However! Recent theories suggest that standing underneath a typical doorway is no better than being any where else during an earthquake. They now teach people to drop to the ground, go underneath a table and hold on. This concept door from student Younghwa Lee kind of mimics being underneath a table while being underneath a doorframe, which in a way, sorta blends the two Earthquake schools of thought together.
If you haven't been in an Earthquake before, well damn, you're lucky. Get some practice before 2012.
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Looks like that thing would drop down and smack you in the back. Interesting invention though. Probably not useful anywhere except Cali.
Haha, whoooaaa. That's kind of trippy, and a neat idea. Though it seems like it'd be hard to install those doors everywhere. Guess you just gotta find a good table, eh? Nice post.
neato!
lol looks like the door was bop u on the head!
lol, looks like the basis for some great college pranks.
My usual rule of thought is "get the fuck out side. and then away from power lines"
Lmao thats got to be one of the coolest things ive seen in a while! I gotta get me one.
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Interesting invention! Will that work?
That hinge better be damn strong, imo
this is a good follow up post to the previous one
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The door looks like it would break to anything heavier than 5 kilos falling on it...
That doesn't look like it'll save my life at all.
Awesome!
Looks like the top end of the door might be what kills you..
crazy new door!
Im from Chile and we are kinda experts about earthquakes. get under a table and youre dead. if the door is too old... dead. The "triangle of life" have not been proven to work.
My advice is, open your eyes as wide as you can and get the hell out of the house. If youre on higher floors saty on a door so you can escape to either way in case one room collapses.
I doesnt matter if that door works perfectly. if it looks like a damn dead trap ppl wont buy it lol
Surely that would break and bust your back.
Pretty funky, most people don't have a need for this though hahha =D
I think I'd just run straight outside of one instead of..under..a door. :)
I need one, cant be too careful.
Seems slightly impractical. But maybe it'll save some lives.
Doesn't seem like it would be that beneficial. And if it does protect against earthquakes, it doesn't help any on police raids.
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Seems useful but how many people will actually install those doors...
i think they left out the part where you were supposed to wear a helmet
Looks like the same position they want you to take in an airplane...imo its to break your neck.
I don't understand how this would help.
epic.
wow thats amazing
Too bad we never have earthquakes in Idaho.
It looks like it would snap you half.
Very cool invention!
I need one of those
This designed is absolutely atrocious and ridiculous in theory. To make a door to withstand pressure from the weight being toppled on top of it it would have to be one of the heaviest doors in the world and or most expensive.
Waste of money IMHO
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I want one! I'd keep my kittens in it!
that actually looks like it works.
transformer door keeps you safe haha
Looks pretty stupid. I was always taught to go either underneath a table and hold on or into a bathtub. A door which folds just seems silly. How do you interact with it when you don't have an earthquake?
Seems likes its a danger rather than a safety feature!
clever
looks more like this door will help take money away from fools who are terrified of e-quakes
Hehe i don't really think that door is a good idea!
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given its supported enough, its likely that actually would work, but damn does it look flimsy
This door was actually not intended for earthquake safety. It was intended solely to haze new police and firefighter recruits.
"OKAY JIMMY, LAST BIT OF PRACTICE. THE PERP IS IN THERE WITH A HOSTAGE. KICK DOWN THE DOOR AND OPEN FIRE ON ANYTHING THAT MOVES."
Then the door pops him in the face as he kicks the bottom half down.
HILARIOUS.
this is cool, but unless i was worried about dying in an earthquake, i wouldn't get this at all.
good thing to know for any potential cataclysmic event.
This is awesome, keep it up Bro !
Dont' think I'd be using this
Dont' think I'd be using this
Lol at a door saving you from anything really
lol
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lol
sure you'll be sate from an earthquake but bot from thieves.
I have my doubts that it does more than troll the chump to dive under it.
That's a great idea!!
It's a pretty good idea, but like loads of other people have said, I'm sure it's more likely to spank you than save you.
I need One
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