Huge earthquake in Turkey and Northern Syria 05-06/02/23

[Dogsauce]

A couple of pictures showing the scale of geographic movement.

 

[CNT36]

Got the sad news that our friend, an English teacher, died along with her mother. The effects of this will last for generations. I can't imagine how neighbourhoods like hers will go on and return to anything resembling normality with so many lives lost and whole areas destroyed.

Sorry, to hear that.

 

[baldrick]

The DEC have opened an appeal

Home

 

[danny la rouge]

Got the sad news that our friend, an English teacher, died along with her mother. The effects of this will last for generations. I can't imagine how neighbourhoods like hers will go on and return to anything resembling normality with so many lives lost and whole areas destroyed.

Very sorry for your loss.

 

[teqniq]

miss direct so sorry for your loss

 

[teqniq]

Wrt to aid organisations with people on the ground in Syria I've seen these guys mentioned a lot on Twitter and they have an earthquake campaign going:

An Emergency Campaign - Earthquake Response - Molham Volunteering Team

An emergency campaign to respond to those affected by the earthquake

molhamteam.com

 

[teqniq]

Mixture of bad and possibly good news:



E2a update article on the border crossings:

Turkey earthquake: Aid not reaching northwest Syria as border guards affected

 

[bendeus]

Unsurprisingly it looks like building standards were an issue.

Turkey earthquake death toll prompts questions over building standards

Poorly enforced regulations may have exacerbated tragedy in a country whose economy relies on construction

www.theguardian.com

I remember back in the 90s when I taught English in Istanbul I had a student who was a civil engineer. He told me that the vast majority of new build high-rises circumvented earthquake proofing by paying baksheesh to the relevant authorities in order to get sign off. The thought of this, given I was living in a high rise and that Istanbul is waiting for the 'big one', gave me the absolute willies. It's unsurprising but horrendous that so many have probably died due to the greed of developers

 

[Petcha]

I mean. Well.. I dunno what i mean.

Can someone not just kill these two fuckers??!

‘Heinous’ bombing of areas hit by earthquake by Assad’s forces

MPs attack ‘completely unacceptable’ bombing of Marea

www.independent.co.uk

 

[May Kasahara]

Sharing more links for easy donation from the UK:

Kahramanmaras Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund

Help survivors to recover from the devastating effects of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Gaziantep/Kahramanmaras and surrounding regions in Turkiye on 6 February 2023

www.justgiving.com

Turkey earthquake 2023 - ShelterBox

ShelterBox responded to the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey (Türkiye) and northern Syria. Discover key facts about the disaster

shelterbox.org

Support the White Helmets

Give what you can to help save lives in Syria

www.whitehelmets.org

Thanks for sharing these miss direct, I have donated. I can't do anything else useful, but I'm fortunate enough to have money.

I'm so very sorry for the loss of your friend. The scale of misery in this disaster is quite unthinkable

 

[Nylock]

Sorry for your loss miss direct

 

[Aladdin]

Got the sad news that our friend, an English teacher, died along with her mother. The effects of this will last for generations. I can't imagine how neighbourhoods like hers will go on and return to anything resembling normality with so many lives lost and whole areas destroyed.

Very sorry for your loss.
It's horrific what people are going through ...

 

[LDC]

Yeah, I'm robust to lots of this kind of thing and I'm finding the footage is absolutely horrendous.

Sorry for your loss miss direct, all others as well.

Actually just been asked to go over with a medical team. Don't think I can go though.

 

[JimW]

Photo essay on work of White Helmets with a brief article outlining the challenges they face: Syrian White Helmets Work Miracles After Earthquake

 

[teqniq]

In excess of 20,000 deaths now and the situation for survivors is dire:

Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000

Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

 

[teqniq]

Syria earthquake ‘made decade of war seem a drop in the ocean’

 

[teqniq]

This is unforgivable:

 

[miss direct]

There's some (more) really horrible news coming out of Turkey, with fears of hygiene issues, vigilantes beating "looters" (hard to distinguish between someone stealing food for their family and someone taking advantage of the situation), the usual anti refugee stuff, it just goes on and on. Universities will switch to online teaching for the forseeable future...

 

[teqniq]

This just makes me really angry:

Syria’s Silent Rubble Reproaches the UN’s Resounding Failure

Trapped under debris, persecuted by the Assad regime and forsaken by allies, the people of northwestern Syria pinned their hopes on the UN — and were betrayed

newlinesmag.com

 

[Aladdin]

Watching the news tonight and they said 45000 dead at least between Turkey and Syria. They expect that number to rise.

Truly awful. What a nightmare for people there. It's unfathomable.

 

[Bingoman]

Turkey-Syria border region hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the Turkey-Syria border two weeks after a massive quake in the region left more than 40,000 people dead, the US Geological Survey has said.

news.sky.com

 

[hitmouse]

Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

How the Turkish and Syrian governments took advantage of the earthquakes to consolidate power and target their adversaries.

crimethinc.com

 

[bcuster]

Morocco earthquake – live: At least 632 dead after late night magnitude 7.2 tremor strikes near Marrakech

Casualties surge as tremor leads to several buildings collapsing in the Unesco World Heritage site

www.aol.com

 

[JimW]

Morocco earthquake – live: At least 632 dead after late night magnitude 7.2 tremor strikes near Marrakech

Casualties surge as tremor leads to several buildings collapsing in the Unesco World Heritage site

www.aol.com

Been reading about this with concern but needs posting elsewhere I think, different continent!