10,000 feared dead in Philippines typhoon

[goldenecitrone]

Fuck, knew it was bad, but that's a massive number of deaths. No way of knowing if that is an accurate figure. These typhoons are getting worse every year, too.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/typhoon-haiyan-thousands-dead-philippines?guni=Keyword:news-grid main-1 Main trailblock:Editable trailblock - newsosition3

 

[goldenecitrone]

300km/hr winds. Closely followed by flooding.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-...d-philippine-typhoon-2013119131138727893.html

 

[ska invita]

Poor philipines...lifes hard enough there without a typhoon

 

[quimcunx]

I thought I saw something about 200 mile winds when half asleep. I think I thought I was dreaming. that seems impossibly windy. Poor bastards.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Poor philipines...lifes hard enough there without a typhoon

They had an earthquake just over a month ago. Many people were made homeless by that and were living in shelters when the typhoon struck.

 

[yield]

They had an earthquake just over a month ago. Many people were made homeless by that and were living in shelters when the typhoon struck.

I was watching some video of the storm on the news. Absolutely brutal. Hate to think what the final death toll will be.

So it looks like the climate scientists are right and extreme weather will be more frequent?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

 

[purves grundy]

Fucking really bad. They have to go through this every year. There was an official saying a couple of days ago that he expected zero fatalities, given the preparedness etc.

 

[gabi]

Typhoon season down here should have stopped a month or two ago. We are still getting weekly warnings even here in hk. Climate change, naaaaahhh...

 

[sheothebudworths]

Awful

 

[Barking_Mad]

Strongest storm ever to hit land. I suspect 10,000 dead is fairly conservative. Some of the scenes are sadly familiar of the Japan Tsunami crossed with the 'Boxing Day' one. 20ft+ storm surge, 195mph winds in places where many live in shacks with tin roofs. Horrific.

 

[Voley]

Some of the scenes are sadly familiar of the Japan Tsunami crossed with the 'Boxing Day' one.

You're right. This looks awful.

 

[Barking_Mad]

 

[Barking_Mad]

 

[Voley]

Fucking hell.

 

[clicker]

Those pictures are so terrible.

 

[Barking_Mad]

 

[chasbo zelena]

Shit.

 

[Yossarian]

I was watching some video of the storm on the news. Absolutely brutal. Hate to think what the final death toll will be.

So it looks like the climate scientists are right and extreme weather will be more frequent?

Certainly looks like it - some of the poorest people in the world are paying the price for our lifestyles and it's only going to get worse.

 

[Barking_Mad]

Donations via Oxfam here: https://donate.oxfam.org.uk/emergency/philippines?pscid=ps_ggl_Emergencies_Philippines_Generic

 

[frogwoman]

 

[xes]

I thought when they said on the news the other day that only 4 people had died, that the figures would change, and rapidly. (I did have a small glimmer of hope, and thought it may be because they'd evacuated lots of people, but..) That was one monster storm, and although it's lost strength, is still at large and fucking shit up in Veitnam. Crazy weather seems to be becoming more frequent. Not cool, unless it brings me shed loads of snow.

 

[Barking_Mad]

I suspect with the islands being cut off and no direct roads from one to another is going to be far more difficult to get supplies in. Media doing the usual 'looting' sighting stories, but seriously, what choice do people have?

 

[Casually Red]

Strongest storm ever to hit land. I suspect 10,000 dead is fairly conservative. Some of the scenes are sadly familiar of the Japan Tsunami crossed with the 'Boxing Day' one. 20ft+ storm surge, 195mph winds in places where many live in shacks with tin roofs. Horrific.

plus the cholera and typhoid hasnt begun yet..shock and exposure killing many more right now as we speak...doesnt bear thinking about .

 

[clicker]

I suspect with the islands being cut off and no direct roads from one to another is going to be far more difficult to get supplies in. Media doing the usual 'looting' sighting stories, but seriously, what choice do people have?

exactly - that really annoyed me on the news - they're trying to bloody survive, not make a fast buck.

 

[Casually Red]

exactly - that really annoyed me on the news - they're trying to bloody survive, not make a fast buck.

During natural disasters people of colour tend to loot, white people forage for essential supplies.

 

[yield]

Certainly looks like it - some of the poorest people in the world are paying the price for our lifestyles and it's only going to get worse.

Philippines negotiator makes emotional plea at Doha climate talks 2012 - video 2 minutes long

The negotiator breaks down discussing the devastation after Typhoon Bopha.

Extreme weather and climate change: is there a link? - Guardian

It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism

Jameson and Zizek

 

[Belushi]

Jeez, poor people.

 

[Buckaroo]

Ten thousand, ten fucking thousand. We sit about with our shite concerns and blathering about and ten thousand people are wiped out. Makes you think. Well it should. Fuck.

 

[weltweit]

Ten thousand, ten fucking thousand. We sit about with our shite concerns and blathering about and ten thousand people are wiped out. Makes you think. Well it should. Fuck.

And that is just in one town, as I understand it.