Earthquakes. Lots of them. Big ones.
What happens to people when they're faced with an uncontrollable force that puts them in danger?
Fight and or flight. My first instincts were to protect those with me, to GO somewhere even though there was nowhere to go to be safer. People get angry. And you do get a bit buzzy after. You laugh together, your heart rate is up, you just want to shake it all off.
The quakes today were not like Feb 22nd. I don't think anyone laughed then. People scream and cry. It violates your whole life. Takes away your treasures and mementoes and gets in every intimate place you have and cracks your toilet bowl and your great grandmother's tea cups. It sends your pet cat into the wilderness for months. It prevents you from getting to your loved ones, and it makes happy people depressed and angry. It wears you down. It makes everything seem difficult and pointless.
But it also brings people together. It makes them determined, and strong when they realize how much they can cope with. They get creative and resourceful. They reprioritise. They make new things. They carry on. And they become better people after it.
People will do almost anything to survive. They are protective and violent when they need to be. Life is the most precious thing.
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