Die vloede in KwaZulu-Natal en voortvlugtendes in die Oekra\u00efne laat my daagliks wonder wat die mense gryp om mee te vlug as hulle moet ontruim. Dis so traumaties en die skok is groot \u2013 ek wonder of mens omgee wat jy sal gryp en wat alles agterbly. <\/p>\n
Oorlewing is seker die enigste gedagte. <\/p>\n
Ek lees die W\u00eareldgesondheidsorganisasie s\u00ea minstens 3 000 mense is reeds dood omdat hulle nie toegang gehad het tot medikasie vir chroniese siektetoestande nie. <\/p>\n
Die afgelope tyd het ek heelwat mense gevra wat hulle sou doen, en dikwels kom die antwoord: \u201cnee gits jong, ek weet nie, nog nie so gedink daaraan nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
In my joernalistieke loopbaan van oor die dertig jaar moes ek talle kere aanskou hoe mense verslae eenkant staan en die vernietiging van hul huis of onderneming verstom sien afbrand. <\/p>\n
\u201cOns het gedink dis nie so erg nie, dat daar nog tyd is\u2026\u201d. Maar dan kom die oomblik dat jy moet vlug!<\/p>\n
Met die luukse grasdakhuise wat destyd by Kaap St Francis deur \u2019n brand vernietig is, was dit op almal se lippe: wat kon jy red? <\/p>\n
Die meeste het werklik net gevlug vir hul lewe, en troeteldiere saamgeneem. <\/p>\n
N\u00e1 \u2019n paar weke tydens \u2019n opvolgstorie s\u00ea van hulle: \u201cMaak seker jy neem jou dokumente, want dis \u2019n nagmerrie by Binnelandse Sake! Verder moet jy foto\u2019s, herinneringe gryp.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dit hang seker af van verskeie faktore\u2026Van my vriende s\u00ea hulle sal foto\u2019s gryp, of juweliersware, boeke, kunswerke, beddegoed, klere, medisyne en troeteldiere. \u2019n Besondere vriendin s\u00ea sy sal sonder twyfel haar aandklere eerste gryp!<\/p>\n
Niemand beplan \u2019n ramp nie, en hoop stilletjies dit sal jou nooit oorkom nie. Maar s\u00ea nou net? <\/p>\n
Oor heelwat dinge in die lewe het ons nie beheer nie, maar dalk kan jy solank \u2019n plan maak. <\/p>\n
Ek reken ek sal met \u2019n medium-grootte tas regkom. Daarin sal ek beslis my foto\u2019s pak. Hulle is reeds bymekaar geb\u00eare. <\/p>\n
Dan my potloodversameling van meer as vyfhonderd en my spesiale inkleurkryte. Miskien die skootrekenaar, en beslis die selfoon en laaier. Medisyne sal moet in. <\/p>\n
As daar plek is, sal ek \u2019n paar plakboeke ingooi (oeps! ek beter hulle op datum kry). Dan sal ek \u2019n kombers om my skouers gooi, \u2019n waterbottel gryp in die handsak gooi, en my liefste brakkie onder die arm hou.<\/p>\n
Die heel belangrikste sal reeds in die handsak wees . . . dis my rooi lipstiffie. <\/p>\n
Daarmee sal ek kans sien om voor vlamme, water, wind en storms te vlug. Dis die mooie Marilyn Monroe wat ges\u00ea het, \u201cPut on your red lipstick, and deal with it!\u201d<\/span> Dis nou tong in die kies.<\/p>\n Dis ontstellend om te dink aan ouers in Oekra\u00efne wat met klein kindertjies moet vlug, na wie weet waar. Met niks. Net die klere aan hulle lywe. <\/p>\n Vir hulle was daar nie eers \u2019n tas om te pak nie. Hulle moet gestroop die vreemde in. <\/p>\n Herinneringe van hulle goeters \u2013 dalk \u2019n pop, karretjies, storieboek, speletjies of vrylik rondhardloop \u2013 is al wat in hulle harte kan pas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die vloede in KwaZulu-Natal en voortvlugtendes in die Oekra\u00efne laat my daagliks wonder wat die mense gryp om mee te vlug as hulle moet ontruim. 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