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Earthquake in Pakistan/N.India... :-( |
Sammy_boy
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The toll is apparently now 18,000 according to Yahoo! 
My thoughts are with those affected, and hope the death toll doesn't rise any further.
And I hope no Esatonians have been affected either.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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max_wedge
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agree. Hope everyone from esato is okay. This is very sad news. The authorities atleast seem a bit more organised than the US were with Katrina...
My heart goes out to the victoms and the surviviors. |
*Jojo*
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.. . as per CNN just moments ago, it is feared that some 30K are dead . . .  !
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GreenKronic
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better prepared? wonder how those facts came about but anyway as cnn over 30000 dead. i dont think anyone can be prepared for mother nature please lets not start comparing one nation to another. it's sad no matter what.
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max_wedge
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It is sad no matter what. It's sad when nature strikes and hundreds die. It's sadder if public authorities are ill equiped to deal with the disaster and more die as a result.
I hope this has not been the case in pakistan as it was in new orleans, that's all I meant. Sorry if I offended anyone.
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goldenface
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Awful news, the death toll just keeps on rising and what makes it difficult is that the place is so remote, making it hard to reach for the relief agencies.
It said on the news that people have started looting too. Its hard for me to understand why people start looting when a disaster has happened, I mean haven't those poor people lost enough!
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*Jojo*
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Latest count at - CNN . . . 33K feared dead, !
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Sammy_boy
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And they're saying an entire generation has been all but wiped out. There was something on our local news about an organisation that had forged links with something like 152 schools in the affected area, and it sounds like EVERY ONE of those schools has been flattened with thousands of schoolchildren killed 
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*Jojo*
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I am just wondering how will this be compared to the killer tsunami that hit Sri Lanka/Indonesia, in terms of casualties/numbers 
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GreenKronic
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over 40000. not good. i think the looting over there is a little diffirent than in the states. there people really have no relief as they are in remote parts. so i can see why they are looting.it is nice that India is offering some help to pakistan |
*Jojo*
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@green - Yeah, I hope that the issue of 'nuclear-supremacy' between the two will be set aside for the moment specially at times like this . . .
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GreenKronic
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@jn it's a nice gesture i hope that after it is all said and done the two countrys can come to some sort of an agreement about there issues at hand. Now there is winter coming and 3 million homeless. now there worried about mud slides. can it get any worse for there people.
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max_wedge
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horrific. a whole generation of kids gone! That's heart breaking. Hopefully better co-operation between India and pakistan will be an outcome of all this devestation...
Makes you wonder, what's next? We've had Tsunami's, Killer Hurricanes, Earthquakes. If I lived near a volcano I'd be moving... |
GreenKronic
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Everything happens in 3's maybe there wont be any natural disasters ifor awhile....Just Hoping
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goldenface
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@greenkronic. How can you be sure of the reason why people were looting is?
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Posted: 2005-10-09 11:09
