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The 7.6 Earthquake
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-09, 5:32 am |
| Well, it sure put New Orleans into perspective for me:
"MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from
a huge south Asia earthquake rose to 18,000 in worst-hit Pakistan
alone on Sunday, as rescuers dug out hundreds of dead children
buried under schools and found towns and villages reduced to rubble.
Teams labored with cranes and earth-moving equipment or used
their bare hands in a desperate search for survivors trapped beneath
the rubble from Saturday's quake.
Striking out from the forest clad mountains of Pakistani Kashmir near
the border with India, the quake was the strongest to hit south Asia in
a century.
"It's total devastation. It looks like the city of death," said Reuters
reporter Zulfiqar Ali, who was in the capital Islamabad when the
earthquake struck but managed to get back to his home town of
Muzaffarabad, in Pakistani Kashmir, on Sunday.
A Pakistani military official said 18,000 were dead, confirming a
figure given to CNN by President Pervez Musharraf's spokesman,
Major-General Shaukat Sultan.
A further 40,000 people were injured in the 7.6 magnitude quake
that struck at about 8:50 a.m. (0350 GMT) on Saturday, Sultan said,
calling it the worst devastation in Pakistan's history.
"There are many villages that have been wiped off the face of this
earth," Sultan said. Many areas had not been reached because landslides
triggered by the quake had wiped out roads, he said.
The quake also battered Indian Kashmir, killing more than 300 people
there, but it was Pakistan's side of the disputed Himalayan region that was
worst hit with the majority of deaths there, a military official said.
Most houses and government buildings and shops had collapsed in
Muzaffarabad, Ali said.
"No one knows how many have been killed or how many survived," he
said by satellite telephone. Private Geo TV said a military hospital in the
small mountain city had been destroyed and injured people were lying in
the courtyard of the one working hospital waiting for attention from doctors
struggling to cope.
The
U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km
(6.2 miles). It struck about 95 km (60 miles) northeast of Islamabad and
was felt across the subcontinent, shaking buildings in the Afghan, Indian
and Bangladeshi capitals.
The first quake was followed over the next 18 hours by more than 20
aftershocks with magnitudes of between 4.5 and 6.3. Thousands of people
in northern Pakistan slept in the open while residents of the Pakistani capital,
Islamabad, were kept on edge through the night by tremors.
SCHOOLS CRUSHED
Some 400 children were killed at two schools in Pakistan's North West
Frontier Province.
A military spokesman said 215 Pakistani soldiers were killed in the hardest-
hit areas. Half of the Indian deaths were in Uri, the last big town on the road
connecting the two sides of the violence-scarred region. The dead included
15 soldiers, some in bunkers close to a military ceasefire line.
Landslides blocked the 300-km (190-mile) road that connects Srinagar,
the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, to the rest of India to the south. The
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road linking Indian and Pakistani Kashmir, reopened
to traffic this year for the first time in nearly 60 years, was also blocked.
Ghulam Rashool, an official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department,
said it was the strongest earthquake in South Asia since the 1905 Kangra
earthquake that killed 20,000 people in India's Madhya Pradesh state.
In Islamabad, rescuers found at least two survivors clinging to life in the ruins
of apartment blocks that crashed down on scores of residents.
Twenty-three bodies had been found but about 90 people were pulled
alive from the Margala Towers blocks where expatriate workers and middle-
class Pakistanis lived, officials said.
A boy was pulled out alive on Sunday morning to the cheers of rescue
workers who said there were other survivors still trapped.
A medical officer at the scene, Faisal Kakar, said a woman had been
found alive in a space underneath the rubble, and she had said three or four
other survivors were with her. A short time earlier, another rescue worker
said a man was found alive pinned in the ruins."
Mother god, eighteen thousand. From a single earthquake.
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-09, 5:32 am |
| <blink!blink!>
From:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051009...tinent_world_dc
"The United States, which had to mount major domestic
relief efforts in the past few weeks when hurricanes Katrina
and Rita struck, said it would provide $100,000 in emergency
aid funding to the country and was also offering U.S. military
helicopters."
WTF is up with a lousy hundred thousand dollars?!?!?!?!?
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-09, 5:32 am |
| Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> "The United States, which had to mount major domestic
> relief efforts in the past few weeks when hurricanes Katrina
> and Rita struck, said it would provide $100,000 in emergency
> aid funding to the country and was also offering U.S. military
> helicopters."
>
> WTF is up with a lousy hundred thousand dollars?!?!?!?!?
