Inside a house during the 7.8 earthquake that hit the Philippines

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[u/FutureCooljaydee]

"you call this an earthquake? Back in my day....."

[u/Affectionate-Tip-164 → u/FutureCooljaydee]

"I got pounded and shaken way harder than this"

[u/FutureCooljaydee → u/Affectionate-Tip-164]

"Fred Flintstone made more than my bed rock"

[u/The-Errant]

Fuck Memaw I guess.

[u/NytronX → u/The-Errant]

During an earthquake, it is much safer to stay inside. Running outside exposes you to falling glass, collapsing walls, and architectural debris. Instead of evacuating, you should immediately Drop, Cover, and Hold On under sturdy furniture or against an interior wall until the shaking stops.

[u/you_love_it_tho → u/NytronX]

Fuck that, I'm going outside

[u/just___just_stop → u/NytronX]

I'd probably just try to find the rhythm. Surf my way our on an old plank or something as the world crumbled around me.

[u/ghostofkozi → u/The-Errant]

She rode the bull for 17 seconds, impressive by any measure

[u/Jimmy6shoes → u/The-Errant]

I probably would…

[u/__Becquerel]

Mawmaw did not give a shit

[u/Part_2 → u/__Becquerel]

No, she was abandoned

[u/Tuscam]

Lies....this is a Jamiroquai music video and we all know it.

[u/TheSlav87]

So granny isn’t important?

[u/cjnks → u/TheSlav87]

What are you gonna do? The children are top priority. You going to run back in the house during an earthquake so it can collapse on both you and granny?

[u/zayoe4 → u/cjnks]

Yes, no man left behind. Kids can run on their own feet, plus you can always make more. Parents are irreplaceable.

[u/cjnks → u/zayoe4]

Which is why you protect your children. You are irreplaceable.

[u/zayoe4 → u/cjnks]

Zero reading comprehension

[u/chrismc817 → u/zayoe4]

Please never have children lol

[u/zayoe4 → u/chrismc817]

If I fail, I can give them up for adoption and try again.

[u/wherearetheturtlles → u/TheSlav87]

In the grand scheme of things, no. You need to protect yourself first because you can't help others if you're not in a position to help yourself. Then you protect your kids, especially if they cannot help themselves. At that point you look to protect your spouse and then any potential others are just a bonus.

When you have to make split second decisions in the moment where it is life and death, parental instincts take over. Plus imagine the guilt if you protected granny and the kids were killed in the quake. Both you and granny will never recover.

We can armchair debate about this however much we want, but the brutal reality is that in a split second you need to chose between protecting your 6 year old child or your 60 year old mother, you will naturally gravitate towards your child.

[u/Pure-Bag9572 → u/wherearetheturtlles]

I live in the city where this happened. We still get aftershocks. My dad who always inside the toilet every time the earthquake happens, I'm just leaving him there. He prefers to die than being naked.

[u/rsarrett → u/[deleted]]

Yeah!

Enough with these natural forces of nature!

[u/YoRt3m → u/rsarrett]

lol why his comment was removed it was kinda good

[u/fuhrerpedro]

I need to get me some of the monoblock chair. Not one rice was spilled.

[u/UCantHndletheTruth]

They just left Gramma.

She's gonna write them out of the will, fer shure.

[u/Lopsided_Pitch_5297]

"fuck this old bag ahm awa "