If an earthquake struck your area right now, how ready would you be?

Well my cell phone is inches away from me, so I'd probably call 911 and hope that they've got some people who can come help. If they didn't, I'd probably jump out the window (I'm on the second floor, but it's not really that far from the ground, plus I'd land in a bunch of bushes), and run off.

I'd probably be pissed that I wouldn't be able to submit this answer due to lack of internet. Then reality would set in and I'd be a bit worried because I'm on the second floor of four. There really isn't much I could actually do though. Maybe get under my bed or something because the hallways are gonna be extremely packed and I cba to mess with all of that. I may even have the audacity to pull out my DS or GBA SP and play a little Pokemon, hahaha. =)

However, if survival mode kicked in I'd open my window and shimmy down the side of the building, hopping from my window sill to the ledge, then the window sill below, and finally the ground (assuming I don't fall from the first leap and break my legs, haha). Then I'd be on a sidewalk, shielded from the street by trees (so I wouldn't worry about cars coming my way), so I'd just worry about the ground below me splitting apart or trees falling/building crumbling.

I'd be pretty ready. I would climb out a window or one of the five outside doors that I am blessed with. And then a sprint to the supermarket to get supplies before greedy, selfish people get there before me.

This does return to a question I once asked: What if your only avenue of escape, say a narrow, partially blocked doorway or a basement window, was blocked by some grossly obese person? Would you just sit down and die, or would you hack your way through the person? What if it was a pregnant woman? How long would this take if all you had was a spork?

Honestly I would not be ready. In fact, I wouldn't be ready for flooding, hurricane, or an earthquake. Living in the suburbs of Philadelphia I live in a pretty sheltered area. We don't have any natural disasters around here. In fact I've never been in one myself or anywhere near one. Its a horrible thought to even think about.

I would not be ready, sheerly due to the fact I don't need to be. The UK has a fairly moderate climate and we're more or less slap bang in the right location. Unless ofcourse, you get a fat ass depression that gets whacked off course.*cough*1987storm*cough*

Haha, I reckon I would just play the wait card. If everyone else is out bustling around trying to fix things up, eventually I'll be set again. I mean, no electricity automatically voids the matter of whether I have internet or not. Probably phones will be down. Neither are necessity. I usually have bottled water, so who cares if I can't take a shower for a week or two. I guess I could go to a pond or something like a cow, but I might just be better off smelling instead of getting a leech stuck on me. There are lighters and candles, so I have that. Yes, I would be alright. Everyone else can fix stuff and I will wait it out. It has been a while since we had a good earthquake, we are probably due.

If an earthquake happened right now I would not be ready to deal with all the mess. I am at work (hotel with 110 rooms all filled with guests at the moment) so I would have to help evacuate the entire building and hope that the place doesn't just collapse. Hopefully I'd be on the fifth floor when this happened as opposed to ground level.

id get on the beach b cuz sand fills up the cracks