Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 Just heard on CNN that my favorite subcontinent, India, was struck with a 7.9 richter-scale earthquake. That's eighty times as powerful as the one in Loma Prieta (California) and centered in one of the poorest, most densely-populated areas of the world. Right now the death toll is in the hundreds, but the crisis is pretty much still going on, and the reckoning won't be known for days. These first twenty-four hours are the most critical for rescuing people trapped in the collapsed rubble; at this very moment, some hurt and terrified people are praying desperately with everything they have. I would request that the rest of us take a moment to join our prayers with theirs. The quake was centered in Gujarat. That's not far from Punjab. Those forumites familiar with me will recognize that I have a number of friends (all named Singh ) from Punjab. At this moment I am fearful for the relatives of people I know. Thank you. Funny sig to brighten this dark post: ------------------ 'Don't shoot--Your sister's in the cockpit with me!' (Customized taunt #227) [This message has been edited by Zoom Rabbit (edited January 26, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHT_FEDAYKIN Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 thats not good to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 I hope the families the best. ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest garyah99 Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 I'm already adding MY prayers. I'm listening to the news now, At least 500 people have been killed and they say that could easily rise to over 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thrawn Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 I heard that they had felt tremors, but i hadn't heard about this. My thoughts and prayers are with all of them. ------------------ "Noobies Suck" ThRaWn90,RAL_Thrawn,SOB_Thrawn Rogue 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold leader Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 Mine too. At least 500 killed is new for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 The death toll is already up to around 2000. Something doesn't seem right Zoom...Loma Prieta was a 7.1 The 1906 one in San Francisco was 8.3 and "ten times as powerful" as Loma Prieta (I have all the newspaper articles from back then and I always dig them out when I hear about a big quake) Neither of those estimates seems right to me...I wonder what the magnitude multipler thing IS... [This message has been edited by Nute Gunray (edited January 26, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr. Cracken Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 The ricter scale works on a multiplyer of ten, so a EQ on the ricter scale of 2 is TEN TIMES MORE POWERFUl than a EQ that registered on the richter scale of 1. so, a 8.3 is ABOUT Ten times more powerful than a 7.1. ABOUT, you have to take into accnt the .2 difference, so it's actually about 10.2 times more powerful. I'm the genius, i know, you can all stop bowing to me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thor Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 I also have Indian friends whose families were there.... I hope for the best for everybody there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 Phones are out...no news. Looking pretty grim over there. And what's up with all these other quakes around the world? Message to India: please accept outside help! Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr. Cracken Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 Again, i must explain.................. There are 2 types of waves accociated with EQ's, P-Waves, and S-Waves. P waves are the fastest, and are like taking a slinky, streaching it out, and pushing it forward quickly. S-Waves are what everyone feels though. there like taking said slinky and moving it side ways, like water waves. now, These waves can travel through the earth, but only P-waves can go through the the core. so, All those smaller EQ's around the world we're the result of the really big one in India, because the waves we're really, really strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Sceltor Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 I remember one time about 10 years ago we had an earthquake here, as in by my house (I live close to the New Madrid Fault). It wasn't very strong, but it did shake the house up and make me fall off the couch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted January 28, 2001 Share Posted January 28, 2001 This talk just made me remember a sad time for me. I was around 6 years old maybe younger, I'm not sure. Well I was living on an Airforce base, and the night before there was a nice big rain storm. The next day me, my brother and a friend go outside in the back of some houses. The base was doing some kind of constuction and there were some ditches around. There in a ditch filled with water. we found a manican or at least what we thought was a manican (we were young). Well it turns out that we were wrong and it was a the brother of a family we knew, how had drowned in the ditch trying to get a ball. From what my parents have told me it was tramatic for me and my brother obviously, finding a dead person. Can't remember anything after that really. ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coffeebean_uk Posted January 28, 2001 Share Posted January 28, 2001 My thoughts and prayers are with them. Well not my prayers im not a religous man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Wally the space dolphin doesn't believe in Coffeebean, either. Nevertheless... Thoughts work. In that big subconscious mixing pool where we all go to dream at night, positive wishes get passed on to the people that really need them. The survivors could use that positive mental energy right now to hold themselves up as they face the challenges of continuing to survive in the rubble; disease hasn't yet set in, but the infrastructure is compromised badly enough that living conditions could get that bad. If you and I can lend our strength to those earthquake victims as a species sharing a common destiny...well, who cares how it happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 what if it wasn't an earthquake? what if it was a pakistani nuclear strike? Pakistan and India are both calling "earthquake" so they don't look like evil countries for actually getting involved in a nuclear war... maybe i should go back to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Some good news. All of my Punjabi friends' family are alive and well. Apparently, the damage wasn't that bad in their area. However, the death toll is now estimated to be around twenty thousand. Everyone should read that last sentence again and think about it quietly for a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 i read that 12 hours ago. i'm ahead of the curve here. i get to be noisy while everyone else is quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SadShadow Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 the body count its now about 15000 very tragic... Rest in Peace... May the Force be with you... (i forgot a 0 i wish it only 1500 ------------------ "Im becoming less human..." SadShadow The Lone Shadow Wing [This message has been edited by SadShadow (edited January 30, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 There in a happier place now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest garyah99 Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Just heard on the news that the death toll could rise to over 100,000 (that's right, 5 0's). And I could give you my thoughts on the reasons for so many earthquakes recently, but I don't want to start a controversy. [This message has been edited by garyah99 (edited January 29, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 A multi-spatial singularity, traveling at high velocity, at a right angle to the solar system's ecliptic, has disturbed the Earth's tectonics? My thoughts exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold leader Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 You believe in multi-spatial singularities? Pfwah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 If singularities aren't multispatial--occupying more than their immediate area of space--then into what do they remove matter from this universe? Can't have a wormhole through nothing, jack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold leader Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Easy question Zoom. Singularities don't remove matter from the universe. They compress it. Only a bit better than winzip. Wormholes are just creations by SF writers. They've never been discovered and it's unlikely that they ever will be. Ask Wally if you don't believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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