacific Ocean, and generated a tsunami, the worst place to be would be at the shore at which the greatest ocean surge (from the tsunami) struck.
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near a lot of glass buildings
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In a cave or mine.
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Anywhere that's not far far away from it? :)
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