Earthquake!

[WhatTheBuck 28,788]

1 hour ago, BamaATL said:

I've been told by my congressman that these are jewish space lasers.  I feel lead astray.  

In all seriousness, that's fascinating, I was unaware of this phenomena.  Shame it comes with this level of destruction and human loss, but nonetheless very interesting.  

Volcanic lightning is really cool. These shots are from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano back in 2010.

[Brisketexan 105,157]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Volcanic lightning is really cool. These shots are from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano back in 2010.

Bullshit.  Those are scenes of Brisketexan's toilet after a drunken Taco Bell run back in '97.

[bolverk 29,687]

4 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yep, and we are not hearing Syria numbers yet. 

This is what the NYTimes is reporting in their latest update.

About 700 people were also reported dead in northwestern Syria. The affected area stretches across several provinces and the front line between government-controlled areas on one side and areas under the control of the Turkish-backed opposition on another.

['stache 21,819]

7 hours ago, Johnny Chimpo said:

Second video shows earthquake lightning. A strange phenomena during earthquakes where lightning is seen even in clear skies. 

That's crazy. I assumed they were transformers exploding. The devastation already looks horrible.

[WhatTheBuck 28,788]

2 minutes ago, 'stache said:

That's crazy. I assumed they were transformers exploding. The devastation already looks horrible.

Yeah, you can’t tell for sure since there aren’t visible lightning bolts. I assume there would have to be a good sized fissure in the earth opened up for there to be earthquake lightning. 

[bolverk 29,687]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Yeah, you can’t tell for sure since there aren’t visible lightning bolts. I assume there would have to be a good sized fissure in the earth opened up for there to be earthquake lightning. 

First time I heard about that type of lightning was during the eruption of the unpronounceable volcano in Iceland. It looks like that may be where your photos were taken.

[Chad Fuck 17,685]

58 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Volcanic lightning is really cool. These shots are from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano back in 2010.

[grazinhorn 472]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah.  Word is that the situation there is pretty syrias.

damn

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Bullshit.  Those are scenes of Brisketexan's toilet after a drunken Taco Bell run back in '97.

DAMN!!!

[Brian Fantana 6,689]

Turkey earthquake: Death toll could increase eight-fold, WHO says - BBC News

WHO saying the death toll could end up in the tens of thousands.

[jdhorn92 1,552]

I bet this death toll goes to 10K, just from the pics we've seen from the collapsed buildings, my goodness.

 

Edit: sorry just saw the ^ article above, yikes.  BBC reporting many thousands more.

Edited February 6, 2023 by jdhorn92

[elfenix 34,312]

Iran had a pair of earthquakes in the last few decades that killed 35,000 each.

[staboner 4,984]

damn. this sucks. while everyone was sleeping 

[Trey3216 15,347]

Especially since it hit at night and the amount of buildings just fully collapsed…damn near everyone in those buildings is cinder block ash.    I’d bet 95% death toll in any of those buildings.   
 

could easily see a number in the mid 5 digits.   Horrific.  
 

imagine what a 7.7 hitting LA or SF for 90 seconds would do.   We’re talking black swan market event.  

[elfenix 34,312]

another 7.5 followed by a 6 less than a hundred miles north of the first big quake

 

 

 

 

[Wally Fairway 5,559]

9 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yep, and we are not hearing Syria numbers yet. 

I am interested in hearing about the damages in Syria - I know a guy from my son's Guard unit who is deployed there with a unit that flys drones.  I'm not sure it would help me even if I knew where the damage is severe, as he won't/can't tell us where in the country they are located. 

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

I am interested in hearing about the damages in Syria - I know a guy from my son's Guard unit who is deployed there with a unit that flys drones.  I'm not sure it would help me even if I knew where the damage is severe, as he won't/can't tell us where in the country they are located. 

Hearing from a friend on the ground it is really bad in the cities where infrastructure barely exists and building were already damaged. Who knows about the country side. 

Another mass exodus will overwhelm the humanitarian ops in N Syria. Turkey won't let anyone over, since they have their own shit to deal with. 

Biggest issue with Syria is the Government cares little about the people in the impacted area. Are they going to let in international rescue teams? Not sure. But monitoring. 

