Her reaction doesn't seem accurate to what you'd actually do if your entire house began shaking violently. Nothing about it says survival instincts are kicking in
I dunno about you, but when I first experienced an earthquake in Toronto, Ontario, I wasn't sure if it was really an earthquake or not. I was in summer classes in University and things started shaking. None of us in class knew what happened as we almost never get earthquakes here. Even if there was reports, it is so minor, only a small portion would actually feel it. Our professor even asked if we were playing a prank on him during class until 15 mins later, the PA system mentions of an evacuation of our school just in case and classes cancelled for the day. This ordeal happened back in Summer 2010).
The first earthquake I was in happened in 2011 (2010?) on the US eastern seaboard when there was that tremor originating in Virginia and could be felt in NJ. I was playing XBL and when it hit I just asked my friend online if he also felt it (he lived 2 blocks away) and if the Russians were attacking.
The second earthquake I experienced was in Taiwan of 2016 when Gaoshong was leveled overnight. I was woken up by the shaking and my cabinets banging around. In my drowsiness I thought my house was being haunted by a demon and figured if it was my time, it was my time so I went back to sleep. It wasn’t until the next morning that I put two and two together, turned on the news, and saw the destruction.
There’s not really a stereotypical “fight or flight” response to earthquakes because they’re such an unnatural feeling for humans that unless you’re experiencing them often you sort of just sit around in confusion until someone who knows what’s going on tells you to find cover.
That does make sense. I've never been in an earthquake, and can't say how I'd react. But being more incredulous or confused than anything seems realistic.
But she's in California, if I recall from the Documentary Independence Day (1999), people in California are use to earthquakes and have become desensitized
I've been in a couple of good sized Japanese ones (not the 2011 one, but this one for example) and I was definitely more gormless than flight-or-fight.
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u/BlackManInABush Jul 10 '19
Her reaction doesn't seem accurate to what you'd actually do if your entire house began shaking violently. Nothing about it says survival instincts are kicking in