r/interesting • u/HomeNowWTF • 22d ago

NATURE Experiencing an earthquake in an airport

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u/smittyleafs 22d ago

I live in a part of the world with no earthquakes, and I've somehow learned this at some point.

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u/onion_flowers 22d ago

What your brain knows logically doesn't always translate to what your body does during an emergency. Thats why we had earthquake drills often in school growing up in a place that did experience earthquakes.

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u/SpotonSpot873 22d ago

Yup. One of my professors was paid by the govt to show up after mass shootings and such to help people cope. He told me that so many people are killed because they see someone with a gun and take a deep breath in which can make them a 30% large target

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u/fuckman5 22d ago

Huh? So taking a big breath in makes you 30% larger? Are we talking humans or puffer fish? 

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u/SpotonSpot873 22d ago

Can is an important word there.

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u/sleeper_54 21d ago

I understand that to mean *stopping* to take a deep breath ...and *not immediately reacting* to the danger and seeking immediate cover or concealment.

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u/International-Bed453 21d ago

I live in the UK, where we do get earthquakes occasionally. For the two I've experienced, I was at home in bed!