Disaster!

I seem to find myself in man made and natural disasters a wee bit more than I'd like (See LA Riots, Northridge earthquake, 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina).  Our friend Glen (he who knows everything) found the perfect place for me!  A disaster museum.

The Disaster Preparedness Museum is to prepare people for specific kinds of disasters, earthquakes, a fire, a typhoon, etc.   And, you get to act out these things first so you can be prepared when they really happen. In the span of an hour, we were in an earthquake, saved ourselves from a burning building and experienced a typhoon.  Exhausting.

Here is our earthquake... clearly we were unable to follow instructions and would be dead.  No offense to my cute husband, but this is not his forte.  

Here is the nice lady who watches you die.

Then we watched a 3-D video of a typhoon from the 1950's while we sat on tatami mats in in a traditional Japanese "home" while we were impaled with flying timber and drowned.  That went well.   No real suggestions as to what to do when that happens, but at least it won't be our first time going through it when we actually do die in a typhoon. So, there is some comfort.

Finally, we were shown what to do if there is a fire in a restaurant.  Cover your nose with your shirt and stay low.   Here is the restaurant facade they made (fake food and all). Rafi wasn't so into going through the fire, so we sat and listened to the other suckers scream and come falling out of the door on the left.

Here are a few windows with some suggested items you might want to put in your disaster preparedness kits!  My favorite is the hand exerciser, presumably to help you prepare for pushing rubble off of you?

Mya and Rafi are on the scene.

 Rafi and Carlos bonding after near death experiences.