From the same story: (emphasis mine)
The Dutch government offered *1* *million* *euros* in aid and a rescue
team, Dutch news agency ANP said,
Australia said it had given *$379,000* for immediate help to Pakistan,
India and Afghanistan, where at least one person died.
British officials said Britain was sending search and rescue experts,
sniffer dogs and aid workers to Pakistan.
Japan, experienced in dealing with quakes of its own, said it was
sending relief workers and *$220,600* worth of goods such as blankets
and tents.
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| On 9 Oct 2005 09:04:14 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> <blink!blink!>
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> From:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051009...tinent_world_dc
>
> "The United States, which had to mount major domestic
> relief efforts in the past few weeks when hurricanes Katrina
> and Rita struck, said it would provide $100,000 in emergency
> aid funding to the country and was also offering U.S. military
> helicopters."
>
> WTF is up with a lousy hundred thousand dollars?!?!?!?!?
There's a little unrest in "Oil Country" that your leader apparently needs
to sort out... and that costs money. :/
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-09, 7:36 pm |
| Mr K wrote:
quote:
> There's a little unrest in "Oil Country" that your leader apparently
> needs to sort out... and that costs money. :/
I'm afraid Tony Blair overspent his budget, too. You folks
in the UK have your own troubles as well, and it all costs money.
I just read about the mudslide in Guatemala. Appears to be
1,000 to 1,400 dead, although it's not official yet.
I stopped reading the news after that.
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| On 9 Oct 2005 10:06:20 GMT, Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> I'm afraid Tony Blair overspent his budget, too. You folks
> in the UK have your own troubles as well, and it all costs money.
He's forever getting it wrong though. :/
quote:
> I just read about the mudslide in Guatemala. Appears to be
> 1,000 to 1,400 dead, although it's not official yet.
>
> I stopped reading the news after that.
You could always read the australian world news. "Cricket is the best
sport. We'll beat them next time boys!" and "The world relies on us
well-paid (in australian dollars) aussies, cuz we r teh best!!!11" appear
to be the main headlines. ;)
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| Hellmark 2005-10-10, 2:35 am |
| Miracle Smith's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his
body were:
quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
> From the same story: (emphasis mine)
> The Dutch government offered *1* *million* *euros* in aid and a rescue
> team, Dutch news agency ANP said,
> Australia said it had given *$379,000* for immediate help to Pakistan,
> India and Afghanistan, where at least one person died.
> British officials said Britain was sending search and rescue experts,
> sniffer dogs and aid workers to Pakistan.
> Japan, experienced in dealing with quakes of its own, said it was
> sending relief workers and *$220,600* worth of goods such as blankets
> and tents.
Yeah however, if they gave much, people would be pissed and saying "Hey we
got problems here, keep the money home!"
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| Smeghead 2005-10-10, 2:35 am |
| On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:06:50 GMT, Hellmark
<hellmark@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com> wrote:
quote:
>Miracle Smith's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his
>body were:
>
>Yeah however, if they gave much, people would be pissed and saying "Hey we
>got problems here, keep the money home!"
So, just what are you trying to say, Hellmark? That the U.S. can't
please everybody?! :D
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| Hellmark 2005-10-10, 2:35 am |
| Smeghead's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
quote:
> So, just what are you trying to say, Hellmark? That the U.S. can't
> please everybody?! :D
yup
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-10, 5:35 am |
| Mr K wrote:
quote:
> You could always read the australian world news. "Cricket is the best
> sport. We'll beat them next time boys!" and "The world relies on us
> well-paid (in australian dollars) aussies, cuz we r teh best!!!11"
> appear to be the main headlines. ;)
ROFL
"Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn." LOL
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| Frank van Schie 2005-10-10, 7:37 pm |
| Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> Mr K wrote:
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> I'm afraid Tony Blair overspent his budget, too. You folks
> in the UK have your own troubles as well, and it all costs money.
>
> I just read about the mudslide in Guatemala. Appears to be
> 1,000 to 1,400 dead, although it's not official yet.
>
> I stopped reading the news after that.
It bears repeating:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29456
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| Adrian Ng 2005-10-10, 7:37 pm |
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"Frank van Schie" <frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote in message
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quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
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> It bears repeating:
> http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29456
hah.
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| Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> <blink!blink!>
>
> From:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051009...tinent_world_dc
>
> "The United States, which had to mount major domestic
> relief efforts in the past few weeks when hurricanes Katrina
> and Rita struck, said it would provide $100,000 in emergency
> aid funding to the country and was also offering U.S. military
> helicopters."
>
> WTF is up with a lousy hundred thousand dollars?!?!?!?!?
