Thousands dead in Turkey/Syria earthquake

[pixy0stix]

www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/turkey-earthquake-latest-020623/index.html

The scale and magnitude of this catastrophe is just unfathomable. 

[underwaterrhymes]

This is absolutely devastating.

Reminder to everyone to donate $$, not stuff and to avoid earmarking your donations for this specific disaster. Better to donate unrestricted $ to enable the org to spend as needed.

[basilosaurus]

Holy shit. Istanbul (and beyond) just got hit with a pretty big snowstorm, so they'd already already cancelled hundreds of flights. This cannot be good for rescue efforts. They're not particularly good about snow removal. I was there during last year's 30 year storm, and taxis would just tell me to get out and walk because they couldn't get through roads.

[basilosaurus]

Death toll tops 5000.

I spent a lot of time in a city that's on the edge of the affected zone and have friends there with their families, with whom I've stayed. AFAIK everyone is ok. I think only 1 large apt building collapsed which is of course devastating, but at least it spared their incredible mosque.

[Jalapeñomel]

I saw some of these pictures, and its unfathomable.

[pixy0stix]

NYT has the death toll at over 6000 now.

[agnes]

Where are you donating to help?

[aurora]

This is so heartbreaking. I don't feel like I have the words.

[erbear]

OMG. The scope of this is so enormous. Where are people donating?

[wildrice]

The link in the OP includes some information about where to donate. I just made a donation that looks like it goes to a bunch of different orgs.

[dreamcrisp1]

I asked my Turkish friends where to donate and they said these two:

ahbap.org/disasters-turkey
www.akut.org.tr/en/donation

Also Red Cross as well.

Do not donate to AFAD as that’s the government and they’ve been using earthquake specific funds in other ways so they’re not trustworthy.

I’m not sure about Syria donation efforts. But I know Red Cross here (in NL) is providing help to Syria.

[picksthemusic]

I think World Central Kitchen is there, too.

So devastating.

[basilosaurus]

Feb 7, 2023 15:09:03 GMT -5 dreamcrisp1 said:

I asked my Turkish friends where to donate and they said these two:

ahbap.org/disasters-turkey
www.akut.org.tr/en/donation

Also Red Cross as well.

Do not donate to AFAD as that’s the government and they’ve been using earthquake specific funds in other ways so they’re not trustworthy.

I’m not sure about Syria donation efforts. But I know Red Cross here (in NL) is providing help to Syria.

probably red crescent. Rcrc is all a group together but in turkey it's called red crescent. Just sharing in case it affects anyone's search

[pixy0stix]

The death toll has passed over 11,000.

[mcppalmbeach]

This level of devastation is just incomprehensible. My friend’s h is on a fema response team and is on alert to go there: He has worked two major catastrophic events the last two years and I think this might do in his mental sanity.

[wanderingback]

Ugh so horrible.
I was just talking to a friend from Haiti, so this reminded me of their earthquake. Over 200,000 people died in Haiti during that earthquake. Hopefully the numbers don't get that high this time. So sad.

[sonrisa]

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was so awful. That and the 2004 Indonesian quake (and tsunami) were on a scale unlike anything else.

This is awful enough. I hope it won't approach those.

[Bad Dingo]

This is so incredibly awful I can't even comprehend it.

[basilosaurus]

Feb 8, 2023 11:22:28 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Ugh so horrible.
I was just talking to a friend from Haiti, so this reminded me of their earthquake. Over 200,000 people died in Haiti during that earthquake. Hopefully the numbers don't get that high this time. So sad.

Do you know if this number includes all the cholera deaths or is it primary fatalities only? I truly don't know how they make such estimates especially in regions like Haiti and Syria. Syria is already dealing with a cholera crisis, and I'd imagine that plus exposure and the chaos of IDPs there's likely no reliable way to track.

People have the impossible task of assessing what pisses the least risk: building collapse, the elements in the open, crowded and unsanitary shelters and camps. This is why I will always fear earthquakes more than hurricanes and I've seen some pretty extreme hurricane impact.

[marcyiam]

I'm another board with someone from there who posted this which lines up somewhat with the above rec:

Please, if you have the means, consider donating to help rescue and relief efforts. The Syrian American Medical Society and MedGlobal both work directly with Syrian hospitals. The Turkish Red Crescent and AKUT are legit and hard at work assisting with rescue and recovery in Turkey at this very moment. Avoid the Syrian Red Crescent; the funds don’t reach the civilian population.

[Poeticxpassion]

Nearly 20,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, officials said.

Teams are racing to rescue survivors as aid agencies warn that new snowfall, as well as a lack of water, communications and power, could cause a deadly "secondary disaster."


amp.cnn.com/cnn/middleeast/live-news/turkey-syria-earthquake-updates-2-9-23-intl/index.html

[basilosaurus]

And now onto the blame games

www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156387820/turkey-has-issued-over-100-building-arrest-warrants-after-the-deadly-earthquake

[Bad Dingo]

Feb 15, 2023 5:33:14 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

And now onto the blame games

www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156387820/turkey-has-issued-over-100-building-arrest-warrants-after-the-deadly-earthquake

Heather Cox Richardson had a great piece about government corruption related to this, I'll try to find the link.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-10-2023