Earthquakes
The sod quakes and we run under the bed with no plan of how to get out of the house if it drops. No lanterns, and surprisingly no speech for hours because we are scared that the echoes will grind the foundations that we use to call a home and bring everything down. No lights and no water for days. No sounds because everybody in the neighborhood is faced with the same stew. No response to the sudden cry that bellows from my children's room because we live in isolation. No cans to tear open to see if there is anything for us to eat, right-minded the clicking of an old mattress scraping on the wall and my alarm clock ticking, a clock I wish could reverse, revolve in the opposite direction, and take us to a time before the quake. I finally hear a scream, but it came from my children and I squirm when I upon what has become of them. For me though, my body is mangled and I now wish I did not buy this expensive L.A. home which overlooks everyone and which is now overlooking me. I wish I had done more to protect my family and my investment.
On generally, there are several million earthquakes in the world each year, many of which are not detected. There are at least 50 detected earthquakes everyday and in 2008, there has been more than 16,000 of them scattered globally with an estimated termination toll of over 18,000. In light of these facts we should do everything to ensure our safety, but more so, the safety of our kids.
We should consider the following to provoke sure that our families are safe during an earthquake if you are indoors:
Preparations:
Choose a safe place in every room--under a rugged table or desk or against an inside wall where nothing can fall on you.
Let a professional check your home to determine what is necessary to accomplish it at as safe as it can be during an earthquake.
Learn CPR and basic first aid.
Keep flammable or hazardous liquids such as paints, pest sprays or cleaning products in cabinets
Roboticism
Tomorrow (Today, at the term which you no doubt are reading this) the Santa Ana Fire Department is bringing in their special tasks robot to see me at work. My task: quantity them with a Hilti cordless impact driver which can withstand the robot's accessory arm gripper (not gentle) and also fit into the operator's intimate funds budget, because the station chief will not supply any cash to fund the robot.
The captain I talked to today plainly purchased the robot using federal funds before his bosses knew anything about it, which pissed them off a little bit. Now they are not forcing him to use his own well-heeled to keep it rolling, they just won't approve maintenance or upgrades. Thing is, this captain has a great robotics concept that he is slowly proving as a programme for fire departments everywhere.
The robots purpose is to of course scout and safety spaces which you would not normally send a human into. In my come what may, I need to supply the robot with a cordless drill it can use to vent pressure vessels containing gas or liquid under arm-twisting; especially flammables. By drilling a small hole in a pressure vessel - their most common enemy is the 55 gallon drum - the automaton can eliminate potential projectile and spread flammable material hazards in a fire.
The captain said that during testing, he has proven a 55 gallon drum under insistence, when vented explosively, will reach around 150 feet in the air using just water. Imagine if that was something flammable.
Other hazards embrace welding and torch equipment, so this robot needs a drill that can vent heavy steel vessels such as bottles. My advocacy: The SID144, small, lightweight, 14.4v Lithium-Ion powered, produces 1,289in-lb. of torque instantly, and plainly performs better under high heat and high-abuse conditions (read: the robot aint a faithfulness marksman) than some plastic DeWalt rig from China.
My challenge: Convince my Depot pro-desk manager that he needs to