Post by Lia on Apr 8, 2014 21:38:44 GMT
Hello (:
This will be my first contribution to this blog. Hope you find this useful.
But first a few things.
1.- My english is not that good, I ask for some patience and if you find something wrong, please let me know. I'm trying to improve this languaje and you telling me the mistakes I made through the post would be great.
2.- I will not use technical definitions and those kind of things, they are not my strong subject and you can find reliable sources on the internet. This means that I'll write from my personal experience with three earthquakes you'd probably heard about. An 8.8 in 2010, a 7.2 also in 2010, and a 8.2 this year. Had the chance of experience one during daytime and another at night.
3.- I got this idea a few days ago, had the chance to talk to Amber about this, and here I am. From my perspective I think there's a lack of natural disasters in YA novels, and they can provide many plots, subplots, new settings, and character development.
4.- I have many information about this, that's why I think the best would be if I post this in separate threads.
By definition an earthquake is the release of energy when two or more plates collide and/or try to accommodate themselves. This energy comes in waves, known as seismic waves. These waves make their way to surface, and it affects the earth and the ocean.
Earthquakes during daytime
For daytime I’ll stay between 08:00 am and 20:00 pm. for many people is awake and some, away from their houses.
The way you feel an earthquake depends on where you are and what you’re doing. If you’re at home sitting or doing something that doesn’t interfere with your hearing; you’ll probably hear some noise first. It might be like a big truck right outside your home, and then it begins. The different waves will affect your place in different ways. The lamps will swing, some light objects will “walk”, mirrors and paintings will hit the walls. Now as this is a big earthquake, your home will sound, either is made of wood or concrete. Things will fall from their places and will crush as they hit the floor; doors will open and close same as some windows. The lamps will swing harder. As an advice, hiding under tables is not the best thing to do, staying under the lintel is recommended. Staying under a table makes impossible for you to see what’s happening around you, staying under the lintel will provide you a vision and some sort of “awareness” of your surroundings. You might have heard someone saying not to save anything that’s falling, well, they’re right. Whatever has to fall will fall and you should stay away from their path or they’ll take you with them.
If you’re doing something that might block, partially or completely your hearing, an earthquake will be different. If the music is loud, the movement will be the one that’ll alert you. If you’re in the shower, it might sound, again, like a big truck nearby, but will be the water the one that tell you something is not right. The water stream will swing, and there’s a chance the water system stops working.
Electric power might also be affected, but it depends on the magnitude of the earthquake. If it's a big one, there will be a blackout. This isn't as dramatic as a blackout at night, but the next post will be about it.
An earthquake during the day is most about the movement you feel and what you see, than what you hear, this, because some external sounds like cars, industries, television, and people will be distracting.
I'm working on the next part and I'll post it as soon as I can, earthquakes at night.
(:
This will be my first contribution to this blog. Hope you find this useful.
But first a few things.
1.- My english is not that good, I ask for some patience and if you find something wrong, please let me know. I'm trying to improve this languaje and you telling me the mistakes I made through the post would be great.
2.- I will not use technical definitions and those kind of things, they are not my strong subject and you can find reliable sources on the internet. This means that I'll write from my personal experience with three earthquakes you'd probably heard about. An 8.8 in 2010, a 7.2 also in 2010, and a 8.2 this year. Had the chance of experience one during daytime and another at night.
3.- I got this idea a few days ago, had the chance to talk to Amber about this, and here I am. From my perspective I think there's a lack of natural disasters in YA novels, and they can provide many plots, subplots, new settings, and character development.
4.- I have many information about this, that's why I think the best would be if I post this in separate threads.
By definition an earthquake is the release of energy when two or more plates collide and/or try to accommodate themselves. This energy comes in waves, known as seismic waves. These waves make their way to surface, and it affects the earth and the ocean.
Earthquakes during daytime
For daytime I’ll stay between 08:00 am and 20:00 pm. for many people is awake and some, away from their houses.
The way you feel an earthquake depends on where you are and what you’re doing. If you’re at home sitting or doing something that doesn’t interfere with your hearing; you’ll probably hear some noise first. It might be like a big truck right outside your home, and then it begins. The different waves will affect your place in different ways. The lamps will swing, some light objects will “walk”, mirrors and paintings will hit the walls. Now as this is a big earthquake, your home will sound, either is made of wood or concrete. Things will fall from their places and will crush as they hit the floor; doors will open and close same as some windows. The lamps will swing harder. As an advice, hiding under tables is not the best thing to do, staying under the lintel is recommended. Staying under a table makes impossible for you to see what’s happening around you, staying under the lintel will provide you a vision and some sort of “awareness” of your surroundings. You might have heard someone saying not to save anything that’s falling, well, they’re right. Whatever has to fall will fall and you should stay away from their path or they’ll take you with them.
If you’re doing something that might block, partially or completely your hearing, an earthquake will be different. If the music is loud, the movement will be the one that’ll alert you. If you’re in the shower, it might sound, again, like a big truck nearby, but will be the water the one that tell you something is not right. The water stream will swing, and there’s a chance the water system stops working.
Electric power might also be affected, but it depends on the magnitude of the earthquake. If it's a big one, there will be a blackout. This isn't as dramatic as a blackout at night, but the next post will be about it.
An earthquake during the day is most about the movement you feel and what you see, than what you hear, this, because some external sounds like cars, industries, television, and people will be distracting.
I'm working on the next part and I'll post it as soon as I can, earthquakes at night.
(: