Earthquakes

China
July 25, 2007 3:05am CST
Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
25 Jul 07
oh that's scary!! okay, if this excludes humans, i think, i would take my persobnal diary and my specs without which i cannot live. lol.. smiles...
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
25 Jul 07
i am glad, apsara!!
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
25 Jul 07
yes I am smiling.
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• China
25 Jul 07
Smiling. I am also near-sighted. My glasses are my necessity in my daily life, without which I feel like a blind man. I can see that. And I can also see that your diary is important to you like an old friend, whom you tell your secrets to. Thanks very much, mimpi1911.
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
25 Jul 07
Yes, I too have these fears. Every night when I go to sleep, I pray to God to show me and my family another sunshine next morining. Believe me if I had to take just one thing and run for my life, I will just take my two children and my hubby too......lol and leave the rest behind.What will I do with all the money and life, if my dear ones are not there with me........so I pray to God just to protect my family for all such disasters........if we are together, we can fall and raise again and agian, but if you are left alone, then why to raise .......better fall asleep for ever and ever.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
25 Jul 07
some wonderful thoughts here. thanx all.
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
25 Jul 07
You understood and appreciated my feelings,this itself shows that you too are a wonderful caring person. We are all human beings and we all have a little soft heart which cries with pain for its dear ones. These sentimental attachements of heart are most valuable in this world. I know it and you know it and we all know it.........May God bless all of us.
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• China
25 Jul 07
I appreciate your response very much. It is very touching to me. You are so kind to your family and value every life in your family. I am so happy that the first thing you think about is your family without whom we would be deeply lost in the world. Only with them can we gain everything again after the earthquake. Life is priceless and valuable. Thank you very much. I think that I have learnt a lot from your response.
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
27 Jul 07
My most valued possesion is my family's and my life and those are the things I will attempt get out to safety! I understood well that you say just want thing one thing and that is my family"s life!
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• China
27 Jul 07
You are so considerate about the life of your family. Life is the most important. Without life there is no need for us to have anything, because things outside our life don't make any sense to us. Life is the most valued possession we can have from God. Thanks for your time, friend.
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• China
30 Dec 07
Hello dear academic friend. Thanks so much for your quality and satisfactory response to this discussion of mine. I appreciate your greatly valuing the life of your loved family, which shows that you are a very caring person, a caring father to the kids, a caring hubby to the wife and a caring son to the mother and father and siblings. I appreciate your response and you deserve the best response, my dear friend. Happy New Year and all the best wishes to you and your family. Love from williamjisir.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
22 Jan 08
My preference is money. With money you can get something to eat somewhere. Next preference is medicines.
• China
22 Jan 08
Hello dear friend. I have to say that you are right because money can help us with anything that is needed in our daily life so far as our material life is concerned and also medicine is needed to help keep us healthy from getting sick.
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• Denmark
26 Jul 07
That would be my dog, no doubt. Fortunately we rarely have earthquakes in this part of the world. Tho i did experience a smaller one in England 4-5 years ago. It was in the very early morning hrs. I was on night shift in our local psyciatric unit, when just of a sudden the whole buildiy started shaking for almost a min. It was such as surreal wxperience and one i do not wish to have again.
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• China
26 Jul 07
It is so nice that you live in an area where no earthquakes would take place. Your country, Netherlands, is so beautiful with varieties of tulips giving off sweet smells to drive away earthquakes. You must be a very loving person to think of taking your dog with you in this case. Thanks for your sharing, my kind-hearted friend.
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• China
26 Aug 07
I am so sorry to have made a mistake about these two countries. I thought this problem for many times and was confused until I thought carefully about the story you had mentioned here. Yes, I read the story from the Green Tales. The little mermaid comes from Denmark. It is such a beautiful statue facing the sea. I love the story ever since I was a kid. Thanks for your explanation, Kim.
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• Denmark
26 Jul 07
Sorry Wil just a little eduction in geography, lol. No offence. Netherland s & Denmark are 2 seperate independent country, tho we are both from the north western part of Europe. Loads of people mistake Dane's to come from Netherland but it is actually Dutch people from Holland. Dane's come from Denmark, you know the Vikings, lurpack butter, the little mermaid....etc. Hope this help you have a better picture.
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@beyond12 (77)
• China
25 Jul 07
It is an intersting question.If I have a chance to choose,I will take the nearest person .Whoever the person is ,as long as he or she is the nearest,I will not hesitate to take him or her.
