(CNN) - It just may be the most
bizarre bed ever - a bed built to
withstand an earthquake.
If the idea of an earthquake
keeps you up at night, maybe
you'd like to sink into an
earthquake-proof bed.
The building could come
crashing down around you and
you'd be snug in your coffin bed.
As one commenter joked, "Quake
provides free burial."
Seismic activity would activate
the bed, though details are
sketchy. The bed also contains
supplies, though it's unclear how
you'd get to them.
"If this is an earthquake-proof
bed, I'd rather take my chances,"
pooh-poohed one headline.
An expert on earthquake
preparedness kept an open
mind.
"Clearly if you're able to be in a
steel enclosure with supplies,
that's not a bad thing," said Mark
Benthien, outreach coordinator
at Southern California Earthquake
Center. "It's just how realistic it is.
It looks very expensive."
Someone asked, "Does it come
with tourniquets for those of us
who tend to dangle limbs over
the side of the bed?"
Some wondered - if shaking
triggers the thing, would you
have to worry about the second-
most common thing people do in
bed?
Seismic activity was sensed by a
Chinese-made bed demonstrated
in 2012.
To simulate a building collapse,
they dropped almost three tons
of concrete. It remained intact.
Some say the latest version could
become an oven if an earthquake
caused a fire. "Quake and bake"
wrote one commenter. At least
there's a fire extinguisher
underneath.
Benthien rated the bed "thumbs
up if you can afford it." Just keep
those thumbs out of the way.
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