Occasional Reader 5/24/2023 6:35:50 AM

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Good morning.   I had a dream about being at a house party at the beach somewhere in Peru.  At one point, two journalists approached me and asked me obnoxious questions about my son.  I commented to my friend A. how obnoxious they were, and he get mad at me because one of the journalists was a friend of his.  Then I came across my friend G.,, who had come to the party because I told him about it, but was feeling left out because he doesn't speak Spanish.  Then, there was a pretty big earthquake, and we each took shelter in a doorway*, and watched as parts of the house collapsed; but it was oddly non-scary, just interesting.

*  Which, in real life, is apparently not a good idea; but it's what the conventional wisdom dictated when I did live in Peru in the 80s and again in the 90s

Occasional Reader 5/24/2023 6:38:52 AM

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In #1 Occasional Reader said: he get got mad at me

buzzsawmonkey 5/24/2023 6:47:30 AM

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The last stuff is out of the old place and into the new.  

Now all I need to do is create some sort of order out of this chaos.

JCM 5/24/2023 7:09:53 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:

I had to take the safety training for my company.... it was horrible.

Full of mistakes. I wrote them a long email, citing 20 years as a firefighter and 10 as safety coordinator at a previous job.

The earthquake section was bad, the hazmat section worse, the first aid section abysmal.

I told them if an employee followed their directions it would result in injury or death and massive liability.

They thank me and took the training down for revision.

Occasional Reader 5/24/2023 7:09:54 AM

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In #3 buzzsawmonkey said: Now all I need to do is create some sort of order out of this chaos.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states you can't really do that, so why bother even trying? 

Occasional Reader 5/24/2023 7:35:21 AM

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In #4 JCM said: The earthquake section was bad, the hazmat section worse, the first aid section abysmal.

Oh, dear.  Do you recall some examples?  E.g., did they recommend tasting the hazardous materials, to find out what was in them? 

doppelganglander 5/24/2023 7:47:46 AM

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Reply to JCM in 4:

I just finished writing a new safety curriculum for my company. The old content was abysmal. The first aid section opened with a scenario in which you have to perform an emergency tracheotomy.

JCM 5/24/2023 8:29:43 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

Earthquake, evacuate when the shaking stops.... no you wait to make sure glass and bricks aren't coming down off the face of the building.

Hazmat present? Shelter in place.... no you evacuate immediately.

First aid, don't have someone call 911, wait for security, don't send anyone for first aid or AEDs.

Occasional Reader 5/24/2023 8:56:35 AM

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In #8 JCM said: Hazmat present? Shelter in place

Stop, drop, and roll (onto the anthrax powder)... 

JCM 5/24/2023 8:59:27 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

At my old place where I was the safety guy a buddy was on the local FD.

We set up a full up HAZMAT Drill onsite. Then afterwards had a BBQ with the FD.

Occasional Reader 5/24/2023 1:37:20 PM

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RIP, Tina Turner

Kosh's Shadow 5/24/2023 4:28:55 PM

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In #8 JCM said: Earthquake, evacuate when the shaking stops.... no you wait to make sure glass and bricks aren't coming down off the face of the building.

I was at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) when a minor earthquake hit. I had read to get under something and was thinking about getting under the table when it stopped.

Others went outside to where there were balconies with gas "bottles" (cast metal tanks that weigh a lot and have compressed gas inside) chained to balconies. If the balcony let go, the bottle would break and rocket around.