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• China
25 Jul 07
I am so glad that you are such a nice person who is so caring to people. That person will absolutely appreciate your saving him/her from the shaking house later. Thanks for your sharing, beyond12.
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• United States
15 Sep 07
Actually at the emergcy time, the choice we made may surprise ourselve at a latter time. Once upon a time a couple with thier kid met a flood, and the husband had to make a decide who he should save as he can only save one wife at that time. The decision he made was saving his wife. When he was asked why he saved his wife instead of his child, he said he has not time to think over who he should save, what he did is just to try to save them both and save the one near him first, but after he saved his wife the child was gone. At the emergcy, few person can make a decision that he think is absolutely righ when consider it latter.
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@humbleme (1004)
• India
13 Jan 08
Hello williamjisir, Thanks for the discussion.I hold exactly the same opinion with the chosen best responder of this post,life is most precious among anything and everything exist on earth, memories money materials etc ofcourse are important but a lifeless humanbeing ie a deadman cant enjoy these.So in the situation of earthquake according to your post I will choose to save myself and would take my pet dog along with me.
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• China
14 Jan 08
Hello dear humbleme. Thanks so much for your agreement with my choosing the best responder as the receiver of the best response. Yeah, life is the most valuable. Nothing could be more valuable than life and only where there is life, there is hope. Thanks.
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@rinaaus (1201)
• Australia
25 Jul 07
Wow, at that time i don't i have time to take anything, just carry my baby and run ah!
• China
25 Jul 07
Your baby is your hope. It is very natural to think about the baby only. You are an excellent mother. Greetings to you, a great mother.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
12 Jan 08
If my cat is not out of the house, I will take her. if she is already out then I will take my self. I think I'll try to grab a coat or something to eat, but if I don't have time I'll have to run just like that
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• China
12 Jan 08
Hello dear LittleMel. Interesting response, dear LittleMel. Thanks for it. Take care of your shop and your business. Good luck to you, dear friend.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
20 Jan 08
i don't even want to imagine it william but if it were to happen, i think i will bring my cpu. ^__^;; only an earthquake right?? no rain and no fire. so, a lot more stuff can be recovered after an earthquake. but if it was my cpu that was destroyed, i'll be so pissed about the lost files and all. ^__^;; so i'll save it and i'll just have to buy new parts like the monitor and everything. ^__^
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• China
20 Jan 08
Hello dear secret bear. I can see that your cpu is the most important thing to you as you have a lot of data and information stored in it. Thanks, dear friend.
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@youless (112497)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 07
That's a very difficult question. I have many things to bring with me. I think I'll bring money and my family photo album because they are so important. I have money so that I can live after the earthquake. At least I can use it to buy food and drink and have a place to stay. As to the photo album, they are so precious. If they are gone, even if I have money, I can not buy and get them back.
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• China
25 Jul 07
It sounds reasonable. Without money, we cannot live on after the earthquake, because it is the basic need in our daily life. Without the photo album, we would lose part of our best memories about our past, which is something that we need to value in our life as well. Thanks for your response, my friend.
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
13 Jan 08
I would take my wife because I would miss her alot.
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• China
14 Jan 08
Hello dear barehugs. I have to say that you are such a nice hubby to your loved wife, who is sure to be grateful to you if she knows this from you. I wish you both live as happily as forever.
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@alnilam (969)
• United States
25 Jul 07
in situations like this you do not think about what you are going to take with you... you just make sure, you and other people and a animal get out of the house...
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• China
25 Jul 07
It could be such because you are in such a hurry to leave the house without getting hurt. And the first reaction that occurs to you is to run away from the dangerous house leaving you no more time to think about the other stuff. Thanks, alnilam.
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@r_yuen (332)
• Indonesia
13 Sep 07
Good afternoon william. Talking about earthquakes, remember I had one before? Well... It seems earthquake happened too much often here. Yesterday, when I drove home, a powerful earthquake hit Jakarta. It was 7.9 Richter. Imagine! The government issue a tsunami warning and people was panicked. Remember the worst tsunami in Aceh that killed almost 220,000 lives? A well known psychic here once told the news that there will be a tsunami that will hit Jakarta. Sounds so eerie... I hope it won't happen.
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• China
13 Sep 07
I just read this news about the latest earthquake in Indonesia. I feel so bad for the news. I hope that the government is offering lots of aid to people who are suffering from the earthquake. I also know the greatest disaster that the tsunamy brought to people. It has been the worst one in history that has caused so many deaths, I think. It would be nice if these scary disasters can be well contorlled with human will. I hope that you are fine from the earthquake, my dear friend. Stay safe, r_yuen.
