Curious as to what would happen if I perfectly time it. Would I be safe? Lets say the building is 4 stories high
In: Physics
When the building’s coming down and you’re standing on falling piece, you are not “static” anymore. You’re falling, even if your feet are on still the floor slab that’s coming down.
So if that movement suddenly ends, it’s not different than if you were just falling.
Let’s say it’s a tall building and you gain terminal velocity. So you’re coming down at about 53m/s.
But you jump! Even if you’re in good shape, and your timing is perfect, your jump velocity is about 2m/s.
So you hit ground at 51m/s. What did the jump gain you? Maybe something cool to write on the tombstone. Plus, you’re falling in the middle of debris, probably with a huge chunk of concrete and rebar that pierces your head or something.
In fact, it would have been probably to wiser fall by yourself, and spread your arms and legs apart, air friction would likely slow you more than jumping, and going by yourself would let give maybe a second to choose a softer spot to land to.
For a 4-story building it’s probably wisest to curl into a ball to protect head and neck, it’s not guaranteed death sentence anyway. Also, floor breaks poorer near walls, so I’d stand against a wall, even better if it’s a corner.
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