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Pirullinen
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Jan 21, 2011 08:16AM

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At that time, I was just 12. It was so shocking that I remember, I went completely mute for an hour. My mouth could not even shape a single word. Thank God, I'm and my loved loves are still alive and healthy.
When you experience a terrible natural disaster, you promise yourself that you'll always try and try to enjoy the sunny days on earth. You realise that, every single day, you have a chance to be happy. And, happines is not about the fancy shoes or the expensive clothes, that you went crazy once. It's about love. Then, you reach out for your family.


I grew up in Southern California which is like the Earthquake Capital of the world. So I have experienced earthquakes all my life. I remember being in 2nd grade and having earthquake drills, where we were all instructed to tuck ourselves in and hide under our desks. In several places where I worked, we also had drills. Nothing wakes you up from a dead sleep than a strong shaking quake. The rolling kind just make you nauseous almost like being seasick. For the most part they are done and over with in a matter of seconds and unless its a 4.5 you don't even feel them.

The really scary part is what happens after, may be a tsunami like it happened back in february of 2010, or lack of food or shelter, that's when humans show what they are really made off and even when people started to show the bad sides of the human nature, you must remember that there's always hope and possibly a good reconstruction plan to avoid the tsunami destruction in the future.

