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2004.09.06
カテゴリ：ちょっと真面目に考えた
マダムブル子さんの大震災体験日記を読んで、地震について考えた。
今回の近畿・東海地方をおそった連続地震は、 怪我をされた方には大変申し訳ないが、 大震災のような被害も出ていないようなのでほっとした。 でも東南海地震と言われる巨大地震も来ると言われているし、 地震列島日本、どこで何が起っても不思議はない。 以前から言われている「東京直下型」なんて言うのが来たら 一体どうなっちゃうんだろうなんて考えては身震いしてしまう。 私だって他人事ではないのだ。 ８５年のサンフランシスコの大地震と同じクラスの地震が来ると 私が住んでいるエリアでもだいぶ前から言われている。 「いつ大地震がおきても不思議はない」のだそうだ。 本当は災害対策をきちんとしなくてはいけないのだろうが、 まだきちんとしていない。 これを機会にやはり防災リュックというのを作っておかねばと思う。 中に何を入れるか。 いろいろ市販品を調べてみると主にこんなものである。 缶詰、カンパンなどの食料 缶入りなどの飲料水（プラスティックボトルは定期的に交換） 絆創膏やガーゼなどの救急用品 懐中電灯（電池付） ローソク マッチ 缶切 プラスチック袋 トイレットペーパー ロープ ビニールシート この他にラジオなどがあるといい。 飲料水、食料品などは１週間分くらいを 家の中の２、３カ所にわけておいておくといいそうだ。 最後に、英文なので申し訳ないが、 友人から紹介された記事をここに載せてみる事にする。 長いので読みにくいが、お役に立てれば幸いだ。 (訳すのが面倒なのと、もし間違ったら情報にならないので、ごめんなさい） EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE "TRIANGLE OF LIFE" Edited by Larry Linn for MAA Safety Committee brief on 4/13/04. 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. ＜中略＞ 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 "triangl e 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. They are everywhere. ＜中略＞ TIPS DOUG COPP PROVIDES: 1. Everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE is crushed to death -- every time, without exception. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are always crushed. 2. Cats, dogs and babies all naturally often 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 of be in during an earthquake. The reason is simple: the 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 while you are watching television 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. Everybody who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb 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. They are 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 screaming, 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, says the author. 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. この「トライアングルスポット」の話は前にも聞いた事があるが、 机の下が安全だと信じて疑わなかった私には驚きだった。 確かに車やテーブルがつぶされている映像は時々見るものだ。 災害。遇わずにすめばそれに越した事はないが、 用心だけはしておいても損はないと思う。 備えあれば憂いなし。とはいっても憂いはあるけどね。 本日の献立： マカロニチーズ、ほうれんそうサラダ、スイカ お気に入りの記事を「いいね！」で応援しよう
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