Maybe it’s time to start praying.
Carefully grab key
Make haste slowly
Evacuate
Staying low
Making sure always
To keep eye on door
If unable to leave room
Make every effort to notify
Someone
Making sure not to shout
Shouting will not help
One more thing:
If doorknob is hot
Do not open door.
Now you remember this is not you land
Now hear the sound of coming fire
I told you to start praying.
Taken from: In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land. By Ariel Dorfman
Photo Credits: Former residents of a group of illegal structures pick through the debris of what was once their homes after the Nairobi City Council tore down the structures on the night of December 16th, 2009.
Posted on January 25th, 2010
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