Christmas Day 2004. Phuket Thailand. Had a xMAs day evening meal by the pool at the hotel we were staying at, slightly raised from the sea, and was having such a good time stayed up a bit later and had a few more beers than I should have had. Consequently I had a bit of a hangover the next morning and stayed in bed. Without the hangover I would have probably been up and about down by the beach when the Tsunami struck. Never underestimate the power of a hangover .. Probably one/two extra beers actually saved my life that day.
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Oh wow. I haven't heard of beer ever saving a life, but now I have! That's awesome, in a way. I'm glad you're stayed in!
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Wow, I'm so glad that you still have a roof over your heads and that everyone's alright! It's amazing when you think about how many seemingly inconsequential decisions we make every day (like you staying up a bit later than usual), and how certain things work out because our choices put us in the right place at the right time. In a moment, your whole life could have changed. Stay safe, Sarah. ♥
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Aweh well I'm glad you're both alright. damn teenagers can be a bit idiotic sometimes.
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Oh yeah, I was shaking for about an hour after it had happened. I am better now, thank you :3 And thank you for the cat gifs, Pete <3
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So, your boyfriend saved you!
I hope you thanked him properly, did you?
Did You???
DID YOU???
Muahahaha :P
Meow ;-)
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That's crazy! :/ Good to know you're okay though. My brother's a firefighter so he knows all too well how insidious and dangerous fire is. As others have said, better get those detectors working!
As for me, I planned to go to a summer music festival some years ago with a few of my friends. By the time I was done entering the information and payment details to order all of our tickets, I got a message that all tickets for that day were already sold out. Needless to say I was pretty bummed out. However, when the festival took place, on the day that we wanted to go, a vicious hurricane razed the festival grounds, knocking over trees and electricity poles as well as a party tent, killing 5 people and injuring another 140.
That also made me stop and think that if I were like 10 minutes faster on the tickets, we would've been there too. Eerie thought!
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Oh wow, weird timing! I'm glad you didn't end up going!
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I'm glad you are okay!
I haven't had a similar experience, but there are moments where you just are so shaken up and are thankful to be alive still and that your loved ones are safe
I'm sending my thoughts to you and your family ❤️
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So... just a few minutes ago I was sitting here, up a little later than usual at 12:30 in the morning talking to my boyfriend while he's playing a game with his friend. I smelled smoke and thought somebody was having a fire outside. I looked out my windows and didn't see anything, so I went to go into the living room to see if I could see who was having a fire... and my house was filled with smoke. I immediately went into "OHMYGODIHAVETOTELLMYPARENTS" mode and stumbled to turn the hall light on and then their light on. I just walked in there and said loudly "Hey! Wake up! There's smoke in our house and I don't know what to do!". My dad immediately woke up and rushed to put it out. Apparently our furnace had caught fire somehow, and there are no batteries in our smoke detectors. If I had gone to bed early tonight, our house would have burnt down, and I could have been killed if the fire had spread quickly. Like.. it's really the littlest choices that can make a HUGE outcome of your life. I'm still pretty shaken up, I've never had this type of thing happen to me. I'm just so glad I decided to stay up a bit later tonight. The fire hadn't spread, and it had just started when I smelt the smoke.
Have you ever had anything like this happen to you before? I'm curious about any of your stories. Or even opinions. Maybe cat gifs? I don't really care, I just wanted to see what you SteamGifters have to say about this kind of stuff. It's pretty scary.
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