r/WTF 8d ago

Skyscraper swimming pool during Myanmar earthquake

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u/towers_of_ilium 8d ago

Oh my god, imagine being just sloshed over the edge on one of those floaties

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u/seamustheseagull 8d ago

I mean they often say that the safest place to be during an earthquake is in a pool because you're less likely to have anything fall on you.

But clearly they mean a pool outside at ground level. Not one 30 storeys up.

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u/turquoise_amethyst 8d ago

I think the safest place is an open field, away from power lines, falling debris (and tsunamis)

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u/SmarchWeather41968 8d ago

i think space would probably be safer from earthquakes but im no spaceologist so idk.