Chile has many observatories that are used to study the sky and objects in the sky, but last week a earthquake struck.
A very powerful earthquake originated on the central coast of Chile which measured in at an 8.3 magnitude.
This earthquake not only affected many observatories in the Central part of Chile but it also killed 8 people and forced the
evacuation of over a million people because of tsunami warnings.
And sure enough a tsunami hit the area that was being evacuated but luckily enough everyone was evacuated in time
before the tsunami hit the coast.
Questions:
1. How would you react if you had to drop everything and evacuate the area?
2. Do you think the people of Chile are more concerned for the people that were saved or the damage to scientific study observatories? Explain.
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Well done Caleb!
It would suck, lose all the things my parents have worked for and all the things that I own. They probably were more concerned about the expensive observatories.
I see where you are coming from with your points.
I would be really upset with all the things I would have to leave behind. I would also be scared because you never knew when it would be coming so you didn't know if when you were leaving if it would come right then but it's really good that everyone got evacuated!
I completely agree with your statement
If I knew that there was a high risk of something happening and me possibly dying I would easily drop everything and go, especially if I knew it was going to save my life. Some people say they wouldn't, but I have a feeling if it really happened to them they wouldn't even think about it.
I completely agree with your observation of my post.