@r_yuen (332)
• Indonesia
13 Sep 07
Yes. It's really scary, especially when you're on top of your apartment (30th floor or so...) Whole building will shake! I wish this scary disaster won't happen in the future. Or maybe I should move somewhere else? Hahahaha...
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• China
13 Sep 07
"When you're on top of your apartment (30th floor or so...) Whole building will shake!" So it is not a good idea to live on top? My own apartment is on top. There are altogether seven floors. Mine is on top. Once there is slight shake, my wife felt it and didn't pay much attention to it. I hope that it is safe as always. Maybe you can move on to a place where there is no earthquake to work and live in?
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
27 Jul 07
Also imagine my wife is pregnant and I take her out.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
28 Jul 07
But she is not saying this any time!!
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• China
29 Jul 07
No worry, ssh. Maybe she is a shy to say so to you. Anyway you are caring to people, I guess.
• China
27 Jul 07
You are a very caring husband. She is very lucky and happy to have you as her husband, dear ssh. Thanks for your time.
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• United States
2 Sep 07
Well, I just felt a small 4 pointer this morning, and I did not have to take anything. It only lasted less than a minute. I live in California and the whole USA knows us for being the land of Earthquakes when it comes to disasters.
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• United States
3 Sep 07
Nah, 4.7's are nothing to us, we have had worse. The worse we have ever had was Northridge, and nothing can ever compare to that one.
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• China
8 Sep 07
Thanks for your further response, friend.
• China
3 Sep 07
Oh, really? I hope that nithing has ever been damaged by the small earthquake. Please stay safe, dear friend.
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@jHoEn16 (2043)
• Australia
8 Sep 07
of course my son! my god i am not leaving that place without him... i dont care about the expensive things i have.. as long as i have my son with me
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• China
8 Sep 07
A very good mother, friend. Yes, where there is life, there is hope. Thanks for your caring thought to your son. I appreciate it very much.
• China
9 Sep 07
Thanks, you too, friend.
@jHoEn16 (2043)
• Australia
8 Sep 07
youre always welcome friend! i love sharing my thoughts on your discussion... have a nice day ahead
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@r_yuen (332)
• Indonesia
8 Sep 07
We have so many earthquakes here in my country, Indonesia. Recently, I experienced it myself in Jakarta. In the middle of the night, I woke up as the earthquake is strong. Then, without warning, I knew it was earthquake and I just took my laptop out of my room. Maybe it's because I stored up so many important data inside. For about 5 minutes I waited before I went inside. Good question, william.
• China
9 Sep 07
Morning, r_yuen. I am sorry for so many earthquakes in your country. They are really annoying. I am happy to know that your computer is the very thing that you want to take away with you for the most important information so that you won't lose it. Take care of your computer, friend. What's more important, keep safe.
• China
9 Sep 07
T-shirt is not a big deal. You can just forget it as this is not so important as your computer, which is valuable to you. Stay safe from earthquakes, r_yuen. By the way, your username sounds like a Chinese name,whom we like to call someone R before his/her name. I call my wife R-zhen or A-zhen as A sounds like R in English. Thanks for your further response, R-yuen.
@r_yuen (332)
• Indonesia
9 Sep 07
Actually, I've been thinking. I should have grab a shirt when I ran out. Because I haven't put my shirt on when I ran out. Hahahaha.... Probably I was panicked at that moment.
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@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
18 Apr 08
Thats a good one. I'd say MONEY ! Wherever you go money will work. No one will ever deny money. Whatever you need money will help you to get it. Even if there's nowhere to spend money people will take it. If you have no money you'll never get a thing ! Thats for sure ! When the horrible event is over and everything goes back to normal - what do you need ? Money, of course ! So never run without money. Take it as a norm !
• China
19 Apr 08
Hello dear Bluepatch. I like your idea about this. Yeah, money works in many ways and it is a must for us to always have money,otherwise we would not be able to do anything without it. Yeah, take the money away with us in this situation as always. I will take it as a norm. lol
@naseefu (1607)
• India
20 May 08
Hello Willimjisir,If i can take only one thing then i will take my computer with Mylot LOL Really i cannot imagine what will i take.It may be dress or any other members in my familiy or ..I dont know. Thanks
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• China
8 Jun 08
earthquake - it is a terrible thing to experience a devastating earthquake as it causes us so many losses and damages.
Hello dear naseefu. Yeah, I also think that the laptop of ours is a very important thing that we can take away with us as it contains most of our important information in it. Thank you for your response, my dear friend.