Hippy, Hippy Shake

After the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Mexico, Spain and China, 2012 fever reaching a peak and the fact that I am sat right on a rather volatile fault line, I realised I should probably brush up on my knowledge about what on 'earth' to do during an earthquake. I really had no idea aside from a very sketchy outline involving standing under a door frame - not really a solid plan to save my life. Earthquakes seem to be quite rife around the world at the moment and funnily enough when my good friend and I were discussing earthquakes over breakfast the other day, an earthquake had just hit Eastern San Diego. Slight worrying considering the San Andreas is 'overdue' a bit of action and everyone knows the next big one is going to be a devastating one for where ever the epi-centre is. Scientists have proven that the Southern section of the San Andreas Fault hasn't ruptured for over 300 years so it’s looking pretty bad for Palm Springs with L.A, San Diego and many other densely populated places receiving the after shocks. Scary stuff. To say I was inspired to research how to save myself is an understatement.
It's State law that all minors are educated in survival tips for what to do during an earthquake. The general idea seems to be this 'duck and cover' theory which suggests you find something sturdy and get underneath it. Quickly. Seems fairly straightforward but as with any theory there is speculation over its success. Some seem to think that you are more likely to kill yourself via doing this because when the ceiling collapses, those 'duck and covering' will be crushed to death. This apparently doesn't apply to the USA though because they have a much stronger infrastructure than other earthquake prone countries and the likelihood of building collapsing isn't very high. An alternative theory which has had proven success is the 'Triangle of Life', created by Doug Copp. Copp thinks that a better alternative to 'duck and covering' is to lie next to something solid and if the walls collapse around you, you will survive in the triangle tunnel it makes with the object you are lying next to. Copp's theory has received more criticism than anything else and it is believed that his theory will only be successful, again in third world countries with terrible infrastructure.
It's my personal opinion that neither seems very safe and in the case of an earthquake whilst I am here, I plan to just run outside into the middle of the road and dance with the shake...wait, what if the earth cracks up and I get sucked in? Ok, someone needs to come up with a better form of survival! I don't feel any better now than when I didn't have a clue what to do.