I have worked in various permutations of customer service since I was 15. If it was piece of meat at the grocery store, a piece of clothing or furniture at JC Penney, or a ticket to the theater, or a class for you or your child at my university.-- that is what I would do.

Admittedly all I'm going off are movies like Breaking Bad, Used Cars and The Woman Chaser (which goes into excellent detail on the subject), but I don't gather that customer service has traditionally driven the used car business.

Wow, it may just be a coincidence, but when I got home tonight I found my Little Miss Sunshine poster cattycornered on the wall. If that was tremor related, it's pretty impressive.

I don't gather that customer service has traditionally driven the used car business

Well, maybe it should!

Aren't you supposed to stand underneath doorways, or something?

In doorways or under heavy, stable furniture.

Neither of these are especially true. If it's a doorway on an interior wall, you are better off. Under heavy furniture is only useful if the furniture itself doesn't have spindly or small legs.

What you should do, is crouch behind something like a couch or a file cabinet, something that should the ceiling fall, it will create a triangle of safety. You want something that won't compress a lot. But you should cover your head and hold on to whatever you are hiding beside.

Also, we should standardize on a hashtag so it's searchable and trendable.

Kat, I hate to say it, but the "triangle of safety" thing is at least partially debunked. [link]

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It doesn't seem to be that useful in developed countries with sound building codes, where pancaking is less likely to happen. FEMA and the Red Cross still go with "drop, cover, hold on".

HA! 'suela, I have seen that. I would think in most California buildings, it's the issue of flying other stuff that will get you. And broken glass.

I would think in most California buildings, it's the issue of flying other stuff that will get you. And broken glass.

Right, which is why the guidance is to get underneath a solid piece of furniture (or stay in bed with your pillow on your head).

Marylanders apparently just stare blankly at the nearest person. I mean, honestly, by the time I registered it was likely an earthquake, not them blasting in the ravine again (because normally, that dies off, not gets worse) I still didn't really believe it.

Turns out I do have some new cracks in the basement. Looks like the porches settled a little.