WTF is up with it is that Yahoo news sucks. They are, after all, the
ones who post stories like this
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20051006/112861080000.html from the Weekly
World News, filed under "Entertainment News and Gossip" and don't bother
to warn people that the storie are full of crap.
If it makes you feel better, from a more reputable news source
(http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiap...asia/index.html)
comes this.
"Along with $50 million in relief, the United States sent military
helicopters from neighboring Afghanistan to help with relief efforts."
I suppose Yahoo News quoted a figure that was 1/500th of the actual
figure, so it's kind of close. 
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Troy
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| Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> Well, it sure put New Orleans into perspective for me:
New Orleans was bad, but the one quote that has bugged me from the very
begging was when A.J. Holloway, the Biloxi mayor, said, "This is our
tsumani."
Yeah, it was bad, but you can't compare Katrina's destruction to that
caused by a tsunami that struck several countries without warning and
had a six-digit death toll.
--
Troy
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-12, 5:36 am |
| Frank van Schie wrote:
quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
>
> It bears repeating:
> http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29456
I'd seriously argue the differences between that Onion story and
20,000+ folks dying within a minute in one location, but I can't do it
rationally right now.
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-12, 5:36 am |
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Troy wrote:
quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
>
> WTF is up with it is that Yahoo news sucks. They are, after all, the
> ones who post stories like this
> http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20051006/112861080000.html from the
> Weekly World News, filed under "Entertainment News and Gossip" and
> don't bother to warn people that the storie are full of crap.
Oh dear god. Shades of Lester Pinski. Never again will I trust a
Yahoo news link.
quote:
> If it makes you feel better, from a more reputable news source
> (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiap...asia/index.html)
> comes this.
>
> "Along with $50 million in relief, the United States sent military
> helicopters from neighboring Afghanistan to help with relief efforts."
>
> I suppose Yahoo News quoted a figure that was 1/500th of the actual
> figure, so it's kind of close.
I saw on yesterday's NBC news that we were, in fact, sending a LOT
more than $100,000, so I knew the blurb I read was wrong. Now I know
*why* it was so far off base.....
I just blipped out after dinner last night and didn't wake up until about
10:00AM today, so I never got online to say "oops" last night. As an old
old drinking buddy used to say, I feel like I've been shit at and hit.
:D
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-12, 5:36 am |
| Troy wrote:
quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
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> New Orleans was bad, but the one quote that has bugged me from the
> very begging was when A.J. Holloway, the Biloxi mayor, said, "This is
> our tsumani."
>
> Yeah, it was bad, but you can't compare Katrina's destruction to that
> caused by a tsunami that struck several countries without warning and
> had a six-digit death toll.
That irked me, too, so you weren't alone in that.
I got an email from that ditz Trish today that is purported to be from
George Carlin, ragging on about the stupid folks who didn't leave New
Orleans when the evac order was issued.
I had to stop myself from ripping Trish a new one for passing that shit
along.
See? I get bitchy as hell when I feel bad. Somebody take my keyboards away...................
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| Frank van Schie 2005-10-12, 5:36 am |
| Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> Frank van Schie wrote:
>
>
> I'd seriously argue the differences between that Onion story and
> 20,000+ folks dying within a minute in one location, but I can't do it
> rationally right now.
20000+ in Pakistan, a few dozen in Africa (legal migrants treated like
illegals in Morocco and dumped in the middle of the Sahara without food
and water), several thousand in a mudslide, a few thousand because they
fell down and broke their neck, a bunch of old folks...
Like the Onion story says, all death is tragic.
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| Adrian Ng 2005-10-12, 7:37 pm |
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quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
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> 20000+ in Pakistan, a few dozen in Africa (legal migrants treated like
> illegals in Morocco and dumped in the middle of the Sahara without food
> and water), several thousand in a mudslide, a few thousand because they
> fell down and broke their neck, a bunch of old folks...
>
> Like the Onion story says, all death is tragic.
> --
> Frank
The onion says a lot of things...
usually with an undercurrent of wit and satire.
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| Miracle Smith wrote:
quote:
> I got an email from that ditz Trish today that is purported to be from
> George Carlin, ragging on about the stupid folks who didn't leave New
> Orleans when the evac order was issued.
> I had to stop myself from ripping Trish a new one for passing that shit
> along.
I'd give her this one-line response:
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp
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Troy
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| Miracle Smith 2005-10-14, 5:48 am |
| Troy wrote:
quote:
> Miracle Smith wrote:
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> I'd give her this one-line response:
> http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp
I can always count on you for a reasoned response, and a link
if available.
Thanks bro, I *will* send her the link. Even tho she ditched her
AOL long ago, she still has that AOL mentality............
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