Thousands feared dead in 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey

[BlackXCL]

The world needs to do more. Rest in peace to all the victims.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I worry about stuff like that happening like if you travel overseas and get caught up in something like that or a tsunami, building codes ain't the same as in the USA so you won't know where to find safety

That happened with the tsunami of 2005 that hit Indonesia. A bunch of tourists got wiped out.

 

[Kings County]

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[Neo. The Only. The One.]

My step pops is Turkish and I got a half Turkish brother.

His nephew works in the area worst affected and had his first day of annual leave today so wasn't in that area.

This shyt always hits harder when you see how it directly affects someone not just through a TV screen

I'm glad your stepcousin is okay, bro.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

How would that play domestically? Equipment shortages on the frontline yet still sending aid to a NATO member that is directly helping Ukraine? Me thinks not.

I thought he was talking about Syria.

 

[Oldschooler]

7.8 out of a possible 9 is a massive earthquake. Remember the richter scale is a logarithmic base 10 scale. So that means for every whole number it's 10 times the order of magnitude larger than the next number. Not only that but earthquakes have smaller and smaller after shocks after the big wave. In most other places even having a magnitude 6 earthquake is a huge deal. So imagine having that as an after shock. Those people had no chance.

By the way you're totally wrong in thinking those buildings are made out of paper mache and that they don't have good standards. That part of the world is very active in seismic activity and the local people have experience in building and designing against earthquakes. Where they fail is cutting corners during construction because these parts of the world have no oversight from government and local corrupt officials. A builder might skimp on rebar needed for anti seismic bracing.

I'm sure if a 7.8 earthquake hit the US a lot of parts would see massive destructions especially in a high density city.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Mans fixing to get snatched up by the CIA, KGB, Ineterpol and The friends of humanity.

 

[The Wall Is Undefeated!]

R.I.P. to those that were caught in the earthquake.

 

[chineebai]

That part of the world has a lot of ancient sites. A lot of their infrastructure is just built on top of previous civilization. In instanbul people would find houses and buildings under theirs. If this was to occur in Istanbul I imagine it would be 10x worse. Turkey is a beautiful country, amazing history, friendly people, and amazing food.

 

[Elim Garak]

 

[Family Lives Matter]

My step dad hasn't heard anything from his cousin and two kids.

Just hoping for the best but isn't looking good.

 

[Cat piss martini]

saw this video where somebody pan'd the
camera and shyt was falling 360 degrees.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Reports said this (think the first one) lasted 100 seconds. What. The. fukk?!?

 

[jdubnyce]

My step dad hasn't heard anything from his cousin and two kids.

Just hoping for the best but isn't looking good.

Hold hope
Perhaps communications are down around the area
Hold hope breh

 

[Family Lives Matter]

Hold hope
Perhaps communications are down around the area
Hold hope breh

Yeah that's what I said to my mom but I haven't said it to him.

Just have to hope for the best. He's a real good dude and his family are dope so it's real sad. Were trying to donate and help how we can.