Another serious earthquake struck of the coast of Sumatra. Banda Aceh and other coastal cities were warned about a possible tsunami from the 8.6-magnitude quake and a follow-up tremblors of 8.2. The people reacted to the alert by hitting the road to avoid another disaster. Photos of the gridlocked exodus revealed the futility of flight. Fortunately this earthquake was side to side along the seismic plates as opposed to the up and down motion of the 2004 9.1 quake, which killed over 250,000 people along the low-lying coasts of the Indian Ocean.
KFC Thailand responded to the potential danger with an alert on its Facebook page along with a promotional earthquake bucket of chicken.
“People should hurry home this evening to monitor the earthquake situation and don’t forget to order the KFC menu, which will be delivered direct to your hands.”
After calm replaced the panic, Thais were outraged by the brazen callousness of KFC’s attempt to profit from fear, but I imagined the KFC drivers trying to accomplish their mission with a huge wave rising from the sea.
Personally I’d be heading for the hills with all the chicken.
I’m not a khohn khee khlaat or coward, but we’re all chickens when the tsunami comes to town.
Zroom zroom cluck cluck.