Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southeast Iran - Page 2 - Eternal Allegiance

Riapanonias · 12-28-2003, 01:51 AM

thats alot of people..

well if they dont want help u cant blame them but its a bit harsh to call u zionists.

RoM · 12-28-2003, 03:13 AM

They need help, they need all the help they can get, but i guess saving human lives isnt a good enough reason to overcome your so called dignity

Riapanonias · 12-28-2003, 03:59 AM

my ? wtf are u talking about.

and u shod be carefull with what ur saying.

Riapanonias · 12-28-2003, 04:45 AM

Rescue workers digging through the rubble in the Iranian city struck by a massive earthquake say hope is fading of finding many more survivors.
About 400 foreign experts have joined rescue efforts in Bam, where more than 15,000 are now thought to have died.

Thousands of survivors spent a second night sleeping in the open or in their cars, fearful of aftershocks.

Iran has appealed for medicine and equipment to help the tens of thousands hurt in the south-eastern city.

Work has resumed on the grisly task of digging through the ruins of some of the many collapsed buildings, but the United Nations said the search for survivors would end on Sunday.

I lost my wife in this earthquake... I am very sad but I think Bam's people need international help

Asghar Ghasemi, Tehran

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The BBC's Jim Muir, in Bam, says most of the destroyed structures were made of mudbrick or ordinary bricks which collapsed leaving no protected spaces where people might survive.

John Holland, of rescue team Rapid UK, described the scene from the air: "We're probably looking at about 80% of the buildings totally flattened.

"Time is against you, the weather is against you, the type of buildings are against you. Obviously there is a small window of opportunity."

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari told reporters the final death toll from the earthquake would definitely exceed 20,000 people.

Up to 15,000 bodies had already been "recovered and buried", he said.

US pledge

Work has barely begun on the ruins of Bam's historic citadel, a 2,000-year-old architectural marvel with a big medieval city clustered around it.

Whole buildings simply crumbled to the ground

The whole enormous site has been reduced to a sea of dust and rubble and no-one knows how many people may lie buried here.

A long list of nations have sent or pledged aid to Iran - including the United States, which branded Iran part of the "axis of evil" along with Iraq and North Korea.

Two US planes carrying food and other aid landed in Kerman, the provincial capital, early on Sunday - the first US aircraft to land in Iran for a decade.

Huge task

The authorities' main priority is to provide food, water and shelter to those made homeless.

But the scale of this disaster is such that a monumental challenge of rehabilitation and reconstruction lies ahead, our correspondent says.

Bam and the surrounding area is home to more than 200,000 people.

The earthquake quake had a magnitude of at least 6.3, according to Iranian sources, while the US Geological Survey measured it at 6.7.

RoM · 12-28-2003, 07:53 AM

Chris, erm, try understanding what im saying

Señorita · 12-29-2003, 04:15 AM

yeah i heard this is sooo sad

i think their will be more death tolls rising when they find the people

Kattie · 12-29-2003, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by ScoobyShm
I'm a fan and love earthquakes *yes, I know I'm weird*, so I'm posting this. I feel bad tho for all the people that have died. Remember earthquakes dont kill people, buildings do.

Don't feel weird. I am a hurricane fan. When a hurricane strikes another place , i get disappointed. It is horrible that all of those people died especially in an area that you would think would have earthquake codes to stop a lot of the newer homes from collapsing. Maybe this will force Iran to make these codes and enforce them on the new construction.

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Originally posted by
RoM
40.000 people have died, the state of Israel offeren the Iranian government aid, the Iranian government said it does not wish to get any help from zionists, oh well

Yet they accepted help from the United States which has a zionist President.

I guess all it comes down to is how much money those old guys think they can get. Maybe they want Bush to feel guilty so he won't rattle his saber at them.

GrgotSlave · 12-30-2003, 08:31 PM

Yeah, that's really horrible. I can't believe such a huge amount of the population was wiped out by this one earthquake.

Sickboy · 12-30-2003, 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by Kat
Don't feel weird. I am a hurricane fan. When a hurricane strikes another place , i get disappointed. It is horrible that all of those people died especially in an area that you would think would have earthquake codes to stop a lot of the newer homes from collapsing. Maybe this will force Iran to make these codes and enforce them on the new construction.

Thanks you made me feel a little better.

Yes I know they dont have much money, but they need to work on their houses, make them stable and what not to stand an earthqake. They use brick to make their houses, they should think of using wood. Like I said Earthquakes dont kill people, buildings do.

I read last night that the # of dead people went up to 50,000 and that they had found few people alive in the rubble. I lost the link so I can remember everything right now.