-Today we brought the big shaker to Seattle
to help people to understand just how dangerous
an earthquake underneath our feet could be.
You guys are seriously overdue for a major earthquake,
so we want
you guys to get prepared before
because an earthquake here in Seattle.
Trust me, it can happen just like that. (single clap)
Earthquake that large,
it's going to go not for seconds,
guys, for minutes.
-It’s eye opening.
Even though I've been through an earthquake myself back
in 2001 with the Nisquali, um,
it serves as a reminder like, oh, yeah,
I need to I need to do some retrofitting in my house.
-So in a major earthquake, what's going to happen
to the items on the walls of the shelves?
They’re going to fall off, right?
Break broken glass. (rattling, shrieking)
-One thing you see in the trailer is that objects fall.
So we're out in the community doing training.
A lot of it's around
how do you secure
objects in your home
to make sure you reduce the risk of injuries?
Uh, but then
after the shaking stops, we know that transportation
will be disrupted. Utilities will be disrupted.
Stores may not be open.
All the things you normally rely on
aren't necessarily going to be there.
So those preparedness steps that we really focus on
are with that in mind.
It's not if, but when it's serious.
-I want people to be prepared. And if you go to our cities.
Seattle Emergency Management website,
we have a lot of great information
on how to sign up for alerts Seattle,
how to prepare an earthquake kit,
and how to get connected
with local volunteers who are organizing.
(rattling, objects falling, unintelligible exclamations) I just got a chance to sit
through the earthquake shaker it is it is really a shake.
Wow. I have an earthquake kit
but I realized today
I need to go secure my bookcases to the wall
because they could fall and hurt someone in my family.
-Yeah, it was fun to do it.
And I know this could happen
any time and I could be anywhere.
(laughter) Going through this today.
I'll probably be more, um,
purposeful now about getting all my supplies in.
-If it never happens, great.
But I would rather be prepared in advance for my family.
Didn't have to explain to my wife and children
why I didn't take a couple of minutes of my time
to get them prepared
and to safeguard our home and our belongings.
(shaking) -I think that the challenge in reaching people
always is falling somewhere between scaring them
and having too much fun.
But it can be dry.
So it's good to add an element of fun to it.
That's what's going to get people interested.
Hopefully get them to take action.
(shaking, rattling) Get prepared now before it's too late.
All right, everybody, pick up three or four things
and then we'll knock them down again.
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