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Hi, I am Todd Lappin from San Francisco and this is my daughter Miel. We are
Totally Unprepared
Hi, I’m Ron Haralson from Totally Unprepared dot com
Today, the crew and I are in San Francisco at the home of Todd Lappin and his
daughter Miel.
We're gonna to go in, take a look around his house and see how prepared he is for
an earthquake.
Todd, its Ron from Totally Unprepared
Wow, what a great house. Did you design most of this yourself? Most of it. Okay, tell you what.
what we’re gonna do, lets get started.
I’ve got my checklist here and there’s a few things I want to take a look at.
The refrigerator bolted of anchored down? No. Okay,
pantry
lots of shelves Woah!
This is my office
Alright, got an earthquake kit.
I see you’ve got your water heaters here they’re all strapped in. Shutoff.
I see you’ve got a fire extinguisher
Yeah, I try to have a few of those in the house. Have you ever had to use one? Yes I have.
Next room. My daughter’s room is in here.
Yeah, that’s not secured.
You experienced an earthquake before? Yeah, I felt a couple little ones around town.
Would you like to experience a big earthquake?
Guess so yeah, I’m curious.
I tell you what. I’ve got a surprise for you. Let’s go outside.
Okay! You ready?
Here we are this is the Big Shaker. I know you said you are ready to experience an earthquake.
You ready to go in?
Yes. Alright, right let's go
It’s okay Miel, its just gonna be a pretend earthquake Its not real.
Hold on to your dad’s hand. Alright.
and I’ll hold on over here.
and what happens you gotta make you're ready cause just like in a real earthquake you never
know where you're going to be, right? You could be in the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, anywhere
Woah!
That was hard, how’s your teddybear?
Is he okay?
That was pretty violent. That was pretty tough, huh? (Laughter)
Everything fell down, Miel Everything fell down.
I’m a say something
Okay. No more earthquakes!
(Laughter)
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I’ll see ya next time,
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