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

Hearing that UAE, India, Iraq, Iran and Russia are sending in teams to syria. NATO nations + Ukraine, Japan and Taiwan are heading into Turkey. I expect Mexico will send their rescue group. 

 

Latest from the BBC. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/64533954

 

[SquishMitten 10,415]

On 2/5/2023 at 10:19 PM, InkaUtexas said:

Looks like were proper fucked. I was in a bad one during the day. cannot imagine at night. 

 

Umm, isn't that the condo in Florida from a while back?

[Helobious 9,462]

19 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Umm, isn't that the condo in Florida from a while back?

It is. People will believe anything they see online.

[Brisketexan 105,157]

9 minutes ago, Helobious said:

It is. People will believe anything they see online.

Look, she really is an Italian model, and she really is looking to have a good time with a smart, good-looking, successful guy like me, okay?  That's true, and nothing you say will change my mind!

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

Here are the countries responding with K-9 units. And yes, I fucked up posting that and already apologized. Helo is correct about people believing what they see online, like the Yankees are the best team in Baseball. BBC link to Mexico's response is below. 

Mexico is not the only country sending dogs to help with the rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria. 

Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Libya, Poland, Switzerland, the UK and the United States are all also deploying canines with their handlers. 

The animals are often used in areas where the use of heavy machinery could cause the rubble to collapse further, putting the lives of survivors at risk.

The dogs are trained to sniff out humans and alert their handlers by barking and scratching the ground where the smell is strongest. 

Mexican officials say their mission is "to save lives" and while the dogs can detect the smell of bodies as well as that of those who are buried under the rubble alive, the hope is that their quick deployment will result in rescues rather than recoveries.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64553936

[speed817 19,384]

 

 

[elfenix 34,312]

6 hours ago, speed817 said:

 

 

reading that earlier was getting a bit dusty. 

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

Waiting on official calls. Here is something from twitter. Going from what the WHO said, damn....

 

 

 

[deadshank 24,653]

All of my BIL’s family is in good shape but out of their residences until some unknown date.  They are all out of Adana and staying with relatives or at summer places.  
 

Today’s report is several close fiends and co-workers are missing.  Some are, at this point, presumed dead as their dwellings are completely destroyed to a mountain of concrete and rebar.  There is no accounting of them on the street or answering phone calls or texts.  
 

What a mess.  God bless them all. 

[deadshank 24,653]

The folks whose place hasn't crumbled can't or won't stay in their homes, most of which are multiple floors, because the structural integrity inspection is currently left up to the residents.   I imagine structural engineers are now primarily involved in S & R / recovery or presumably inspecting government buildings first.  

I'm sure the Turk HOA set up is much different that ours here in the States and private or code enforcement  structural engineers are much fewer and far between.

It will be a long haul.

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

3 hours ago, deadshank said:

All of my BIL’s family is in good shape but out of their residences until some unknown date.  They are all out of Adana and staying with relatives or at summer places.  
 

Today’s report is several close fiends and co-workers are missing.  Some are, at this point, presumed dead as their dwellings are completely destroyed to a mountain of concrete and rebar.  There is no accounting of them on the street or answering phone calls or texts.  
 

What a mess.  God bless them all. 

Yep, creates a new concept for internal displaced people. 1986- El Salvador. Earthquake took out the back of my house. Spent about 6 weeks sleeping under a heavy table at a Team house since it was deemed secure. Sucked, but I got to watch some porn (Cinemax) late at night when the SF dudes had it on and did not realize I was still awake. 

Best thing that happened in that horrific event was got to meet and help the Dade County rescue team and help care for their dogs. Damn those pups are amazing. Probably the big reason I went and got a SAR cert. 

[deadshank 24,653]

35 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yep, creates a new concept for internal displaced people. 1986- El Salvador. Earthquake took out the back of my house. Spent about 6 weeks sleeping under a heavy table at a Team house since it was deemed secure. Sucked, but I got to watch some porn (Cinemax) late at night when the SF dudes had it on and did not realize I was still awake. 

Best thing that happened in that horrific event was got to meet and help the Dade County rescue team and help care for their dogs. Damn those pups are amazing. Probably the big reason I went and got a SAR cert. 

Which film? Emmanuelle IV where Sylvia escapes from Marc and goes to Brazil?

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

Might have been one of them. I do remember Emmanuelle in Bangkok. 

