If you are indoors, stay there. Get under a desk or table, or crouch down along an inside wall or hallway. If you are outdoors, get into an open area away from trees, buildings, walls and power lines. If you are driving, pull your car to the side of the road and stop. Avoid overpasses or power lines. Remain inside until shaking is over. If you are in a highrise building, stay away from windows and outside walls. Get under a table. Do not use elevators.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends that all children 12 and under be restrained in the rear seat. Researchers estimate that putting a child in the back seat instead of the front reduces the chance of injury and death by more than 30%, whether or not the car has a passenger air bag. The center of the back seat is the farthest away from a possible side impact, so we always try first to install a safety seat there. See similar questions...

No place is 100% safe from a Tornado. However, the safest place is underground a Storm Shelters of America custom made Tornado shelter. Even areas that have little history of Tornadoes can be susceptible. A few years ago, a tornado hit Yellowstone National Park leaving a path of destruction up a 10,000 ft. mountain. See similar questions...

FM-200 is the safest for people, planet and equipment. It is the best solution for clean fire systems. See similar questions...

A natural shaking of the ground caused by sudden slippage on a fault line. Seismic waves spread outward from the fault rupture much like ripples do in a quiet pond when a stone is thrown into it. See similar questions...

A: First, silver is probably too bulky to store in small safety deposit boxes. Second, as long as that bank does not go out of business, you would be able to retrieve it. If a bank fails (like the 1200 bankruptcies during the Great Depression), the contents of every safety deposit box is liable to confiscation. Gold coins are more easily stored in this manner due to their small size and are similarly vulnerable to confiscation by the bank. See similar questions...

The safest way to thaw meat, poultry, and fish is in the refrigerator. Be sure to place the frozen product in a pan or on a plate to prevent juices from leaking onto shelves. Place the thawing product on the lower most shelf in the refrigerator so that juices do not cross-contaminate clean vegetables and other ready-to-eat foods. Another acceptable thawing method is under cold running water for not more than 2 hours. See similar questions...

There is no single safest child safety seat for all children and vehicles. The safest seat is one that fits your child, fits your vehicle and one you will use correctly each and every time. Please also see: See similar questions...

The center of the rear seat is usually safest since it is farthest from a possible side impact, but only if your carseat fits well in that position. Any position in the rear seat is acceptable unless prohibited by the vehicle or child seat owner's manual. See similar questions...

NO. The back seat has always been safer, even before there were air bags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted a study of children who died in crashes in the front and back seats of vehicles, very few of which had passenger air bags. The study concluded that placing children in the back reduces the risk of death in a crash by 27 percent, whether or not a child is restrained. See similar questions...

The USDA recommends three ways to defrost turkeys: in the refrigerator, in cold water and in the microwave. Never defrost turkey on the counter or in other locations. It's best to plan ahead for slow, safe thawing in the refrigerator. Allow about 1 day for every 5 pounds of turkey to thaw in the refrigerator. Turkey may be defrosted in cold water in its airtight packaging or in a leak-proof bag. Submerge the bird or cut-up parts in cold water, changing the water every 30 minutes. See similar questions...

I'd like to find out whether there are, in fact, other factors involved besides global warming and, if so, how much of an influence these other factors might be in what takes place and in what you predict might take place. The primary factor in iceberg generation is that it is a part of the hydrological cycle. Snow (and not that much) falls on the steep and high continent of Antarctica. See similar questions...

The most common sensor is not the accelerometer, which measures acceleration, but the seismometer, which measures the velocity or speed of a point on the ground as it moves during earthquake shaking. Most velocity sensors are high precision, sensitive instruments designed to record motions from distant earthquakes rather than the strong shaking that occurs near to earthquakes. See similar questions...

Alaska: Major tsunamis were generated along the Alaskan coast in 1946, 1957, 1958, 1964, and 1965. Many other locally generated tsunamis occurred prior to those dates. US West Coast: Tsunamis were generated locally in 1812, 1873, 1878, 1927, 1930, 1946 and 1949. The west coast was also impacted by tsunamis generated in other regions in 1877, 1946, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1975. See http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/web_tsus/pastaor_tsunamis.htm for more information on west coast tsunamis. See similar questions...

The standard insurance policy does not pay for direct damages caused by "earth movement." "Earth movement" is a much broader term than earthquake. It includes earthquake, volcanic activity and other earth movement. This coverage may be available by endorsement for an additional charge. If you live in an area that is more likely to have an earthquake, you'll pay more than if you live in an area that is unlikely to have an earthquake. See similar questions...

earthquake cult is usually some religious group who wants to give me pamphlets or books or magazines about their religion. The rumour that "earth quake cult" is just another term for Iehova's witnesses is completely unfounded. Probably. Common earthquake cult beliefs include the fact that trees live longer than people because they're more spiritual and the fact that all good is caused by god while all evil is man's own responsibility. See similar questions...

Earthquakes vary broadly in size; from microscopic fractures to slip occurring on a fault hundreds of kilometers long. Earthquakes also vary in location and depth. Individuals would probably notice a small earthquake occurring a kilometer below the surface, but a larger earthquake occurring several hundred kilometers below your feet may not be noticed at all. See similar questions...