life planning

i had a sombre-comical conversation with my dad this morning asking what our plans should be if and when there is an earthquake in the city. i mean we have to have a plan for finding each other and getting out of here, if we survive. and that was the reason my dad wasn’t as vested in the conversation. i guess he thinks we are very likely to die. my feeling is that if there is an earthquake in this city, the lucky ones are the ones that die. so anyway, the plan would become way complicated by the fact that i don’t really know my way around this city, it would likely be impossible to move around much amid the mayhem and likely fires burning (there are way too many unsafe buildings and open gas lines), and of course the fact that i don’t carry my passport or any sizable amt of cash around with me (although there would be no flights out of here anyway). so i think his unstated feeling is correct. the lucky will be those who die. the rest will have to bury the dead. the millions of dead...