The planet is so different and dangerous.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
November 24, 2018 7:58pm CST
Today I read that my country was considered the most dangerous in the world. What? I cried. We don´t have those drug cartels nor are in the middle of terrible wars.
Then I kept on reading the article and the reason had to do with Nature. Earthquakes and tsunamis. But I think that we can be more prepared for earthquakes than other countries for hurricanes and floods.
What do you think? Is it possible to be prepared for hurricanes and tornados? How about fires?
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
25 Nov 18
But if our houses are well built, we can survive to the worst quakes.
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@LadyDuck (502429)
• Italy
25 Nov 18
@marguicha You can survive bad quakes not the worst quakes, this is the sad reality.
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@LadyDuck (502429)
• Italy
25 Nov 18
@marguicha Your country surely did a great job when they rebuilt what collapsed during previous quakes. Japan did the same, they can survive very powerful quakes. Of course if the roads opens creating chasms there is nothing we can do.
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Nov 18
According to President trump forest fires in California would have been prevented if Californians raked the forest. Haha
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
26 Nov 18
That is another story. Maybe he should explain how forests should be raked
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
26 Nov 18
@antonbunot And the raked leaves: does he burn them?
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Nov 18
@marguicha Either burn them in an open ground or gather them for recycling. Leaves and grasses can be recycled here in Calgary.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
25 Nov 18
True. I have a well made house for my country, but I would not move from here.
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@rakski (156388)
• Philippines
27 Nov 18
@marguicha it is good to know that you have a well built house
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
26 Nov 18
I agree with you. That´s why I think earthquakes are better.
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Nov 18
@marguicha I don't know about better - just different. You can't protect yourself in an earthquake either.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
2 Dec 18
@aureliah Ours are stronger, but our dwellings are better built.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
25 Nov 18
I suppose it has never been safe. We have learned in our country to make our houses fairly safe. In the earthquake in 2010, the 8th bigger in the world, most of the houses that fell were country houses that were at least 200 years old and had been made with adobe.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
25 Nov 18
@Janet357 They are now made with brick and concrete, reinforced by iron. We also use strong foundations.
@Janet357 (75638)
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25 Nov 18
@marguicha so in chile, what kind of materials are houses made of?
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@rebelann (117223)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Aug 20
I didn't know you could be prepared for an earthquake but I did know that often people are aware that either a hurricane or tornado is possible.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Nov 18
No, never can be prepared for mother nature.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Nov 18
You can only prepare by having supplies on hand and knowing where to go in emergency.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
26 Nov 18
I agree. Different countries suffer in different ways from the same problems.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
26 Nov 18
I often comment that, as we behave towards nature, she returns us.
