Serious. If your apartment building collapses in earthquake, is it better to be on top floor?

[Bedford Stye]

Seeing awful footage, buildings collapsing.

If you're on the penthouse, maybe survivable??

 

[Lawrence]

In an earthquake, you gotta run outside!- That's really the best, is to be outside, and not near any buildings at all

 

[Asgard]

You'd get brutally wounded, not to say you could die instantly because of furniture + concrete + glass being shattered. So, I highly doubt it (of course, depending on the height of the building).

But wounded, yes. And not in the good sense.

 

[Bedford Stye]

You'd get brutally wounded, not to say you could die instantly because of furniture + concrete + glass being shattered. So, I highly doubt it (of course, depending on the height of the building).

But wounded, yes. And not in the good sense.

No way in hell I'm ever living in a hi rise building.

I know that in California, they build them to withstand a a big quake.

But, who would take that chance?

 

[BraincelsRefugee]

You'd still be destroyed by the fall, the higher up you are, the worse that fall will be.

 

[BraincelsRefugee]

No way in hell I'm ever living in a hi rise building.

I know that in California, they build them to withstand a a big quake.

But, who would take that chance?

I would only ever trust the Japanese to make a high rise quake resistant enough to live in.

 

[Puppeter]

As someone where i get hit by earthquakes , under the table or doorframes are the best their chassis are strong even if roof collapses , under bed big chance you will collapse

 

[Asgard]

I would only ever trust the Japanese to make a high rise quake resistant enough to live in.

 

[Asgard]

under bed big chance you will collapse

Well... I'd have died if this happened.

 

[Bedford Stye]

You'd still be destroyed by the fall, the higher up you are, the worse that fall will be.

I hadn't thought of that.

The videos I've seen of collapsing buildings, it's almost in slow motion, making it's way down.

But, it's probably due more to resistance of supporting columns than actual optical illusion.

......but, hypothetically, if you lived on the third floor of a 29 story building, on an outer wall area, it's possible you could miraculously be spared from the crush,and only fall about 20 feet.

 

[Puppeter]

Well... I'd have died if this happened.

Some guys survive but thats about it sometimes the debris is way too hard

 

[DenHaag]

Lower floor you could get crushed, but also the stuff falling could be broken by other stuff that has already fallen etc., plus no long fall damage. Seems one might have a better chance.

I used to live in an area with severe tornados. When it was really violent the procedure was to go to the lowest floor possible and get into a windowless room like a bathroom. If at home, into the bathtub with a mattress pulled over you on top. If I couldn't run away from the collapsing building and I had a few seconds to pull the mattress off the floor I'd try that.