What are your thoughts on Morocco Earthquake?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

My country - Georgia, is between Greater Caucasian Mountains and Caucasia Minor Mountain ranges and it’s also prone to earthquakes.

I couldn’t help but imagine what happened in Morocco.

I imagined that It’s a peaceful Friday night.

Some families already put their children to sleep and now they have some time to relax,

Some families are gathered in the living room and just spend a lovely evening in each other’s company,

Maybe there even was a girl similar to me, annoying little brother and loving parents.

They feel cozy and peaceful, at the safest place in the world - home…

Looking forward to the new day.

Yet, that day will never come for them.

And the place that’s supposed to be the safest for them, suddenly falls upon them.

I wonder, was it quick for them or did the girl feel the horrible helplessness of not being able to save her little brother.

I know there’s nothing that could be done to prevent this.

But I just feel so sad for those people, buried under what used to be their homes.

[lightbulb27]

My thought is society should train more recovery dogs which can be dispatched quickly by UN. A network of such dogs, available on notice.

Any of us could get trapped in such a scenario, whether where we live or on vacation. Some people there would be vacationing, in rental cars and unknown places and then whammo... the building comes down on them. People get trapped.

I would not want to be trapped and suffocate and be crushed slowly as aftershocks vibrated the rocks down. I'd want pulled out fast.

So I support such measure and applaud those who have trained animals to recover humans. Makes me realize pigs might do just as well.

It's had for me to imagine what it's like, I've only experienced minor earthquakes.

[msc545]

Wow. It's such a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the people of Morocco who have lost their homes and loved ones in this disaster. It's especially tragic because many of the worst-affected areas are remote, so it may be difficult to get relief efforts to the people who need them most. But I'm glad to see that so many nations are offering to help, and I'm hopeful that the survivors will be able to rebuild their lives.

Have you been following the news about this closely?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Yep. I was following the news closely, but then stopped it, it’s not good for heart to read of so many sad news.

[Andres77]

Tragic and heart wrenching. When you Get to my age and have seen hundreds upon hundreds of disasters like this. It’s best that I don’t dwell on it. It’s not that I don’t care. My heart really goes out to them. making sure that my family and friends are safe from disaster, in as much as I am able, plus being ready to volunteer to help others if anything happens to them, that’s where my mind goes. so I look at tragedies from the viewpoint of how can I make sure that this is not going to happento my family and friends and if it does, what is my best course of action?

[Andres77]

You have an empathy that is uncommon for someone so young. Impressive.

[AmeerX]

It is really unfortunate event that happened yesterday. May God help the survivors and give them strong will.

We had a great earthquake back in 2005 and it destroyed a lot of buildings in our country and loss of life was immense. This year my personal farm land had a flood in the Sutlej River and though lives were saved the economic loss is too great and intense.

Natural catastrophes are always reminder of God's great strength.

[Christoff92]

Feel sorry about the people. But guess what in San Francisco, California. Earthquakes to them are an everyday thing.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

They are common in my country too. Pretty common actually. But I do still feel sorry whenever I hear of people dying.

[Christoff92]

But not here in Toronto. We had a tornado many years back, probably 2007-2008.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

We don’t have tornadoes in Georgia.

In China though we have 3-4 typhoons a month sometimes.

[Christoff92]

Yeh. Typhoons are well known around Asia. For what I heard.

[Guido]

It is a horrible tragedy. The devastation to families is unbelievable and thise that survived it will have to live with those memories for a lifetime. I hope I never experience that type of loss in my life.

[ProbablyClueless]

It's a really horrible situation.. it seems like there has been a lot of tectonic plate activity in that part of the world recently

[Still-alive]

Devastating. this is why building regulations are important

[Yellovv]

Doesn't matter where is that happened, so sad for people who died without knowing it..

[loveslongnails]

What thoughts can you have when something so tragic occurs?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Like the thoughts of mine.

[Anonymous]

It's tragic, made me almost forget that your ex boyfriend was a hot Asian 😩😩

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

You can forget it. I have forgotten it myself.

[Opinion Owner]

Trust me I want to but I keep stumbling upon it every single day !. no offense , I'm just messing with you. Everyone should post whatever they like. it's just low key cringe tbh. unless he's actually a god among humans like how you keep talking about him lmao

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Yeah, he kind of was. I have never met a man like that ever again, not before him, not after him.

But let’s not talk about it. I grew out of that love. And it’s a story if past.

[spartan55]

There is a mountain range named the Caucasians?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Caucasian Mountain

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

In Georgia we call it Caucasia

[spartan55]

Oh wow, you learn something everyday.

[Awantika03]

More than 1000 casualties

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

More than 2000 people died…

[Awantika03]

Oh God