竹やぶ bamboo grove

子供の頃、地震がきたら竹やぶに逃げろと、云われていました。丈夫な竹の根が地盤を強化しているのでしょう。
ここ東京では、直下型地震がいつきてもおかしくないそうですが、もう家の近くには、竹やぶがありません。

In my childhood, they said we should run away to the bamboo grove when an earthquake has occurred.
The reason is because a root of the bamboo has reinforced the ground.
It is said that a large-scale inland earthquake seems to be come soon here in Tokyo. But there is already no bamboo grove near my house.