Yeah, and we can blame this on the gays too. :rolleyes2Incidentally, a prominent US televangelist, whose name I forget, is claiming that the recent spate of natural disasters are further proof that the end of days is coming.
Yeah, and we can blame this on the gays too. :rolleyes2Incidentally, a prominent US televangelist, whose name I forget, is claiming that the recent spate of natural disasters are further proof that the end of days is coming.
Cloud, I care a whole lot, but what is there to say? There's not much I can do about it except try to lighten the mood, try and find a silver lining.
I believe the quake occured about six miles beneath the surface of the ground, so it wasn't too horribly deep. Definitely an unexpected and tragic occurence, but that's the way natural disasters go.
This thread isn't about Hurricane Katrina, or established national bias, or anything of that nature. This is about the Pakistani/Kashmiri/Indian earthquake, and that's what will be discussed in this thread.
Personally, I'm curious as to whether this is something of a geological trend for that area of the world at this time. Well, first and foremost I'm curious to know whether there are pattens in tectonic movement and if there are, what these patterns are caused by.
Also, I would like to point out that the international community has reacted swiftly to this disaster. Though it takes a tragedy to make it happen, it is good to see that we can all tolerate each other at least some of the time.
Signature by rubah. I think.
I've heard a few blame the hurricanes on global warming, and the earthquakes just on tectonic movement.Originally Posted by Big D
On topic, I think it's very sad, and I think people should help them. I mean, remember how much we gave to the tsunami survivors?
Kaycee says (12:06 AM):
whos' obama?
lol cloud
Bhuj and Amdavad, Gujarat state, February 2001. 13000 dead.
there was a 5.5 in roughly the same area last year, but it was a lot less devastating.
One of my best friends is Pakistani and he has extensive family in Lahore, and the minute I heard about the quake I called him to see if he knew anything, and if his family was ok.
earthquakes in fact do follow a pattern of sorts. the friction between the plates moves around the plates. the tsunami in fact has put greater pressure on both the san andreas fault line and the area under yellowstone. general creaking to the plates (earthquakes) shifts pressure and tension around. sometimes it shifts to other plates or sometimes it just moves down ths same one.
the indian plate is jst going through a lot of shifting right now.
I do find it of interest that no one ever bothers to help the USA when anything horrific happens here. Thus far, the only nation in the last hundred years or so to EVER offer aid to America on her homeland is Canada.
But, anyways, it wasn't all that impressive an earthquake. When you start thinking about what it COULD have done. The buildings there, for good or ill, weren't exactly pillars of concrete and steel. Plus it was a shallow earthquake: the radius of destruction was lower. A deeper quake would distribute it's force further- less damage to that which was hit, but far more hit- and those structures would have dropped in a 5. Cold comfort for those who suffer, but it could have been FAR worse.
I don't care how impressive the quake was really. I do care for the parents whom lost over 350 children in one school. They have to dig and pray to hope they find thier child, as whipers of dying children flutter out from rubble. Every second brings them closer to thier untimley death. Frantically, parents and caring members dig as fast as they can, while being steady and carful not to cause more collapse. I cannot imagine being in such a situation, my thoughts and prayers go out to all.
I care for the serperated families, whom are left stranded in these regions as the roads are annihalated. I care for those whom survived, to die a slow painful death because there is not enough aid. I thank the efforts put forth by the medical staffs, the rescue workers, the volenteers, and everyone else trying to ease the pain.
Mothers, Daugters, Fathers, Sons, Babies, were all seperated and killed. This tragedy has killed a peice of everyone involved.
With all this afoot, where is America? The supposed land of the free? Chained and anchored by our own republic representation. They say we are widespread an low on resources, and yet there are people digging kids our of crumbles schools with sticks and primative equipment. Truley Pathetic.
No matter what you say Cloud, I do care. The more I see, the more I care.
Bipper
"I do find it of interest that no one ever bothers to help the USA when anything horrific happens here. Thus far, the only nation in the last hundred years or so to EVER offer aid to America on her homeland is Canada."
except of course for the eu, un and nato..............
Wrong, wrong and WRONG. They've offered advice (aka, tried to tell us what to do)- but they've never sent a man or machine over to us without us footing the bill for it. They'll lease us materials, they'll even lend us materials, but they've never freely given us ANYTHING. You might be able to make a weak argument when it comes to the UK giving us radar technology back when they developed it- but that's hardly recent, and it wasn't "free"- it was wartime resources that they expected us to use in destroying our mutual enemies. Helpful, but by no means an act of generosity for it's own sake.
My wife and I recently saw an IMAX movie on natural disasters and they were talking about earthquakes and why they are so much more devistating in southcentral Asia than in other parts of the world. Most of these parts, like India and Pakistan, do not have well built buildings or have not been retrofitted for earthquakes as they do not have the money for it. That's why earthquakes in other parts of the world, such as Japan, do not have a casualty count as high per capita. When you have a dense population living in buildings that are not well constructed, nothing less than the worst can happen from an eartquake. Just imagine an earthquake hitting the center of any major city when all of the buildings are made out of sub-standard materials. There's no way they could withstand that kind of force.
Also, the movie talked about a fault that runs under Turkey and has been having earthquakes successively closer to Istanbul along the fault (in the way that Cloud no. 9 was talking about the pressure moving along a fault earlier) and they say it's only a matter of time before a major earthquake hits Istanbul. They predict it to be a major catastrophe for the area as it's densely populated and many of the buildings in the area aren't well built, similar to the areas effected by this earthquake.
But this response is better than no response.
Geographical disasters like this interest me.
7.6 may not be humongous but it still is massive considering how shallow the quake was.
The problem with earthquakes is they cannot be predicted precisely and as we know they can cause a hell load if damage.
It's in that area and san andreas area that are hit by the most powerful of quakes.
It wont be long till a quake so strong will occur that the faults will be no more and the plates split but thats just an amateur opinion from me.
LET THE HAMMER FALL
what's of bigger concern is not the pressure moving towards san fransisco or istanbul but pressure building in the yellowstone area.
the plates won't split. they are a vital part to the earth's eco system and why we have live on this planet. if they were to split or fuse then everything would fall apart.
areas like bradford in britian and areas with a high percentage of asian people have lost many relatives. i think the death toll will be set to rise even further than it is right now as well.
and udsuna just for you and it's off topic but:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...-katrina_x.htm
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/n...id-glance.html
about 70 countries gave aid
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