To be honest, when the first big earthquake occurred four years ago yesterday, April 14th, I thought that was it. I worked normally the next day, talked with people about the previous night's earthquake, had meals, and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night of April 16th, we had the second big earthquake. We got out of the apartment, looked around how people were doing. I tried to reach my families who live in other cities, but the line was always busy because everyone was calling someone else. The ground shook again and again. That was when we decided to go evacuate somewhere. We took a tablet, internet device, phones, cash and towels and some blanket, I think. If an earthquake at the same level happened now, I would take an emergency bag, food stored near the bag, a jacket, phones, cash, wear thick sneakers, turn off the electricity breaker, turn off the gas and go. I would not call anybody on the phone because the line would be busy. Big earthquakes are never things that I want people to experience, but I'm glad that I know now what to do when one happens. Even if something bad happens, if we can learn something from it, the happening becomes a lesson.
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