Disaster Preparedness Month, night 16: Let’s get quizzical

We start the second half of Disaster Preparedness Month with something simple – it’s the weekend, after all. How about a quiz? Here’s one, courtesy of preparedness volunteer/organizer extraordinaire Cindi Barker – who along with Karen Berge and Deb Greer have provided much of the info for these updates, as well as powering massive segments of the West Seattle preparedness effort itself. The site that hosts the quiz has many others, but most relevant to us – take the quake quiz. How’d you do? Care to share your results, and any other thoughts, in the comment section? Then there’s an impromptu quiz – have you looked at the West Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs page so many times you’ve memorized all 9? No? Well, as long as you’ve memorized yours, you’re a winner. Make sure everybody in your house knows it too. And if you’re not already in the 3 to Get Ready” city-sponsored challenge that’s being promoted on neighborhood-news sites including WSB, this weekend’s a great time to get into it (and take the three preparedness steps); you can also set aside some time to wade into the depths of potentially life-saving info at West Seattle Be Prepared, while on your way to joining the WSBP Facebook group. We’ll be covering a special preparedness summit Saturday morning, so watch for a report on that.

6 Replies to "Disaster Preparedness Month, night 16: Let's get quizzical"

  • miws April 17, 2010 (8:04 am)

    I survived! Got ’em all correct! :)

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    Mike

  • Judy Pickens April 17, 2010 (8:05 am)

    Thanks for the link to the earthquake quiz! I thought I would ace it but not so. And thanks for your faithfulness to this important topic. I know it’s a sleeper but Cindi, Karen, and Deb have done West Seattle a great service creating this series.

  • miws April 17, 2010 (1:52 pm)

    Judy, there were at least two that I really had to think about.

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    One seemed like it could have more than one correct answer, and it was a matter of trying to figure out the best, most logical one, and hope I got it right. One answer to another question, the way it was written, I had to read it outloud to myself a few times to make sure I was understanding it correctly. (Pretty much the use of the word “not”, or some other negative, that was sort of throwing me off).

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    Mike

  • Cindi Barker April 17, 2010 (7:29 pm)

    I missed the one about standing in a doorway. That’s not the first choice being taught anymore (drop, cover, hold, followed by get up against an interior wall). But being load bearing…. tough call.

  • Rokko April 21, 2010 (5:43 pm)

    Thanks for all the visits and comments, everyone! Mike passed the quiz and, with some luck, he’s still alive after the earthquake.
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    Everybody else back into the pool! You’re sure to learn more and have more comments when you try again on the same or another quiz.
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    In researching these quizzes, I tried to find info from experts who seemed to know what they were talking about, as opposed to the other kind. And I aimed to get multiple confirmations of the facts I’ve included.
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    Sources I used included Cresson Kearny’s Nuclear Survival Skills, The U.S. Army Survival Manual, The Red Cross, many guides to biological, chemical, natural, and nuclear disasters, many survival and first aid guidebooks, and interviews with experts.
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    I created the quizzes as a service, since I had to figure out how to get my own family prepared. I figured if I was doing the work anyway, I might as well write it up in the form of quizzes so others wouldn’t have to suffer through learning about such a dour subject without having some fun doing it.
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    So try to have a little fun with a serious subject. Take another quiz, compare your score, and let me know if you liked it!

  • homedk April 23, 2010 (9:40 am)

    Great site, Rokko! We’ll add a link to it from West Seattle Be Prepared.

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