Mother Earth gets nasty again (Asian Earthquake)

**TeeZet** · 10-08-2005

Mother Earth can be very pretty, but I just hate it when she gets nasty and a lot of innocent people get killed because of it.
More than 1300 already, and going up rapidly...

Seakony · 10-08-2005

it's all GW's fault.

TAPPY · 10-08-2005

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Originally Posted by TeeZet

Mother Earth can be very pretty, but I just hate it when she gets nasty and a lot of innocent people get killed because of it.
More than 1300 already, and going up rapidly...

Mother nature must be really pissed off at all of us right now !!!!!

You hate to turn on the news to see where the next disaster is going to strike......

**TeeZet** · 10-08-2005

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Originally Posted by TAPPY

Mother nature must be really pissed off at all of us right now !!!!!

You hate to turn on the news to see where the next disaster is going to strike......

Exactly what I was thinking when I posted!

Seakony · 10-08-2005

well, the bird flu is getting alot of air time...and it's spreading, I heard there was a case in Europe.

BonnyW · 10-08-2005

A very dear, wonderful person (friend) lives and works at a hospital near the earthquake area in Islamabad. I have tried to contact her, but as in a disaster like this, all phone lines and electricity are off. She is a doctor at a hospital. I heard one hospital collapsed. I hope she wasn't in it.

BonnyW · 10-08-2005

From MSNBC:
PANABAJ, Guatemala - Rescuers pulled 71 bodies from a mudslide in a Guatemalan village, and local officials feared hundreds more may have died in the worst single tragedy from rains that devastated Central America.
The mayor of a nearby town said up to 1,000 people may lie buried under the mud, in places 40 feet thick, in the village of Panabaj but that figure could not be confirmed.

Outside emergency teams, who only began digging Friday, two days after an avalanche of mud, rocks and trees engulfed the village, put the possible death toll at 200 people.

Hundreds of homes at Panabaj were swallowed when a hillside collapsed in downpours in the early hours of Wednesday.

Diego Esquina, the mayor of Santiago Atitlan, told Reuters the death toll at Panabaj might be between 500 and 1,000.

The full story is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9588034/

Seakony · 10-09-2005

wow, over 18,000 dead in earthquake. Not a good timing for charities, or foreign aide.

Andiline · 10-09-2005

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Originally Posted by Seakony

wow, over 18,000 dead in earthquake. Not a good timing for charities, or foreign aide.

Number has climbed to over 30,000 only in the pakistanian part of Kaschmir...

This is just so sad....

Seakony · 10-09-2005

I wonder if Bin Ladin got crushed.....that would be some good news.

BonnyW · 10-09-2005

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Originally Posted by Andiline

Number has climbed to over 30,000 only in the pakistanian part of Kaschmir...

This is just so sad....

I agree. My heart goes out to all of those people.

Andiline · 10-09-2005

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Originally Posted by BonnyW

I agree. My heart goes out to all of those people.

Seems like we don't stop making donations this year. I have donated again as those people really need our help. I guess that most of the survivors lost the few things they had...

shiantry · 10-09-2005

just hear about the earthquake...we just though about indonesia...pffff my hubby his family is living there...but they got spared...how sad how bad mother earth is realy in her periode...

**TeeZet** · 10-26-2005

On another note.

The sitution in Pakistan is getting worse and worse.
More than 54.000 people died already and winter is on the doorstep.
More than 3 million still homeless...

There was a television fundraiser tonight here and more €21 million was collected through private donations (The Netherlands population is 16 million).

I sure hope that proper aid will reach those poor people in time...

BonnyW · 05-27-2006

Bumping up this thread...
They just experienced another tragedy...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12995142/?GT1=8199

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TeeZet Non-aggressive Dutch dude Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Uithoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 7,699	Mother Earth gets nasty again (Asian Earthquake) Mother Earth can be very pretty, but I just hate it when she gets nasty and a lot of innocent people get killed because of it. More than 1300 already, and going up rapidly...

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BonnyW añejo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast...So Cal Posts: 8,865	PANABAJ, Guatemala From MSNBC: PANABAJ, Guatemala - Rescuers pulled 71 bodies from a mudslide in a Guatemalan village, and local officials feared hundreds more may have died in the worst single tragedy from rains that devastated Central America. The mayor of a nearby town said up to 1,000 people may lie buried under the mud, in places 40 feet thick, in the village of Panabaj but that figure could not be confirmed. Outside emergency teams, who only began digging Friday, two days after an avalanche of mud, rocks and trees engulfed the village, put the possible death toll at 200 people. Hundreds of homes at Panabaj were swallowed when a hillside collapsed in downpours in the early hours of Wednesday. Diego Esquina, the mayor of Santiago Atitlan, told Reuters the death toll at Panabaj might be between 500 and 1,000. The full story is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9588034/

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shiantry reposado Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: moved to the beach Posts: 1,073	just hear about the earthquake...we just though about indonesia...pffff my hubby his family is living there...but they got spared...how sad how bad mother earth is realy in her periode... Last edited by shiantry; 10-09-2005 at 06:33 PM.

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BonnyW añejo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast...So Cal Posts: 8,865	Indonesia earthquake Bumping up this thread... They just experienced another tragedy... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12995142/?GT1=8199

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10-08-2005	#2 (permalink)
Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,148	it's all GW's fault.

10-08-2005	#5 (permalink)
Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,148	well, the bird flu is getting alot of air time...and it's spreading, I heard there was a case in Europe.

10-08-2005	#6 (permalink)
BonnyW añejo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast...So Cal Posts: 8,865	A very dear, wonderful person (friend) lives and works at a hospital near the earthquake area in Islamabad. I have tried to contact her, but as in a disaster like this, all phone lines and electricity are off. She is a doctor at a hospital. I heard one hospital collapsed. I hope she wasn't in it.

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Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,148	wow, over 18,000 dead in earthquake. Not a good timing for charities, or foreign aide.

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Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,148	I wonder if Bin Ladin got crushed.....that would be some good news.

10-26-2005	#14 (permalink)
TeeZet Non-aggressive Dutch dude Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Uithoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 7,699	On another note. The sitution in Pakistan is getting worse and worse. More than 54.000 people died already and winter is on the doorstep. More than 3 million still homeless... There was a television fundraiser tonight here and more €21 million was collected through private donations (The Netherlands population is 16 million). I sure hope that proper aid will reach those poor people in time...

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