The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a rather similar but larger table shelter.
If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong
enough to protect the occupants underneath.
Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days,
for the usual two story brick suburban home.
The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for
soup plates!
But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.
On 8/12/2016 6:50 p.m., geopelia wrote:
The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a
rather similar but larger table shelter.
If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong
enough to protect the occupants underneath.
Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days,
for the usual two story brick suburban home.
The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for
soup plates!
But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.
An amazing piece of engineering.
On 8/12/2016 6:50 p.m., geopelia wrote:
The earthquake proof desk is a good idea. In the war in London we had a
rather similar but larger table shelter.
If the house was destroyed by bombing, it was supposed to be strong
enough to protect the occupants underneath.
Would work for anything but a direct hit with the bombs of those days,
for the usual two story brick suburban home.
The only problem was the ends of bolts on top of the table. A trap for
soup plates!
But there don't seem to be any on this new desk.
An amazing piece of engineering.
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