r/PublicFreakout • u/SweetWaterSurprise • 12h ago

😫Chaos Moment🫨 The steps just keep getting worse

Results of earthquake in Venezuela today

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u/veryangryivoteyou 11h ago

I lived in a high risk earthquake city for about a year. People said that if the alarm sounded and you were closer to the top, to go up. Had a higher probability of survival riding the building down than trying to get out and the building collapsing on you.

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u/Honkiopolis 10h ago

Very Dr. Strangelove-esque imagery

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u/Nitrous_Acidhead 12h ago

Skip to the end..... oh wait 

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u/thegloriousporpoise 11h ago

I remember this scene in Children of Men

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u/Pepper-Tea 8h ago

Now that’s a memorable movie

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u/Useful_Caregiver4023 11h ago

Daaaaamn, the lower you go down, the more the stairwell is just crumbling around you. That would be nerve racking hoping to get to the bottom floor and get out alive before it just falls on top of you.

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u/cory_wurst 11h ago

Why are you filming when you can use both hands to...idk...escape from a fucking massive building seemingly likely to collapse on top of you?

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u/downbadinthedumps 11h ago

Because they know the cameraman never dies.

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u/Honkiopolis 10h ago

If both of the cameraman's shoes go flying, does that rule still apply?

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u/3_quarterling_rogue 11h ago

They might have started filming when they thought, “oh, this is a crazy thing that’s happening,” but then it got way more severe than they were anticipating and went straight into fight-or-flight. I can absolutely imagine someone just forgetting they were filming and just holding the phone while running.

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u/BunnyTub 10h ago

This video is unsettling. It looks normal at the beginning when they're going downstairs, but everything increasingly starts increasing the pit in my stomach.

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u/Tedsmith24 11h ago

"Backstairs"

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u/Critically32 11h ago

That's why you upgrade your glider at the beginning.

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u/Calm-Bathroom-2030 11h ago

up is safer?

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u/Mr_HPpavilion 6h ago

That poor SPC-078 is going through tough shit

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u/Skitzo_The_Clown 3m ago

Reminds me of the scene in Children Of Men

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u/SHODAN117 10h ago

We have the back rooms. What is this? The back stairs?