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Massive earthquake in Turkey/Syria

 
Chrissy 2023-02-06 09:39:10 

Many dead

 
tops 2023-02-06 09:43:33 

In reply to Chrissy
sad sad

 
Halliwell 2023-02-06 12:39:28 

In reply to Chrissy

Over 1500
And rising

Similar quake in ‘99 claimed about 17,000 lives sad

 
Chrissy 2023-02-06 12:43:38 

In reply to Halliwell
Yep and that's the worry now

 
Overthrow 2023-02-06 14:25:51 

Those poor displaced people in the camps will become more destitute. Blasted politicians will pay no heed to the suffering.

 
culpepperboy 2023-02-06 15:00:03 

Make that 2 earthquakes

 
Chrissy 2023-02-06 15:17:22 

In reply to culpepperboy
Yep - the second one was 7.5

 
XDFIX 2023-02-07 22:24:10 

A lot of people a suffer in dem sufferings!

Oil-rich Arab countries should stampede to help, among other countries!

 
Chrissy 2023-02-07 22:44:34 

New born rescued
She will have no memory of the quake

 
Emir 2023-02-07 23:43:12 

In reply to Chrissy

Sad, I saw a picture of a child covered in the rubble and waiting for help.

 
bdaTryangle 2023-02-08 14:48:23 

I saw a heartwrenching photo of a guy holding the hand of his daughter who was crushed under all the rubble.

What a tragedy.

 
Chrissy 2023-02-08 15:17:37 

In reply to bdaTryangle
Death toll up to 11,000+ now

 
WI_cricfan 2023-02-08 15:19:51 

Matthew 24

Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.

"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.

For many will come in my name, claiming, `I am the Christ, and will deceive many.

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

 
velo 2023-02-08 15:51:17 

In reply to Overthrowdid they careabout them before the earthquake you think they care now syria is not even a country anymore.

 
WI_cricfan 2023-02-08 16:22:13 

In reply to velo


syria is not even a country anymore.



Isaiah 17
[b]A prophecy against Damascus:

See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
[/b]

 
tigga 2023-02-08 16:27:21 

In reply to WI_cricfan

rolleyes

 
JOJO 2023-02-08 16:31:51 

In reply to Chrissy

This is very unfortunate but like Haiti, the issue here is the quality of construction. Either the building codes are weak (which would be strange for a region prone to earthquakes) or folks did not adhere to the codes.

 
XDFIX 2023-02-08 17:21:29 

In reply to WI_cricfan


Look up; redemption draweth nigh!

When you think it's peace and safety, a sudden destruction!

One man sey rat race!

 
Chrissy 2023-02-08 23:30:55 

In reply to WI_cricfan
Nothing deep about that - earthquakes have always been around and droughts, famine, floods, volcanoes, hurricanes, cyclones, storms et al. It’s all part of the planet’s life.

 
XDFIX 2023-02-09 00:19:18 

In reply to Chrissy


More significant now in magnitude and devastation - more people - greater impact, more panic and far-reaching effect, but true as long as the earth remaineth we'll always have natural disasters!

 
Chrissy 2023-02-09 10:40:29 

Death toll passes 15,000 cry

 
Drapsey 2023-02-09 13:50:18 

In reply to WI_cricfan

Did Jesus also predict the destruction and disappearance of the great cities of their era, Alexandria and Philadelphia?

Oops, sorry. I forgot that those cities existed before his lifetime. He must've drawn on that piece of history to help in his prediction for the future.

 
XDFIX 2023-02-09 14:44:01 

In reply to Drapsey


He predicted our end if you want to know the truth!

 
Chrissy 2023-02-09 14:54:53 

17,000 and counting cry

 
Drapsey 2023-02-09 14:56:04 

In reply to XDFIX

And so have others, before and after 'he'.

 
XDFIX 2023-02-09 15:05:10 

In reply to Drapsey


So, let's all resort to the beer-drinking song.

 
hubert 2023-02-09 17:06:48 

In reply to Chrissy
Wow. A real disaster..20K lost lives is real possibility. sad

 
Kay 2023-02-09 18:28:39 

This is so sad on so many fronts .. sad

 
Halliwell 2023-02-09 18:33:46 

In reply to hubert

sad sad sad


Has anyone checked if NEOM crosses any fault lines?
We have technology now- we should be moving people en masse

 
Chrissy 2023-02-09 20:12:33 

In reply to hubert
Above 20 thousand now

 
XDFIX 2023-02-10 01:14:09 

In reply to Chrissy


An exact death toll proved elusive in the ensuing chaos in Haiti. The Haitian government's official count was more than 300,000, which would make the earthquake's aftermath one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history, but other estimates were considerably smaller. Hundreds of thousands of survivors were displaced.

BTW why are earthquakes not given names a la hurricanes?

 
Chrissy 2023-02-10 01:50:53 

In reply to XDFIX

Haiti was horrific

 
Chrissy 2023-02-12 10:09:23 

More than 50,000 people are estimated to have been killed. 28,000 official now cry

 
KTom 2023-02-16 14:38:46 

In reply to XDFIX

BTW why are earthquakes not given names a la hurricanes


Worldwide there are around 1400 earthquakes each day (500,000 each year). 275 of these can actually be felt.

 
KTom 2023-02-16 14:41:23 

In reply to Chrissy

Nothing deep about that - earthquakes have always been around and droughts, famine, floods, volcanoes, hurricanes, cyclones, storms et al.


Et al. usually applies to people; better to say inter alia.

I trust you'll accept this advice in the spirit its given. twisted

 
Chrissy 2023-02-16 15:00:58 

In reply to KTom
LOL - thanks etc would have worked as well