Man, I was 12, boobs on TV? Fuck yeah. 

[deadshank 24,653]

My BIL’s childhood neighborhood.  Can’t imagine the shock, suffering and grief. 

[Schulz2.0 28,960]

 

[Schulz2.0 28,960]

 

[Bevo&Pevo 5,206]

Today on Reddit I saw where they rescued a 20-day old infant that had been clutching her mother's hair.  Also, a dog was rescued.  IIRC, one was 58 hours in and the other 60 something.

[elfenix 34,312]

The baby born in the rubble has been named Aya.  She's improving, no spinal damage per docs. Her great uncle will take her in. Also pulled a 16 year old girl from the rubble in Turkey, 80 hours after.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/10/baby-aya-syria-earthquake-newborn-name
 

Edited February 10, 2023 by elfenix

[SurlyGator 865]

Man, that Guardian article is a bit dusty…

[bolverk 29,687]

translation: After the earthquakes, the train tracks between Kahramanmaraş's Türkoğlu district and Gaziantep's İslahiye district became like this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/10wsr6n/anatolian_plate_moved_335_meters_after_the/

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/10x6t3u/damaged_railway_track_in_turkey_after_earthquake/

 

[Nivek 16,945]

Fantastic photos, you can really see the fault plane and the conjugate faulting as well in that last photo.

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

Reports are dead surpassed 23,000. 

[KYHorn 17,076]

Incredible

 

 

[Schulz2.0 28,960]

 

[flatdawgs 1,279]

2 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

Fuck Erdoğan. One of the only good things that could come from this disaster (apart from better enforcement of building codes) is him getting destroyed in May's elections. This part of Türkiye is a stronghold of his and - needless to say - they are not pleased with him or his government. 

Edited February 12, 2023 by flatdawgs

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

Toll is over 33,000 dead. 

 

[Armybrat 40,851]

Turkish dad holding the hand of his deceased daughter.

 

[0xdeadbeef 1,651]

12 hours ago, flatdawgs said:

Fuck Erdoğan. One of the only good things that could come from this disaster (apart from better enforcement of building codes) is him getting destroyed in May's elections. This part of Türkiye is a stronghold of his and - needless to say - they are not pleased with him or his government. 

Same as any other strong-arm dictator,  Erdogan will not lose an election.  His exit from power can only come by his death, a coup, or fleeing to exile.  

[flatdawgs 1,279]

4 hours ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

Same as any other strong-arm dictator,  Erdogan will not lose an election.  His exit from power can only come by his death, a coup, or fleeing to exile.  

Much like Orbán in Hungary, there's a veneer of democracy in Türkiye that Erdoğan still needs to deal with. It's why he's making stupid promises about re-housing everyone within a year. These soft dictatorships win elections by controlling the message via state media, jailing the opposition (if they appear to be too much of a threat) and handing out goodies left and right. Fragmenting the opposition is more important than imprisoning them. Neither country is a single party dictatorship; it's just that AK and Fidesz have all the ingrained advantages. 

Pinochet in Chile and the military dictatorship in Brazil both lost power via the ballot box - in Brazil to the "Diretas Já" (direct elections now) movement, and in Chile via a plebiscite that Pinochet lost by 11 points. Both occurred because the opposition coalesced against leaders that thought their systematic advantages would hold as they had in other elections. While Erdoğan still has those advantages, enraging his own supporters may well cost him. Perhaps not, but it is still possible (it is also possible, as you say, that it will take a coup - but this tragedy makes that more likely as well). 

[CleverNickname 1,319]

What's the best charity for Turkey/Syria? (Or: a good enough one)

[staboner 4,984]

fuck me man. what a shitshow. I feel so bad for these people 

[InkaUtexas 25,989]

7 hours ago, CleverNickname said:

What's the best charity for Turkey/Syria? (Or: a good enough one)

White Helmets for Syria. 

[mchookem 16,336]

this pales in comparison to the human toll...

but as i watched this video i just thought of the desperation and excitement you can hear in the voices of the rescuers...and how important it was for them to save this one living creature. i cannot even imagine the devastation and gruesomeness they've had to face...saving this one pupper meant something to them, you can feel it ❤️🐕bless them all.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/turkey-earthquake-dog-saved-after-29185862

[locodos 5,387]