I'm sensitive to Earthquakes often here on earth. So, I knew something bad was coming all day yesterday

 However, I didn't know for sure what it was I just felt this ominous thing coming. So, this morning I was relieved it wasn't people I knew that were going to die. However, I feel bad for all the dead and dying in Turkey and Syria. The last time a quake this size hit there 300,000 people died in I think 1939.

Hopefully, because of better building codes there this won't be as bad this time. So far they know that around 3000 people have died. But, the weather is freezing there and people are terrified and have moved outside in the weather. So, likely many are likely going to freeze to death rather than be inside their homes which might collapse from further aftershocks. Being in a tent outside isn't the best way to stay warm.

However, one trick that helps in a tent is a candle can keep you warm in a tent by putting your hands near the candle you can warm your whole body if you are also in a sleeping bag at the time.

This is also true in an ice or snow cave where you can keep the temperature in an ice or snow cave up to 50 degrees Fahrenheit usually without melting the surrounding snow or ice too much. However, you need a plastic ground cloth and some place for the water to collect away from your sleeping area so you have to figure this out too if you want your ice or snow cave to be 50 degrees inside so you can stay warm enough to survive there. Air is also important that you have enough fresh air so you don't suffocate also. So, it's a mix between staying warm and having enough air to breathe in a snow or ice cave during a survival situation.

It's possible to dig a snow cave in an emergency with your skis or a snow board or snow shoes if you are desperate to survive a bad snow situation like in a white out where you cannot see your hand in front of your face. It's better then since you don't know where you are to dig into a snow bank until the white out ends in the blizzard or fog or both.

I survived a night in a white out on Mt. Shasta between Bunny Flat and Horse Camp in 1970 with friends in a white out blizzard where 3 to 5 feet of snow came down that night. But, I had pain in all my joints for about 4 years after that from almost freezing to death too. But, I didn't get frostbite luckily just 4 years of pain in all my joints and a loss of being able to sense what temperature it is sometimes. So, when I'm hot or cold I don't always know it until I'm about to pass out sometimes after that experience in 1970 snowshoeing and trying to hike up on snow shoes to Horse Camp from Bunny Flat then in December after Christmas of 1970 on a college break with two friends.