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Life Kit

Earthquake preparedness in 6 steps

Life Kit

NPR

Business, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Earthquakes strike at a moment's notice. That's why having a plan in place is key. In this episode, emergency and disaster experts share their tips to help prepare you and your family.

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0:00.0

You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.

0:06.7

Do you want to start reintroducing yourself?

0:10.2

Sure.

0:11.2

My name is Margaret Schneider.

0:13.0

And I'm Claire Marie Schneider, a producer for LifeKit.

0:16.8

And Margaret is...

0:18.6

Claire Marie's mom.

0:22.7

I called my mom recently to talk about a topic that I've thought about for a long time,

0:28.1

earthquakes.

0:29.1

Have you ever experienced earthquake?

0:31.1

Many.

0:32.1

Yep.

0:33.1

The earthquakes wake you up in the night or the worst.

0:36.6

My mom grew up in Northern California, and so did I.

0:39.8

And I agree that feeling of being jolted awake by however slight a shake of the ground

0:45.2

is at the least really disorienting.

0:47.9

Um, when I told you I was hosting an episode on earthquakes, on earthquake preparedness,

0:54.0

you laughed.

0:55.0

Do you remember earthquake?

0:56.0

Yes, I did laugh.

0:58.0

Why did you laugh?

1:00.0

Well, because you, as a child, were very frightened of earthquakes.

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