Since the earthquake what will you do differently?

[missdanni1992]

LOL i had a cockroach in my kitchen last week and was paranoid there were more, everytime i went in there i turned the light on and looked around before stepping in there haha, last night mum asked me on skype if i had seen anymore i said i dont know dont care got bigger issues! still not quite got over that earthquake yet, i scared myself by watching a video from the 1999 one and that was a bad bad bad idea! its so ridiculous but i was too scared to get out of bed and go to the toilet the past few nights incase it happened and i were trapped in our tiny bathroom =/

im also sleeping with the door unlocked everynight so i can get out easier, not a wise idea maybe but cant bring myself to lock it!

oh and we only have one sturdy wooden table in the apartment which is normally on the balcony, but my bf makes me bring it indoors everynight now so i have somewhere to run under if i need to =/ it seems so silly when you think about it that none of us even thought about these things before sunday and now a lot of us are over panicking and turning into nut jobs. (oh wait, is that just me?! aha )

i was with my bf today at his uni in tasyaka ( it has 4 floors i think) and found myself thinking how on earth would we get out after an earthquake, etc etc etc. im turning into a real mess aha

[Scunner]

You really do need to get your head straight on this missdanni  

The quake a few days ago was substantial - and there are no signs of structural damage in the area (apart from someone's hollow block gable end falling down - they are not structural). This is good. It will take a significantly bigger earthquake to bring your home down on your head (sorry) - but it will - and bigger than the "great earthquake" of 1957 which flattened a poorly constructed and structurally unsound Fethiye.

For once regulations in Turkey have a real purpose and a benefit - it is remarkable that an earthquake of this magnitude was resisted by nearly ever building. Proves the regulations did the job - so think through a plan in case you get another tremor in future, but really you don't need to over worry - the buildings done good  

[nichola]

One good thing that has come out of all of this is that we are educating ourselves about earthquakes, how to prepare and what to do and not do.

Nothing like a little wake up call to get us all motivated; who needs free seminars from the Belediye now   

At least we have the chance to do that and will be better prepared and at least know what is going on when the earth rumbles and shakes and not mistake it for a passing lorry 

Have you checked Eric's new earthquake topic with lots of useful links and information missdanni   

[CleopatrasAsp]

Errrrm!!!! Since the earthquake I've stopped sleeping in the buff!!! I figure the sight of me fleeing the apartment in the altogether would be a great deal more frightening than 6.1 on the Richter Scale!!!!

[busybee]

Am putting an earthquake bag together but where would you leave it, thought about putting it in the shed but there's no way I would be able to unlock it round the back of the house.............and do I really want a bag stuck by the front or back door until God forbid we get another.  Sods law would be outside anyway   Even though I turned in to a screamer at the time,  I am not a worrier about the future and think what will be will be, and as my friends would know, I would be more concerned about how I am gonna make the next  cuppa!!!!!

[pookie]

Well, I for one am going to insist on Mr Pookie sleeping in undies in future !!  the sight of him hot footing it out of the house into the olive groves with his 'bits adanglin' for all our turkish neighbours to see, doesn't bear thinking about !!!     

we've always been aware of the danger, we often feel rumbles, and having been in a relatively big quake in the greek islands years ago, have feared it happening again.  I think probably we forget that sometimes, and I what I will try to do differently, is remember the risk and in good girl guide fashion  'always be prepared'....

having said that....we had one in the uk a while ago....and that I was not prepared for !!! the house rumbled, the garage creeked and the light fitttings went banana, and the last thing I thought it could be was a quake !   

[tamd]

After suffering a heart attack last week, I must try not to worry too much about anything!!!

[Highlander]

After suffering a heart attack last week, I must try not to worry too much about anything!!!

Sorry to hear that and wish you a speedy and full recovery.

[tamd]

Thanks Highlander.  Bit of a shock but doing OK.  Still coming to Calis for my 3 week fix in September.
Does anyone know of a reasonable travel insurance for this sort of thing?
(My name is Teresa by the way)

[Scunner]

Teresa - try American Express Travel Insurance. I obtained many quotes and was surprised that Amex charged an extra £0.00 to cover my declared medical conditions - and a very good policy/cover generally it is too. Good luck with everything - take it easy and remember, you are in a better situation health wise today than you were the day before your heart attack so that's great progress already